I will bear witness to the fact that Rich is very agressive on his launches. When he says he pulses the winch, that's a few taps about half way up. Other than that, he's on the pedal. He's flying a stylus - so you can bet he's got pre-set. His Majestic goes up at a very steep angle. In the last contest, I found myself kiting my Victory and pulling line off the winch (it was blowing pretty good and I had a free pop-off if needed) in an effort to keep up with his incredible launches. The guy is an animal. If I had a Majestic, I'd want it to be JUST like his. BTW One flight, Rich managed a perfect time and a 99 landing (AMA tape). That's hard to compete with. Rich is becoming a very accomplished pilot. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 3:02 PM Subject: Re: [RCSE] Launching my Majestic > I tend to launch my Majestic on the aggressive side. However I did beef > up the center section of the wing. I went with the typical use of carbon on > the spars and ran double shearwebs for the entire span of the center section. > > There were a couple of Guys in our club that folded the wings on the > Majestics they built, but I would consider building technique and choice of > adhesives more a factor here than the design of the kit. > > Back to Launching, I pulse the winch until the model is at the top of the > arch then zoom launch like you would any bagged composit wing. Set up and > technique are just as important as with any model for good launch results. > > Rich O'Connell > Majestic owner/flyer > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
