Ya, one flew, it was Mike Lackowski's(sp), and it blew up about half way
through the event...
Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "tony estep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "RCSE" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 11:31 PM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] After the 2006 NATS - 2 Meter Comments
Was anyone flying the Mark Drela designed Aegea 2M at the NATS?
The design for the Aegea 2M was posted to the Allegro-Lite group in
August 2002, so it seems to be contemporaneous with the Mantis 2M & the
Organic 2M.
On 29/07/2006, at 11:00 AM, tony estep wrote:
From: Jim Deck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
...the dominant design utilized by the top ten
finishers was the venerable "Duck"...
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A very fine post in its entirety, Jim. 2-Meters is a world unto itself,
and when good flyers go at it, it's a very worthwhile event. You have to
launch to the moon, then find lift quick, because the little planes come
down in a hurry and don't travel well if you hit sink.
The dominance of the Duck design seems to me to have some interesting
implications. U.S. flyers generally have disdained V- tail airplanes, but
the Duck shows that they can learn to love 'em if the tail is big
enough. Additionally, the Duck has a fairly low AR wing and is pretty
heavy; these characteristics don't match the current fashion, but in
this class they seem to prove out to be best in practice.
It would be neat to see a resurgence of interest in 2M, just to see what
other design tweaks might come along. It seems that there hasn't been
much design activity in this class since the Organic and 2M Mantis.
Maybe there's a world-beater out there to be discovered.
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