LittleSquare finally earns its wings!

From: Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 03 Dec 2006 02:04:07 -0000

Yep - I finally got to actually fly LittleSquare today. The model was
set up with the wood wing so I flew it that way first. After hitting
everything possible on something like 6 or 8 flights I finally got
one clean flight of 3:04. This was on 5/99 rubber about .092". All of
the other flights were over 2 minutes.

Then I switched to the built up wing, retrimmed the model and
launched a full wind flight on the same motor and at the same torque.
It climbed much faster and smacked the ceiling and hung. This was not
really the expected result! On the next flight I dropped the launch
torque considerably and got a clean flight of 3:25.

The model is so ultra-stable that I think some CG adjusting might be
in order to get the flight time a little higher. I wasn't able to do
that today.

The most important thing I learned about the design today is that it
is absolutely and positively rock solid in the air. Every flight made
was picture perfect until some obstruction got in the way. If you
build one of these according to the plan it should do what it's
supposed to do.
Received on Sat Dec 02 2006 - 18:06:51 CET