Re: [RCSE] Do you like long wings?
Just because you CAN break a 300# line with a 3M 90 oz plane, doesn't mean you need all that force to launch a 5M. I believe the expression is "touch". Hi-starts are normally sized to pull about 5 times the weight of a plane, so a good launch tension would be 5*185 oz or about 58 pounds. Get radical and double, even triple it. Still under 200# pull. Tom Koszuta Western New York Sailplane and Electric Flyers Buffalo, NY - Original Message - And, how are you going to launch something like this? 65-90oz models are busting 300lb test line. How about a 5M (195") TD model? http://www.soaringusa.com/products/product.htm?product_id=16505&category_id=259 Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Do you like long wings?
So how is the Thermic XL 4M working out. Have heard no reports. A.B. - Original Message - From: "James V. Bacus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 9:21 PM Subject: [RCSE] Do you like long wings? How about a 5M (195") TD model? http://www.soaringusa.com/products/product.htm?product_id=16505&category_id=259 Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Do you like long wings?
At 09:21 PM 2/9/2006, you wrote: How about a 5M (195") TD model? http://www.soaringusa.com/products/product.htm?product_id=16505&category_id=259 Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net Launching models this size is very difficult, especially if there is any wind. In 1979 I designed a sailplane with a 169 inch span and flew it in unlimited at the 1981 and 1982 Nats. The Dragon Lady was a real handful to launch in any wind and I finally retired it from anything except cross country. I launched the model myself at both Nats but I really needed a pit crew. There is a photo of the Dragon Lady being launched in the SOAR report for the 1985 Great Race. I was flying, Ed Wilson was throwing, and a team member was on each wing tip stabilizing the model. That was on the first day before the high winds that year. We didn't even try to fly it on the windy days. Chuck Anderson RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Do you like long wings?
I just posted the link, I am not worried by little details like that... ;-) (A better question is how would one throw that model?) At 10:36 PM 2/9/2006, Darwin N. Barrie wrote: And, how are you going to launch something like this? 65-90oz models are busting 300lb test line. Darwin N. Barrie Chandler AZ Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
Re: [RCSE] Do you like long wings?
And, how are you going to launch something like this? 65-90oz models are busting 300lb test line. Darwin N. Barrie Chandler AZ - Original Message - From: "James V. Bacus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 9:21 PM Subject: [RCSE] Do you like long wings? How about a 5M (195") TD model? http://www.soaringusa.com/products/product.htm?product_id=16505&category_id=259 Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
[RCSE] Do you like long wings?
How about a 5M (195") TD model? http://www.soaringusa.com/products/product.htm?product_id=16505&category_id=259 Jim Downers Grove, IL Member of the Chicago SOAR club, and Team JR AMA 592537LSF 7560 Level IV R/C Soaring blog at www.jimbacus.net RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
