BTW, & Washingtonian Indoor class by David Aaronstein

From: Mark <f1diddler_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 15:31:48 -0000

 
BTW, it's not a difficult thing to recognize what group doo-doo is and
chime in about how stinky you think it is. But how many ever
counteract their complaints about what's "bad" by offering something
instead they regard as good? Very few, but *that* certainly would be a
productive thing.
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I was inspired to build a Washingtonian after seeing these things in
the hands of 3 club members at local contest. Not finished building
mine yet, and scanner not working, but try to picture a 7 gram minimum
model patterned after 50s style Coupe H'hiver. Long, slow, graceful
climb on 8.5" prop, they are intended for low ceilings, and couldn't go
very high if you wanted, thanks to 1 gram rubber limit, enclosed in a
curvy box fuselage of about 8"x2"1". Fly 2-3 minutes, I'm hoping to
see 4. The narrow wing chord (2.8") and short coupling allow a
Washingtonian to turn tightly and flatly in small gym. Yet 32"
wingspan, and that's where the graceful float kicks in. None of above
dimensions are required by rules, but are what Dave
Aaronsteins "Washingtonian 1" ended up being. Not a beginner's model,
but not nearly as difficult to make as a 7 gram Bostonian, either.
Rules in brief:
7 g minimum, 1 g rubber min, L^2/150 fuselage cross section, Tissue
covering, no condenser paper, no high tech mat'ls, ROG launch, no rules
on wheels # or size. Pushers exempt from ROG rule. For anyone
interested, I will gladly photocopy you a copy of "Washintonian 1"
plans and snail mail to you. Email me.

Anyone building/flying some indoor? This group not intended to be only
FAI classes, but also Delta Darts, etc. if that's what you're doing.
Mark B



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