Re: Ministick rubber question:

From: scott_and_sheri <hansesc_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:26:00 -0000

Thanks for all the advice so far. After some looking into the matter a
bit more, I am pretty sure my weight problem is the motorstick. The
wings and stab are very light, the prop seems pretty good as well, but
the motorstick would handle an 8 inch long piece of .060 easily. I
way over built it. I guess I am just a bit too close to my LPP and the
SO planes at this point. Ministick requires a slight adjustment in
thought process. At least this is an easy thing to change. I
attempted a few flights with it using a .030" rubber about 8" long 60%
of max or so. Nice level flights, no climb yet. More work to be done.
Any suggestions regarding the %cg for a ministick?
Thanks again,
Scott

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "John Kagan"
<john_kagan_at_...> wrote:
>
> --- 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 - 13:26:03 CET