Re: Re: Illinois State Wright Stuff

From: Jeff Anderson <janderson_at_twmi.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:42:32 -0400

Uh, there IS no limit on stab chord in the rules for BLG this year. Heck, you can build a bi-plane for BLG if you wish, haven't seen any, but its not forbidden.

WS does have a stab chord this year for the first time.

In the past, good WS planes by the top flyers had very large stab chords (almost square stabs) and very long tail booms to get appropriate aerodynamic moments.

Jeff Anderson
Livonia, MI


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Rszanti
  To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2007 3:47 PM
  Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Illinois State Wright Stuff



  When I initially read the BLG rules, my first thought was "there is no
  limit on the stabilizer chord" ....... this because of the way the rules
  are worded. After thinking it over, I concluded (assumed) the chord
  limit must refer to both the wing and the stab even though it appears to
  only apply to the "wing".

  Think there's a possibility that those who were "too large" on the stab
  chord size were english wizards and not so much practical aeronautical
  geniuses ? [:-/]

  Richard

  --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "c4gl45" <c4gl45@...> wrote:
>
> It was held at the University of Illinois in Champaign. I believe the
> height of the Armory is 98 ft. The majority of the dimensional
  problems
> were with the stabilizer cords being too large.
>
> ~John Brayton
> Crystal Lake, IL
>
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "soslipstream"
> parkreation_at_ wrote:
> >
> > John,
> >
> > Was this at ISU at the Armory? How high was the site? A bit
> > disappointing on the logs and incomplete logs but what kinds of
> > infractions on the dimensions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Tom Sanders
> >
>

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