Hi All,
The new rules models fly quite nicely and at this point seem to
approach the better times of any year's version of the rules. Hi-
aspect ratio models fly really well, regardless of the wing area
used! They do seem to fly somewhat faster though. This weekend at
Albany, OR with a 35" ceiling, in their first outing, most models
were getting times from 4:00 to 4:44. These times were all by
mentors, except for one, Rebecca Altig, a past Middle School National
Champion who I believe reached 4:08 and maybe more.
Using an adjustable prop to determine what works well in practice is
a good idea; but like a lot of things, just don't use it in official
competition. As was mentioned, once you have a good configuration,
modify a solid prop to those specs. I guess that it is up to the
particular person or group that writes each set of event rules to
decide what exactly "Science" consists of.
Chris Borland - Sacramento
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Received on Mon Dec 04 2006 - 17:58:59 CET
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