I designed my own belly board last winter and flew w/it all summer. My design is unique as it works like a big mouse trap. Using a self designed torque tube that applies spring tension in the closed position I only need 1 cable to activate it. I built my own actuator mechanism that deflects the aluminum belly board to 60 deg. I thought I wanted 90 deg as well but ended up w/60. This works very well as I cut my landing distance by approx 1/3. But at 70 mph over the #'s you must pay attention as the sink rate is incredable. I was going to re do the actuator assy to get 90 deg but I'm rethinking that at this point. Over the winter I'm going to rebuild and RESEAL the Revmaster 2100 as I'm tired of chasing oil leaks.-----------------6399U
On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 10:55:54 -0600 Mark Jones <mjo...@muellersales.com> writes: > > Paul, > I too am going to use the Rand flap control. Even though the handle > only > travels 45°, the linkage can be set up where the board deflects to > whatever > position you wish. I am going to set mine up for a full 90° > deflection. Of > course, since there are three settings on the flap handle control, > this will > give me three degree settings. > Mark Jones > > > -----Original Message----- > From: paulw...@webtv.net [mailto:paulw...@webtv.net] > > Speeeeaking of bellyboards.....I searched the archives for info on > the > most effective deflection for B/B's and came up short. My question; > Is > 45 dgrees enough, or should I find a way to increase it? I'm using > Rand > Robinson's flap control which deflects to 45 degrees max. > > > _______________________________________________ > see KRnet list details at http://www.krnet.org/instructions.html > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!
