Hi Joel. . .yes, one design rule. Build the wing from a 1" x 1/16" piece of
balsa. The variations are virtually endless! Think of all the airfoil
combos possible on a quad taper!
Tom. . .thanks for passing on the pics and comments about your world record
setting Whipper Whiz. May thousands, inter-galactically speaking, be
inspired to enthusiastically participate!
> From: Joel A. Foner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Harley Michaelis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: FW: WHIPPER WHIZ INTERGALACTIC CONTEST!
> Date: Friday, December 22, 2000 7:04 AM
>
> I just got this from Tom... So if this is legal, then a triple or
> quad-taper wing planform is ok? ;)
>
> Joel
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Broeski [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 6:13 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: WHIPPER WHIZ INTERGALACTIC CONTEST!
>
>
> Here's the record plane.
> http://adesigner.com/whip.htm
> The elevator is slightly back to allow trim. Makes all the difference in
> the world. The thermal that blew through helped a lot too. We will see
how
> the indoor contest goes.
>
> Now that Harley has taken off any requirements other than the 1" x 6"
wing,
> we should see some interesting fuse designs.
>
> Tom
>
> "Joel A. Foner" wrote:
>
> > I've posted this to the Charles River Whipper Whiz page and rearranged
the
> > page a bit to have a Contest Results and Rules section for on-going
> > additions. I also added this as a home page link to drum up some
interest!
> > (Maybe get someone in the running against you "pro's"!)
> >
> > Our four and seven year olds love their Whiz's, but they're nowhere
near
> the
> > current records... Across the living room and hit the wall at four
feet
> > height is their idea of fun! Maybe we'll try for a design that'll do a
> > ridiculous number of loops or something ;)
> >
> > What are people doing to these to hit the latest crop of distance and
> > duration records? Closer to zero/zero alignment, from the looks of
> Cliff's
> > pictures - anything else? Airfoiled wing and tail? Got any design
tips
> to
> > post?
> >
> > In any case, the updated page is at:
> >
> > (the following URL should be all on one line)
> >
>
http://www.charlesriverrc.org/articles/whipperwhiz/whipperwhiz_2000contest3.
> > htm
> >
> > Regards and happy holidays,
> >
> > Joel
> >
> > Joel Foner
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