Mark, I have always wondered how high someone can throw a plane. Sometimes I think it is a fish story, But if you canm get 90 ft, that is extremely amazing. I have yet to see even Wurts get 90 ft. There was thread on RCSE about throwing heights some time ago. While I am open for proof, 6o ft is high for anybody, with any glider. If yo are getting 50 seconds from a 90 ft launch, then again, (in my humble opinion) the plane should be redesigned. I would love to see you do it at Visalia if we make it there. Good Lift, Chris >How high are you launching? >I can get a good 60 to 90 ft. launch by side arm >throwing if the plane is fairly rigid. If the tape is >loose, it will only launch half as high and be squirrly as hell, >It's kind of fun though, like russian roulette, you never know which >way it will be going when it tops out! A rigid spar or good tape job >fixes this anomoly though. >I can get 30 to 50 second dead air flights on a good launch. >2 to 3 seconds on a really bad launch :~( > > Mark Mech >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.aerofoam.com > >-----Original Message----- >From: Breck Baldwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 9:23 AM >Subject: [RCSE] Dead air times with noseeum > > >> >>What are folks getting for deadair time on their Noseeums? I am good for, >tops, 15 sec >>and I just want to make sure that someone is doing better before I do my >'rebuild' >>which will address some aerodynamic/weight issues. I am in at 3.8 oz with >smallish winglets. >> >>email direct is probably better since this is pretty specific stuff. >> >>thanks >> >>breck >> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and >"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
