Re: Re: LittleSquare finally earns its wings!

From: Bill Gowen <b.gowen_at_earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 3 Dec 2006 22:22:14 -0500

There are pictures in the photo section and a plan in the files section.

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Chris Iocco
  To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 10:14 PM
  Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: LittleSquare finally earns its wings!


  Could anyone supply na picture of the LittleSquare? I am a begginning
  modeler and a real life picture in supplement to the plans would be a
  great help. Thank you.

  --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Bill Gowen" <b.gowen@...>
  wrote:
>
> 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.
>



   

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