Re: Ministick/EZB/PennyPlane for beginners

From: dammannlee <ldamnann_at_new.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:21:59 -0000

Very, very good idea. I wish you had done this a year ago.
I'm very new to indoor duration. Came over from the RC ranks.
Started with my dauthers delta dart at an indoor rc flyin. Got
hooked and built a double whammy PP. Took the next step and ordered
some stuff from Lew. Got his LPP, palor mites and Ministick kits.
Build his LPP. It was easy to build, but came out very heavy. He
had lazer cut ribs that were nice for a beginner, but way to strong
and heavy. His spars are now pre-stripped, but again, very stiff
and heavy. Its a very simple, older design, and I never got it to
fly real well.

I then built a Banks LPP on the recommedation of jhood. Flew great
right off the building board. It came out a little heavy, but
close. The hardest thing for me as a newbi has been to not over
build. Its hard to get the mindset of light and stiff with very
little glue will be strong enough for these planes. I then built
another one to try to save weight. Went way to for the other way.
(2.3 gr). Flys fine in low ceilings, but would probably suffer at
high torque.

I guess what I'm trying to say is, a first kit that took all the
guess work out of building would have been a very good thing. Pre-
stripped spars of the right weight and stiffness are a must. Pre-cut
ribs would be nice. The right boom is a must. Props are a black
art. Any pre-fab there would really help a beginner. I have found
poly micro covering to be very easy. Haven't tried any of the others.

If you would like any input on some beta kits from a recent newbi, I
would gladly buy a few and report on how it goes.

Lee

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Tim Goldstein"
<timg_at_...> wrote:
>
> Thinking about starting to produce kits for beginner oriented
ministick,
> EZB, and Penny Plane models. As far as I am aware the only ones
currently
> available are the offering from Lew. From what I remember when I
built them
> so many years ago they are fairly old designs that had short tails
and were
> hard to trim well. I think there is a place for some updated
designs.
>
> My question is, does anyone know of some designs they think might be
> suitable. Or maybe the question is, what would make a design
suitable for a
> beginner plane in these classes. I think on thing is no parts that
have
> formed curves other then the prop blade. Anyone have any input? How
about
> any existing designs you would like to see immortalized in
a "commercial"
> kit?
>
>
> Tim
> [Denver, CO]
>
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>
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>
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>
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