Re: Building my first F1D

From: John Kagan <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 17:26:53 -0000

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Lee Dammann"
<ldamnann_at_...> wrote:
> And he talked me into an F1D!!! Recommended John Kagans plan as it
> has lots of componant weights. (wish it had defelctions ala HS EZB)

I have a bunch of sheets from Lew Gitlow that I stiffness tested once.
I use those for spars rather than deflection testing each piece. It
works pretty well, although every once in a while I end up with a
component that is too floppy.

Interestingly, though, my really stiff boron wings seem to perform
about the same as my floppier non-boron ones. So, since it easier to
build one w/o boron, that's what I've been doing lately.
Received on Sat Oct 20 2007 - 10:26:55 CEST