Hey guys, took a PTO ( personal time off ) day from work today to make a four day weekend and do some flying with our elder club members. The air was turbulent and some welcomed thunderstorms, with free water from the sky, cut our session short, bummer!? Had a 20+ minute flight with an altitude of 1400' AGL and decided to abort due to lightning in the area. This was documented on my RAM.
Anyhow, we here in Texas are coming into our second building season. With temps in the 100's and humidity over 50% one has to be crazy to be outside after noon. I want to build an new technology back up for my Eraser, don't want a RTF. The old Sapphire with the Sage wings is good, but she is long in the tooth. What would you recommend for TD? Keep in mind we have conditions where we regularly fly in winds above 10 MPH and it needs to be a sturdy contest hog. BTW, Daryl we would like to see you back at the TNT again sometime, enjoyed having you here a few years back. We now fly it a South Fork Ranch, no JR doesn't try to steal our ladies, but it is a challenging site to fly. Some of us think it mirrors UT Dallas where we were flying when you were here. Mark W. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marta Zavala" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Daryl Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <soaring@airage.com> Sent: Friday, July 01, 2005 10:58 AM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal >I saw that plane fly last weekend and at Visalia. Its a really good flying > plane. Seemed to me it really pulled hard on launch. Didnt see it land > at > SVSS but did at Visalia and it really does come in slow. Liked it so much > I called NSP about a kit. To my surprise was told they dont make "kits." > Only RTF planes complete w/all JR > electronics. I was quoted 1700.00. Not sure why its only offered RTF/all > electronics??? I guess subtracting > say 650.00 for gear/install that would put the plane around 1050.00. Will > probably still buy one someday but really would rather build out my own > plane with my own gear. None the less the plane flies very, very good. > A two meter its certainly NOT, its big. > Walter > -----Original Message----- > From: Daryl Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: soaring@airage.com <soaring@airage.com> > Date: Friday, July 01, 2005 8:07 AM > Subject: [RCSE] Insanity 3.7 - shameless plug for Sal > > >>Hey Guys, >> >>After the Spring Fling, I've been getting a lot of >>private emails regarding the Insanity 3.7, so I >>thought I'd post a little about the model. With my >>broken full scale planes this year, I haven't had a >>chance to head to So Cal to fly the contest circuit, >>but I had really wanted to, because this thing is like >>cheating. Now that I've got some contest time on the >>model, I'm more comfortable talking about it than last >>year. It's so easy to fly, and even easier to land. >> >>Mine weighs in at 83 ounces, but I am using some super >>heavy stabs that I bagged at home with some carbon I >>had laying around....If I were using the stabs from >>Sal, it would take 3-4 ounces out of the model. Even >>at 83 ounces, the model feels almost too light for me. >>It flies soooooo slooooooowwwww..... The wing loading >>is under 9 ounces/ft. Even though it's light, due to >>the span, it still covers ground quite well, and >>because of the light loading, lands almost stupid >>slow. The moments on the model are quite generous, >>(loooong tail boom) so even at very slow speeds on >>final, it tracks quite nicely. >> >>Stats: >> >>Span - 145" >>Area - Don't remember (I recall 1350 ish) >>Section - A JW section - TDtry19 (same as the Fusion >>section) >> >>I've only flown it in Majors. It's the model I flew at >>the Nats last year (although with a completely >>re-shaped and re-tooled fuse - much prettier and >>lighter now), I flew it at Visalia, SWC, and now >>Spring Fling. For AMA style TD, I wouldn't fly >>anything else. >> >>I believe Sal is selling them, although due to the >>labor in them, Phil is whining about making the wings. >>So there may be a bit of a delay. There is a lot of >>work in them. Makes it a bit pricey. The wings are >>turning out to be super strong - much to the shagrin >>of the SVSS winch crews. I kept breaking lines tapping >>all the way up tow. Sorry guys! I was tappin'... >> >>It's very lively for the span - if it wasn't it would >>make me crazy. Rolling circles are fun, inverted >>flight is hands off, outsides are tight... it's just >>fun to fly. >> >>And most importantly, it's not a 2 meter. Chuck would >>like it.... he can see it.... ;-) >> >>If you're in Muncie, come by and check it out. I'll >>have it out for Open Class. >> >>See y'all at the Nats! >> >>D >> >> >> >> >> >>____________________________________________________ >>Yahoo! Sports >>Rekindle the Rivalries. Sign up for Fantasy Football >>http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com >>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. 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