At last! An interesting discussion. Reminds me of the good old days
or RCSE from about 10 years ago. I have a notebook full of posts
about stability and control from1995 to1998. Lots more interesting
than what happened, or didn't happen, at the latest contest. I had a
lot of success flying a low aspect ratio model in 2-meter with the
Winglet Spica. It's first contest was in the 1979 LSF Tournament at
Lockport, IL. It was the only model I flew in 2-meter contest until
I retired it after the 1998 Nats after 20 years of service. In the
early years, it had no competition while by 1998 it was no
competition. I did complete my Level 5 contest requirements with the
Winglet Spica in 1996 with a win in Unlimited and high point for the
contest. I had to fly the Spica after damaging my Unlimited model
before the start of the contest.
I am surprised that nobody has mentioned using winglets for 2-meter
models. The Winglet Spica had a 10 ich chord wing with 10 inch high
winglets and had the same performance as the same model with 100 inch
wing span and almost as good as it had with a 115 inch span
wing. There ain't no free lunch and the large winglets had two major
disadvantages. Winglets are a one speed device and the winglets are
sensitive to wind gusts when landing. The very large winglets and
wide chord wing did make the model much easier to see and I never had
trouble identifying my model in a thermal with a lot of others. :-)
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I've broken up with multiple women in the last few
months... need to do enough models to keep up with the
naming process... ;-)
Possibly "Lil Beeotch" - we'll see
D
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If I used Daryl's method of naming my models, I wouldn't have
many. Tomorrow is my 49th wedding anniversary.
Chuck Anderson
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