At 12:00 PM 3/19/02, you wrote: >Does the 1-35 have a fixed or removable skeg?
It's removable. I used to wrap the skeg with masking tape, then epoxy it to the nose. Problem was, just one dork landing, and the ship would most likely be toast, skeg or no skeg. :) Joe Parsons >>From: Joe Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: "Andrew E. Mileski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>CC: RCSE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Subject: Re: [RCSE] Landing Skegs >>Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 11:44:41 -0800 >> >>At 11:40 AM 3/19/02, you wrote: >>>Joe Parsons wrote: >>> > >>> > At 10:48 AM 3/19/02, you wrote: >>> > >Tom Broeski wrote: >>> > > > >>> > > > I would liken the skids and skegs to having brakes on a plane. Not >>>having >>> > > > them would favor the lighter planes designed specifically for landing >>> > > rather >>> > > > than soaring. Also, the full scale planes don't have flaps that >>>hit the >>> > > > ground when they land. >>> > > >>> > >Full scale flaps don't go down 90 degrees :) >>> > >>> > They did on my Schweitzer 1-35. :) >>> >>>Never flow that one. 40 degrees was the max I saw. >> >>The 1-35 uses flaps instead of spoilers for descent control. Takes a bit >>of getting used to--the pitch change with full flaps is pretty severe. >> >>Joe Parsons >> >> >> >>>-- >>>Andrew E. Mileski >>>Ottawa, Canada >>>RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" >>>and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Multimedia development and hosting >>925.829.5923 >>www.yankeemedia.net >> >> >>RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" >>and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: >http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Multimedia development and hosting 925.829.5923 www.yankeemedia.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
