Re: Ministick rubber question:

From: John Kagan <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:00:09 -0000

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "scott_and_sheri"
<hansesc_at_...> wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have just about completed my first ministick project....What
> should I start with for rubber size? Width and lenght? and, is 1.2
> grams too heavy to fly OK?
> Any ideas would be great.

One of the fun things about these planes is figuring out what they
need to fly longer. Start with the various suggestions you've
gotten - or just take your own WAG. Then adjust as indicated by the
model :)

BTW - that's a major "beginner lesson": do what the plane says it
needs. If the plane won't climb, give it more power - regardless of
how thick the cross section already is, or how short the loop is, or
how low the prop pitch is. (Things will eventually get more
complicated, but this credo works well at first).

My first indoor plane would do nothing more than a powered glide, but
I refused to put a bigger motor on it because it already flew much
faster than the other EZBs I had seen. I didn't realize at the time
that it was never going to fly like those other EZBs because it was
way too heavy. And I never did get that one to go up!

Enjoy your first plane, and let us know how it goes.
Received on Thu Jan 24 2008 - 10:00:15 CET