One aspect of R/C soaring has some official data recorded for timed flights standing in one spot. You might be surprised how difficult it is to stay up for an hour on any given day; The Scale Soaring Gold Medal program proves just that. At Venues all over the U.S and Canada, from Visalia to Los Banos to the JR Aerotow to the NATS XC event (scale XC) Check it out. These are timed (verified by second party) flights at public events. This years program was a popular success, if you fly scale sailplanes, try it for yourself next year.
Here is the excel sheet with info. Click on times link when visiting this page. http://www.scalesoaring.net/EMM/scalesoaringgold.htm Endless Mountain Models http://www.scalesoaring.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Johns [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 2004 7:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [RCSE] Limits in R/C Soaring - a proposed discussion > > At 03:20 PM 12/2/2004, James V. Bacus wrote: > >Let me rephrase my posts so nobodys feathers get ruffled, I thought Bill > >John's post was referring to PERSONALLY witnessed, not that Joe's flight > >wasn't witnessed, it obviously was and certainly a historic flight. > > Nah, let's not get too technical. I was simply referring to a witnessed, > not "a friend of a friend told me that...." kinda flight. JW's flight is > certainly valid. So how long was that? > > I would think, and someone has suggested this, that given the very best of > days and a good plane and a support team and a large battery pack, one > could theoretically stay up from shortly after sunup when thermals start > generating until near sunset when thermals start deteriorating. > > Let's tighten up the definition here just a bit and say for someone flying > from a fixed location, not XC, how long has anyone kept a plane up. So > far > the longest I've seen posted is 5 hours. Most impressive. What type of > plane was used for this flight? What time of year? > > (My neck gets sore after about 25 minutes. I presume folks sit down and > lean back a bit.) > > Thanks, > > Bill Johns > > 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.
