We now have 21 people signed up for the BRASS/ESL
contest April 20 21
So, if you were waiting to see if we would hit quota before registering,
we have hit it already.
Best get your hotel reservations in early. We will be allowing
camping again this year. There are sinks and bathrooms and picnic
I fly gliders because they are challenging, and I fly in contests because
that's the only way I can measure my own performance.
I see the following reasons:
A) If you regularly go on the contest circuit you make a number of friends
that you normally only see at contests.
B) Some people go to
Thanks, I have en e-trex and the altitude reslolution sucks using the
satellites alone. A barometric alstitude would be nice.
Thanks for clarifying this.
.bc([EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.widomaker.com/~conk
Williamsburg, VA 23185
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, John Roe wrote:
The Genesis full sale Flying wing was originally designed without a
horozontal stabilizer and flew fine. In order to go into production it was
neccessary to add a small stab, don't know if it was FAA or public
perception, or both that caused the change.
John Derstine
Endless Mountain Models
I am currently looking for copies of past articles that appeared in the
RCSoaring Digest. The copies that I have access to only go back to around
1996.
I am seeking copies of the following articles:
December 90, "Magic design shwon in 3 views and discussed..."
November 91, "Weston
I've wondered the same thing many times. And I've heard and used all of
the familiar explanations (with which I agree). But I think that the real
bottom line is that people contest because interesting things happen in
contests. Its the same reason people watch sporting events and to some
On Wed, 9 Jan 2002, Ron Scharck wrote:
Great article, Tom. The fact of the matter is that whenever that plane
leaves our hands, regardless of method, it is always a contest...if nothing
else, between the pilot and Mother Nature.
It's not a contest between the pilot and mother nature any more
This is speculation, cause I've never tried it, but perhaps a rotary
cutter would work,
especially with the masking tape that has already been suggested. What is
a rotary
cutter? It looks like a high-tech pizza cutting wheel and you use it
pretty much the same
way. The usual application
I was nervous to fly in my first contest, was just to the point where
landing didn't necessarily involve repairing - one of the fliers helping me
(thanks, Dave!) told me that they were just an excuse to fly...
I still think that holds true, for me at least. Even the more 'serious'
fliers
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2002 23:04:33 -0800
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Question, Assuming a basic melt speed, what kind of kerf do people use to
cut the templates to provide an accurate core, assuming the thickness of the
eventual FG covering will be very
hey all,
I've been seeing better SP400 pusher prop setups lately, any ideas where to
get?
The one I liked best had a regular looking zagi prop reamed out, held in
place with a nut.
Anyone, class?
Brent
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Title: RE: [RCSE] Kevlar cutting
I originally tried cutting Kevlar with the masking tape trick, but found that removing the masking tape from the cut piece would fray the edges producing a 'not clean' finished piece.
A much better way to cut Kevlar is to take an old pair of scissors and
--- Anker Berg-Sonne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Flying at max L/D is great when looking for thermals in relatively
still air.
However, where flying at best L/D is really, really important is when
you
are trying to return to the field from downwind in a stiff breeze, or
a
howling hurricane.
Whenever a discussion of optimum flight strategy in head winds and
sink comes up, I go back to an excellent web site that graphically
ties all of this to drag polars:
http://home.att.net/~jdburch/polar.htm
In a head wind, you do not want to fly at the max L/D, as illustrated
nicely on this
--- Paul Breed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Cool data,
what does your simulation predict for minimum sink for these
aircraft?
For my hypothetical 3M plane, minimum sink at 10 oz./sq ft is 1.2
ft/sec. That's at an airspeed of about 17 - 18 mph.
It's no different from 25 cent skins when you're playing golf with your
buddies. It adds purpose to your flying - as much or as little as you
want to make it. It can't hurt to try to do your best in anything.
Contests make you pay more attention to detail in trimming your plane
and make you
Hell IT was The fastest and ugliest flight I have ever seen from my ASS
YES I was Pulling
Mark B
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Subject: Re: [RCSE] RE: Donation to US F3J Team
Date: Wed, 09 Jan 2002 23:22:53 -0600
At 11:03 PM 1/9/2002, Chris Laura wrote:
Hey
Some good posts on this thread.
As pointed out by Anker, flying at the air speed that produces the best L/D for a stationary airmass will by definition cover the most ground (horizontal movement) for the altitude lost (vertical movement). We as pilots are often interested in being able to travel
Contests are the engines that drive the development of the planes we all enjoy for each our own reasons. Contest pilots push out the envelope of performance. Contest pilots want answers to questions that most pilots would never ask, but all builders and pilots get to benefit and extend their
The tape should go on the top.
The tape is intended to turbulate the air flow's boundary layer. It is
intended to delay stall because the turbulated flow tends to remain better
attached to upper surface.
In addition to a saw tooth shape, a simple linear arrangement is also used.
The linear
Bummer,
If that's the secret I'll never make it! I hate
being tickled under my feet. :-(
But thanks for letting us know!
Anker
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John
Roe
To: Rick Eckel ; Tom Hoopes ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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(E-mail)
Sent: Thursday, January
Dudes
Attending contests has simply become a matter of economics for me. Here in
the ESL we don't get the 200 person contests like they do on the west coast
so guys like Anker and Tom and Phil have taken to giving me Show money just
to add to the list of people who's ass they have kicked
At a contest interesting things happen within a
formal context that makes
them very memorable. Just sport flying interesting
things happen but they
often aren't in a context that makes them
particularly memorable
Rick has a good point. My first contest, first
flight, I nailed the
Hey barefoot, come and use that technique in our
32nd annual Snow-Fly on 16FE02 here in Michigan. :).
Jack Iafret"Keeper of the Nostalgia Rules"
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From:
John
Roe
To: Rick Eckel ; Tom Hoopes ; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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(E-mail)
Sent:
Dick Williamson wrote:
Whenever a discussion of optimum flight strategy in head winds and
sink comes up, I go back to an excellent web site that graphically
ties all of this to drag polars:
http://home.att.net/~jdburch/polar.htm
In a head wind, you do not want to fly at the max L/D, as
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/10/2002 2:46:41 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Now if there was something similar to explain the so called downwind
turn!
Hey John
I did a lot of research on that with my canard skeeter F3J plane. Has
something to
In a message dated 1/8/02 5:14:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Any 2D CAD shareware programs for the Mac?
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I got TurboCAD for my PC, but wonder if there is something similar for the
Apple line of computers.
TIA for any help, Keith
Keith,
I use DenebaCad for
At 03:20 PM 1/10/2002, Jack Strother wrote:
Just thought you might like to know.
Capn', I know the Cobra kits have been fairly complete in the past, does
the new V2 come complete with a wool sock? 8-)
Jim
Downers Grove, IL
Member of the Chicago SOAR club, AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level III
Come join us...we have lots...
Dieter @ ShredAir wrote:
Watching the news, the wind appears to be in Afganistan, but the LZs suck...
Dieter
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With some work you could probably make a wing plug and then lay up an
acceptable set of wing molds. The costs would only be comparatively low with
more labor on your part. You can also do a good job with bagged wings.
Mike
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