basically the problem with bonding aluminium is the oxide coating formed as
stated by someone else. by this you are relying on the strngth of the
aluminium to aluminium oxide layer. ive done laboraty reports on this and
the way in which they fail which is a cohesive failure between oxide and
meta
Wing warps?
Maybe you need to throw harder (and not too steeply either)?
Maybe the cg is more conservative than the towhook position? THese go
together. If you have a forward cg, you need more up elevator in normal
flight, which makes problems when you launch unless you move the tow
hook further
I too received the Secrets of Thermal Soaring video and watched it last
night.
While Dave Thornburg was way ahead of his time, and did a good job in his
Old Buzzard Soaring Video to explain the "unseen world of air movement" and
"River of Air" concept, much has been learned about air movement (th
Adam Till wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Could someone point me towards the website for Quality Fibreglass (Bob
> Sealy)?
Well according to my bookmarks: RC -> Shop -> Quality Fiber
http://www.ucrcs.com/quality.htm
--
Andrew E. Mileskihttp://isoar.ca/
Ottawa, Canada
I am using braided Dacron Trolling line that I bought at a Basspro shop
http://www.basspro-shops.com/servlet/catalog.TextId?hvarTextId=20099&hvarTarget=search
It seems to be the same material as a towline that my friend bought in
Germany. I bought two sizes: 100kg(220lbs) and 60kg(130lbs). Not
Bill;
Be happy that your joiner rod rotates and consider it an asset instead of a liability.
If you glue your joiner rod or pin it to the fuse, you'll cause structural damage to
the wing or fuse if you hit anything hard. In fact, crushed leading edges or cracked
fuselages can be caused eve
OOPS! I knew there was something different about that notation, but I
didn't know what.
Monkey King wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Lincoln Ross wrote:
> > You must live at a very LOW altitude,
> >as the air density you give is greater than that of water. Try
> >1.225kg/m^3, not 1,225!
> That's just
How hard are you throwing it when you launch? Your description sounds very
much like what was happening to me when I first started flying my homebuilt
Spirit. It was stalling on the hi-start, and a strong throw was all that it
took to get a good climb.
The other thing is to be sure you are not ov
I had an Algebra once that used a tie-up between the
two wings, set behind the wing rod. The tie-up was
implemented with miniature eyehooks set into the wing
roots. A small cable tie was then used to link these
together. You had to cut the cable tie to disassemble
the plane. The algebra had a
On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Lincoln Ross wrote:
> You must live at a very LOW altitude,
>as the air density you give is greater than that of water. Try
>1.225kg/m^3, not 1,225!
That's just a difference in European notation. Commas and points are
reversed between European and U.S. notation. So his nu
Adam--Try " [EMAIL PROTECTED] " If that doesnt work his phone #
is 931-526-4770. Jim
- Original Message -
From: "Adam Till" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Soaring Exchange" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 12:37 AM
Subject: [RCSE] Address for Quality Fibreglass
>
> Hi all,
>
Received my Thermal Secrets video yesterday, along with the scale soaring
video and a VRQ T shirt. Watched the thermal video twice last night and let
me say, Paul Naton has done a fantastic job on this one! The graphics are
superb, as is the information. I have read the book "Understanding the Sk
I went looking, out of curiousity - I've been closet-flyer-lusting after a
4000, but figured I'd better get reactivated in the hobby before I buy more
toys.
Anyway, upon seeing it, my first thought was "I wonder how long it'll take
to break the side-panel switch levers off?"I guess with much
I bought one about 4 months ago. I fly electrics and sailplanes ( mostly
slope). I had a JR8103. In a word, the 9C is "sweet". I also always had
trouble rigging and mixing flaps, reflex and launch settings, and etc. I
could do it, but I had to park myself infront of the manual and it'd take
Just a short report, HL was tough with winds starting about 10-15 and going
to 15-20 with gusts over 30, many ships went home in some disarray or
another. As is the norm, it was hot and humid with storms forming to the
west during the contest. Phil barnes and Oleg were top two all day with
Oleg
55mph is pretty SLOW for cross country, even in the old days, from what
I hear. I've heard tales of people chasing wooden airplanes at 70 or
80mph. Remember that if you go over a bump while chasing you may hit
full up elevator while going at high speed, so if the winch is wimpy
launching may not b
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