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On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:18:44 tony estep wrote: >A slower-flying plane will make smaller circles for a given sink rate; >a typical 8-oz/sq ft plane will fly in roughly 42 foot circles for a >sink rate of 2 ft/sec, while the same plane at 10-oz/sq ft would need >57 feet of diameter. So if the thermal is really little, and you can >place yourself really precisely, this can be an advantage. Again, if >the wind is blowing, this is moot. Funny you should mention this. At last weeks Spring Fling, being the less than adequate soaring pilot I am, I ended up Saturday, last round, by this time the wind was blowing a bit, needing a 12 minute flight. It was open order on the tasks, just couldnt get the 12 in when conditions were calmer. I end up popping off twice, the second time at about 25-30 ft- only allowed one pop off. So what happens? I luck out, hook a little lift right behind the winches with the light weight, ugly dog, not worthy of a 1200.00 90oz molded flyer, 3 year old, beat up Mantis. I had to work the light, reeaal low lift very, very tightly all the while drifting down wind at a pretty good clip- I ended up specking out and getting my 12(and one of only two landings for the contest). If I was flying a 80-90 oz molded ship, this may have been much more difficult, if not impossible for a flyer of my limited abilities(not to mention the fear of risking a 1000.00 plane that low!)to do. Ill stick with the light planes(read bagged) and ballast as needed. Walter Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
