Re: [RCSE] Re: Airfoil flight comparison( HN-216)?

2008-02-01 Thread lincolnr
ull out the plug when you pick up the glider. Original message >Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 14:12:36 -0600 >From: Doug McLaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [RCSE] Re: Airfoil flight comparison( HN-216)? >To: Anker Berg-Sonne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Cc: Davi

Re: [RCSE] Re: Airfoil flight comparison( HN-216)?

2008-02-01 Thread Doug McLaren
On Fri, Feb 01, 2008 at 10:31:59AM -0500, Anker Berg-Sonne wrote: > There are so many ways launches can go wrong that your proposed device may > save you from one problem, but the others will be sure to bite you instead. Not only that, but if your plane is ever tilted at that angle as you carry

RE: [RCSE] Re: Airfoil flight comparison( HN-216)?

2008-02-01 Thread Tom Copp
Subject: Re: [RCSE] Re: Airfoil flight comparison( HN-216)? David, Launching without turning the transmitter on is a symptom of a greater problem. You must build a routine that you consistently follow each and every time you launch, otherwise you will make this and a bunch of other mistakes

RE: [RCSE] Re: Airfoil flight comparison( HN-216)?

2008-02-01 Thread Mark Howard
PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 5:49 AM To: David Webb; soaring@airage.com Subject: Re: [RCSE] Re: Airfoil flight comparison( HN-216)? My best flights are when I forget to turn on :- David Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gentlemen, I would like your feedback on something I cre

Re: [RCSE] Re: Airfoil flight comparison( HN-216)?

2008-02-01 Thread david . jensen
I'll take 2 -- Original message -- From: "David Webb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Gentlemen, I would like your feedback on something I created last > season in a bit of a whim. I have been competing at various TD tasks > in the Northwest over the last 3 years. Over this

Re: [RCSE] Re: Airfoil flight comparison( HN-216)?

2008-02-01 Thread Craig Allen
My best flights are when I forget to turn on :- David Webb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Gentlemen, I would like your feedback on something I created last season in a bit of a whim. I have been competing at various TD tasks in the Northwest over the last 3 years. Over this time I have witnessed

Re: [RCSE] Re: Airfoil flight comparison( HN-216)?

2008-02-01 Thread Anker Berg-Sonne
David, Launching without turning the transmitter on is a symptom of a greater problem. You must build a routine that you consistently follow each and every time you launch, otherwise you will make this and a bunch of other mistakes. Most of the problems occur if you let yourself be rushed, e

Re: [RCSE] Re: Airfoil flight comparison( HN-216)?

2008-02-01 Thread Chuck Anderson
For over 25 years, I used a system that prevented launching unless both the transmitter and receiver were own. Basically, it was a capture tow hook that had to be opened by radio to hook the towline to the tow hook and then latched by radio. It was an EK remote release tow hook with a pin at

Re: [RCSE] Re: Airfoil flight comparison( HN-216)?

2008-02-01 Thread David Webb
Gentlemen, I would like your feedback on something I created last season in a bit of a whim. I have been competing at various TD tasks in the Northwest over the last 3 years. Over this time I have witnessed far too many launches where the pilot after the fact admitted that he/she did not turn on th

[RCSE] Re: Airfoil flight comparison( HN-216)?

2008-02-01 Thread Lincoln Ross
Looked like Michael is right. According to Profili, it's VERY similar to the RG-15. I checked it out at re*sqrt(CL)=100k and 150k. (That is, equivalent to a sailplane which is at Reynold's number of 100k and 150k when flying at Cl of 1) The two lines are just about right on top of each other.