May 3rd and 4th is the Spring soaring event in Tullahoma.
Res Unlimited both days with an overall winner for the weekend.
MOM Sat and open winch Sunday. CD is Kendall McDonald. 931 455 5779. He
is not online. Thanks Brian Smith
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Ive road with guys with their eyes shut,,, is that ok? Richard
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Car pooling is a lot of fun as long as the driver
That may be overkill, if the 1/8 was almost strong enough. Assuming that
the wall is pretty thick, 1/4 would be 8X as strong and 16X as stiff,
if I'm not mistaken. I wonder if the problem is that the rod is not very
strong crosswise, so if there's a hint of a sharp edge, maybe it will
crunch.
To close for comfort.
Regards, Dave.
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Ive road with guys with their eyes shut,,, is that ok? Richard
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I've seen this topic for years and so decided to see what it would take to
break a 1/8 carbon rod with my hands which have considerably higher bending
capability than a stab on one side of a vertical.
Try it for yourself, try to use your hands to break a 1/8 carbon rod, just
past half way
Its not so much how hard it is to break the rod when its in good
condition. It's plenty strong. Its knowing when the strength has
been compromised with cracking after a few dork landings or an
unfortunate vertical arrival. They become very easy to break once
they have a crack starting to
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Tuesday, 04/23/2008 after 2:30 pm I ordered 16 Elite 1450 mah 2/3A nimh
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This was after a lengthy discussion about the pros and cons of the use of these
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Unfortunate vertical arrival . AKA DORK? Rick you certainly have a way
with words.
Kurt
From: Rick Eckel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 1:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] YOU can break Carbon rod for stab axles
Its not
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Thanks!
JE
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I have seen even a 1/4 CF joiner fail on the Stab of a Onyx JW. As stated
before, the CF has to be protected. The one I seen fail, had marks in it
which lead to it's failure. Changes were made to fix that problem. Just
have to keep a close eye on CF stuff. Great stuff if it is taken care of.
Sure you can't break the rod with you bare hand, because you hands
have soft corners. Put the carbon rod into two brass tube and try
again.
I have seen 1/4 stab rod snap in a 100 glider on landing. The
carbon rod rotates in the brass tubing will forma stress point. For
big (5/8 or larger)
Hi Guys,
For some reason you are commenting on whether Carbon Rods are 'good' or
'bad' for using as stab axles, but my thread had nothing to do with that
topic,
it was about YOU finding out for yourself what kind of force it takes to break
a 1/8 carbon rod the length of a stab axle, about
I just purchased 2 JR 9303s, one new, one used.
How do I tell what version of software is in them?
It doesn't seem to tell on power up like I've seen on other mfgs units. I
understand there was at least one upgrade from the early 9303s.
Thanks,
John in Denver
I had to put a carbon rod into service as a stab axle once. All I had was one
of insufficient diameter. Luckily, I had a piece of brass tubing that it fit
into perfectly, and the brass tube fit perfectly into the carriers in the
stabs. I thought this was a perfect marriage of the stiffness of
Have been flying the Ava some more. What kind of tape do people use on the tips
so that the edge of the covering doesn't peel up? I've been having that
problem. Or perhaps I should run a bit of thin CA to seal the edges??
BTW, I saw that video of the guy launching his Ava like a DLG. It's
What you do is put one layer of tape on each panel before you put them together
. Be careful to not tape the spoiler down :-) That way when you put the wing
tips on you are taping to the existing tape and it doesn't pull the covering
off...
Been doing it like this for 3 years with no
Jim, I have been using the crystal clear tape for the under layer and the upper
or hold together layer, on everything, painted or moneycoated surfaces alike.
On painted surfaces it does not pull up paint. The covering on AVA's is
Oracover, which is sold here in the States as Hanger Nine Lite, I
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