I was thinking today while setting up my winch in the rain
that i must have some serious issues.
But I just went one day in a row without flying and couldn't
think of going two without. :-)
So I went twice today to make up for the missed day of soaring.
Dave Hauch
www.git-r-built.com
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Your post reminded me of an towing anecdote.
I did the weave and pull thing once at a PPSS night contest. I'd thrown
together a 2M poly wing I had laying around on a CF boom and put a set of HLG
tail feathers way back a la logic design. Tested OK in the back yard so I
applied night ops and was a
Cool Daryl!
Now you've given me more to work on.
I've sure kept myself intertained this past year with this f3b
stuff, I absolutly love it!
It just gave me something all new to play with.
Dave Hauch
www.git-r-built.com
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From: "Daryl Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "D
I used to do that all the time. It's a kick. Used to
just stake the winch, walk back til I had just enough
energy to launch the model, then start weaving super
low, back and forth, to build line tension. You know
you're good when it starts getting behind you in about
5 kts wind. Hopefully you have
The central ohio MOSS club used
to do an annual Gnome contest. Most of the members had at least one
2 meter Gnome. I have built three of them and still have two, including
the infamous Flamingoid.
The Gnome is still kitted I
believe. It is a little heavier and stronger than a
hi all,
Did something new today.
I've been dialing my X-21 to do cross wind launches, and finally
have it dialed in and no more snapping.
I had a good 15 mph head wind, so I loaded up the mono on the f3b winch
to see how I could weave it from side to side.
I loaded it up and launched it, as soon a
Better to be called a geek than a nerd!
Michael Conte wrote:
As soon as contests start paying $1million + for first place, I'm sure
flying/building rc sailplanes will be considered "cool".
Mike
On Aug 12, 2005, at 7:58 AM, Dennis Hoyle wrote:
Just a curious thing why is it "geeky" for some
I only fly original designs so that leaves me out of One Design
contents (unless somebody wants to have a one design contest using
one of my designs). :-)
Chuck Anderson
P.S. I do buy one of the latest models every 5 years or so just to
keep up with the trends.
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