Congratulations to Kyle & Doug for raising the bar and also to the rest of the DS boyz who came away with some impressive PB's. Nice job!
Sounds like Brain has built a great 2 meter DS plane. Can't wait to see how his 100" DS eXXreme performs. Dave on 6/28/03 10:23 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Speed: 215mph > When: Today, 6/28/2003 > Pilot: Kyle Paulson > Plane: Mclean Extreme-DS 2 meter > Where: Vincent, CA > > We had an incredible day of of DS'ing at Vincent today. Kyle and I arrived > around 2PM and found Doug Reel and Bruce Bedoe already at the hill. Our > friend Andy arrived with the radar gun (a ProSpeed K-band unit, which we > calibrated beforehand) about a half our later. Doug was already DS'ing > when we got there, but it was very turbulant, and there was talk about > going to Parker. We decided to wait it out, though, and about a 1/2 hour > later, it started to smooth out. > > Doug was up first. He immediately started turing 180's and 190's (I was on > radar). Several minutes later he had reach 199mph twice and seemed a bit > frustrated. But, conditions were still getting better. After a quick > breather, he dove back in and turned a 206. This was followed by a 201, > and finally, a 212mph. > > Kyle was up next and he was quickly doing turns in the 190's, followed by > some 207's and 208's, and then, a 211. A short time later he turned a > 215mph run. > > Both Kyle and Doug were solidly in the 200+ range all day. There were only > 3 210+ readings, but they probably had dozens of runs between 200 and 210 > between them. Both were flying McLean Extremes, which, from what I've > seen, is an amazing airplane. They were incredibly solid at speed, having > no flutter, and barely, if any wing flex. I'm convinced has well in excess > of 200mph in it. Congrats to Brian McLean, and both Kyle and Doug for > joining the 200+ club! > > Both Kyle's and Dougs runs were video taped. I'm hoping we have the tape > up on the net this week. > > On a lesser note, many of us broke our personal best DS speeds: > Bruce Bedoe, flying an Opus V, went 167mph. > Andy McKittrick, flying a Sting-DS went 187mph. > Me, flying a Sting-DS (and hoping to get something in the 170's) went 195mph. > > Brett > > > > 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. 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.
