Not exactly, Chris. I had a big time collision on launch with Brad Willoughby (I think that's who it was). We crossed paths on the way up. His plane shredded my stab and rudder. I think, in turn, his aileron servo stripped.
In any case, I now know how small a full flying stab can be before loosing stability. Try 1" x 7". I actually continued to fly like this for a few more rounds. When the plane was cruising it flew okay. The slow speed handling was a disaster, as were the loops, but I hung in there for awhile. On Sunday morning some friends delivered the remains of the stab to our tent. I've glued things back together and it looks like it will fly. JE -- Erickson Architects John R. Erickson, AIA > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 11:39:15 -0700 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Soaring@airage.com > Subject: [RCSE] DLG contest at Visalia > > I had anticipated a few more midairs, when actually there were none during the > contest. > > So it was, simple, not scorecards required, everyone, I beleive, laughed and > had fun, and in the end we had some really great flying. > > Thanks to all who participated. > > Chris Adams 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
