Re: LittleSquare - 2007 Wright Stuff model

From: Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:08:46 -0400

You could do this with wood considerably heavier than EZB prop wood. Might be an interesting experiment!

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Nick Ray
  To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 8:02 AM
  Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] LittleSquare - 2007 Wright Stuff model


  You may have to cover the next one with Ezb prop wood to get it up to weight
  :-P
  Nick

  On 9/27/06, Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
>

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