An 80 oz Emerald Won SWC 2001. It drove thru all those nasty little thermals hanging out over the landing zone. In one round there were four huge dust devils all lined up about a mile straight out from the launch. I made it out there( thru massive sink) when many were turning back. Downwind landings are a killer though.And I recall the last round on Saturday at Visalia 2000 launching at dusk. Just couldn't get the hang time. Other than that conditions have been favorable for a glider with legs. Don't forget Dave, must have gone to bed early Saturday night, Kornberg ( this dude can land, and fly for that matter) just took the overall Spring Fling trophy home flying a so called heavy Emerald.
Emeraldless :-( F3B NYX hopeful :-) Got Legs? David ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Copp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 11:15 AM Subject: RE: [RCSE] Re:Too Light > Yea, Tim Cone has been cleaning up with his lightweight 81oz all carbon > 118in Tragi 702 V tail model. Of course Tim is a slope God but he placed 2nd > to DP at the Riverside contest in calm conditions and 1st on Sunday at the > Sacramento contest and 4th or 5th overall. The Sac contest had very light > wind also. > > Yea it's all Pilot pilot pilot for sure but I really don't like the way some > of these XLT models fly (yes, I sell these and am behind their lay up design > so it's partially my fault) but they are not really the models for me. Some > guys love 'em and do very well in competition and they are remarkable models > but I like my Artemis better at 68oz than 57oz. It grooves better, tracks > better and launches better. Lands better if your approach speed isn't > perfect. It seams to thermal the same but it does range better and it gets > to the lift sooner at a higher altitude. That's all good. The NYX is even > better. > > The quest for all out lightness is strange because the guys looking for the > lightest models hardly ever ballast them. I had a customer come over 3 times > and weigh every part in every color to get the lightest version he possibly > could. He never was happy with it. He asked me what to do and I said get a > 6oz lead weight and Goop it to the CG. I got a strange look, I don't know if > he tried but that would have fixed it. > > How does it go? "I've never reached a thermal I couldn't climb in." > > Tom Copp > COMPOSITE SPECIALTIES > www.f3x.com > 949-645-7032 > > -----Original Message----- > From: gldr guy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 8:18 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [RCSE] Re:Too Light > > Look at the competition results out west the past several years. The > light weight Addiction has been used to win and place very high in most of > the major contestes held, and probably many of the local contests in SoCal, > where the competition is intense to say the least. Yes it is a landing > machine due to its light weight. But you dont win contests on landings > alone. If you dont make your times, you aint gonna be in the hunt, > regardless of landings. Can anyone think of a plane recently with a better > record in comps, at least out west? I think not. We can sit here and > theorize about airfoils, polars, optimum wing loading, etc, but in the end > the proof is in the pudding. Walter > --- > GG > "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 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]
