Gordy, Any concern about the wing attachmet points?
Also, did you replace the wing rods with carbon because you saw a problem or just something you did because you had them. Ed [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wrote: > Hi guys, > > I flew my Cularis today off my winch. Good air day. > > Like a good little instruction follower, I balanced it on the dots. > > I gave it a gentle hand toss and as expected, DOINK about 15' in front > of me. > > All I had for nose weight is a 4cell 1250 sub C pack with the cells > standing > upright beside each other in a row. It was all the way up against > theplastic motor mount cup. > > Once balanced it is now all the way back against the foam cross piece > just > in front of the servos. > > The model balances at 4" measured from the trailing edge of the wing, > 1" > behind the dots. > > I'm working on my Silver Level Canadian Soaring Task, which asks for 6 > 30min > thermal flights (witnessed). So I decided what the heck, might as > well > take one down with the Cularis. > > Most of the flight it was impossible to see the model, blue skies with > high > thin clouds, and she was up at about 1200' (I know because I have a > Picolario > talking altimeter) for most of the flight. > > I have 3/8" full span camber programmed in for thermaling, that bends > back > to about 3/16" in the air, but worked well...and the usual rudder to > aileron > mix, camber pump with elevator and as is normal most of the thermaling > was done > with 80% rudder stick and a bit of up trim elevator...along with the > camber. > > I'll admit I'm surprised it launches well with the all the glass rods > > replaced with carbon or carbon tubes...and she flies as well as a > Spirit Elite 100". > > The landing flaps are functional too. > > Very nice piece of foam. I made the tips and ruder and nose cone > tape-ons, > so that it all fits in the box for storage...likely mine will sit in > the > rafters for the next few years, but it was a fun project and excellent > flying > model. > > Definitely worth the money and for a newbie to the hobby of soaring, > easy to > build, durable and fun to fly too. > Also worth the money for someone who wants a scale looking slope ship! > Full > house, full flying stab, the wings snap in and the servos plug > themselves in > too! You can paint it with Krylon if you like by the way. > > Gordy > Louisville today > > > > **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking > with > Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. > (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) -- aeajr ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aeajr's Profile: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=16056 View this thread: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=870436 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
