Re: Re: decalage

From: Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:49:29 -0500

The site where I will be flying is 30' to the girders. I always wrinkle film to remove static and make the film more flexible. Some very good flyers don't wrinkle the film. I think it's one of those things where you do what you like best.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: calgoddard
  To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 1:51 AM
  Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: decalage


  Hi all. I just wanted to weigh in on this subject.

  Indoor stick duration planes seem to do well with a positive main wing
  incidence of about 2 degrees and a negative stab incidence of about 1 -
  2 degrees. You don't want any downthrust on the prop of an indoor
  stick duration plane, unlike Peanut, Walnut, Embryo, Bostonian, etc.
  indoor sacle models that have box type fuselages.

  Plug-in tail booms are nice for travel, but a bit tricky to execute.

  Wing posts and sockets for the stab are nice too, for the experienced
  flyer. It can get complicated if you are adjusting both wing
  incidence and stab incidence.

  I look forward to Bill Gowen's report on his flying of his Little
  Square this weekend. The design is very well thought out, and the
  plan is easy to follow. Bill's model (in the photo gallery) is
  beautifully built. Bill, if your flying site ceilng height is real
  low, e.g. twenty-five feet or less, please give us some times with
  partial motors so we can extrapolate and see what she will really do.
  Thanks for sharing this wonderful design with us.

  Here is a question for everyone. Is it worth wrinkling the Ultrafilm
  before applying it to the wings, like Ray Harlan recommends?

  Calgoddard



   

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