LittleSquare - 2007 Wright Stuff model

From: Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:52:17 -0000

I posted a picture of LittleSquare #1 tonight. I almost didn't have it
to take a picture. I put on a 2 gram motor and put in 800 turns. I let
it go in the cul-de-sac thinking that would be a good way to trim out
the cruise. Well the cruise was fine but it did it 30' up in the air.
Fortunately the drift was going down the street so when it came down
(dead stick about 2 minutes later)it didn't hang in a tree or on
someone's roof!

This model flies great!

I tried to build it per my plans. My prop and my motor stick came out
a lot lighter than the plan weights. The heaviest piece of wood I
could find for a motor stick was 6 PCF. I increased the size of the
motorstick to 1/4" x 3/8" and it still came out under 2 grams. The
motorstick is huge! I also increased the size of the tailboom. The
whole model less ballast and rubber weighs 5 grams. The 2 grams of
ballast is put on as far forward as possible per the design run. The
CG is about 1/4" behind the wing which is close to the design number
of 1/8".

Bill Gowen
Decatur, GA USA
Received on Wed Sep 27 2006 - 19:57:46 CEST