Well, thanks John! I try to stay quite, but I can't handle it. :)
Indoor needs a little noise every now and then!
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Bill Gowen"
<b.gowen_at_...> wrote:
>
> I got a note from Nick earlier today. He said he did 13:50 in
Ministick for a new Senior Cat IV record. Congrats Nick!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Kagan
> To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 1:41 PM
> Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Lakehurst Aug 11-12
>
>
> We had a great weekend at Lakehurst. The storms of last week
spared
> us and there were two days of great air and minimal drift. As
usual,
> the early hours (up to about 4pm) were best for getting things
> trimmed out and prepped. Then, once the sun started filtering
golden
> through the end doors in the evening, it was time to try for the
epic
> flights.
>
> On Saturday, Doug Schaefer set a new F1D record of around 38:45,
> smashing the old mark by about 45 seconds. Brett Sanborn broke
it
> again on Sunday with an astounding 39:38. Amazing!
>
> Molly Neering flew her F1D either 30 minutes or close to it,
proving
> she is no flash-in-the-pan. At one point she exclaimed, "indoor
is
> so QUIET!" Well, not anymore, Molley :) It's great to have a new
> personality around.
>
> Jim Richmond, Max Zaluska, and I all worked on HLS. Jim had a
> beautiful, and very light, looking model. He and I both
struggled
> for a while with a too-far-aft CG and ended up moving the wings
back
> about an inch. Unfortunately, when Jim was launching his first
full
> motor flight his motorstick gave out and wrecked the model. Jim
was
> heard to comment, "I guess I made it a little too light".
>
> Something about my new model is requiring a ton more power to
fly,
> and that's not good. The best ¼ motor flight I could manage was
> 13:30. As the weekend was winding down I figured I needed to at
> least put something up at the ceiling for fun. The full motor
flight
> did its predicted 54, but was a pleasure to watch. I guess I've
got
> some work to do for next time.
>
> Max was probably in the best shape w/ his HLS, doing a 14:45 ¼
> motor. His full motor flight was lost when the wing folded on a
> steer, however.
>
> I saw Nick Ray flying his Ministick a lot, and I think he ended
up
> with a 13 something. Jeff Hood did around 28 minutes with his
EZB.
> And there were a couple others whose names unfortunately escape
me at
> the moment.
>
> One of the base people stopped by to watch and commented that
there
> were more of us than usual. So I guess our little "contest"
worked.
> Not huge numbers, but a comfortable and entertaining
concentration.
> Join us next time!
>
>
>
>
>
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>
Received on Mon Aug 13 2007 - 21:50:41 CEST
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