Re: Illinois State Wright Stuff

From: soslipstream <parkreation_at_msn.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Apr 2007 01:48:37 -0000

Haa,

Where's my daughter! Its her fault! She said that you guys were
talking Wright Stuff. Go ahead and build the Biplane Glider.

Crawling in a hole,
Tom Sanders


In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Jeff Anderson"
<janderson_at_...> wrote:
>
> 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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