Congratulations Tom. Thats an amazing time. I hope to get back into indoor
one of these days and try to give you a run for your money!
-Stevne Richman
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 12:52 PM, Tom Iacobellis <tiacobellis_at_hotmail.com>wrote:
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>
> There will be plans for my plane in the NFFS digest. I've been in and out
> of indoor the past 23 years, spending a lot of time building old rules F1D's
> and many other classes that don't exist anymore. Recently I have had the
> most success. I guess indoor makes you earn it.
> I started indoor thanks to meeting Gary Underwood. He told me I should
> build a Novice P/P (LPP's original name), so I've always enjoyed flying
> them. There are two factors that differentiate this model from all the prior
> ones.
> First off, this model uses less rubber than any other I've flown. No, it's
> not because the pitch is less. This design is clean. Zero incidence on the
> wing,.125" neg. on the stab, and .125" stab tilt. Usual side thrust, and
> barely enough down thrust to stop it from stalling. In fact I like to see it
> climb at the most absurd angle of attach as to slow the assent as much as
> possible. To often I see LPP's rocketing up,and burning thru winds.
> Secondly,we need a prop that flares,(news flash). The flaring props I've
> made in the past had a lot of area toward the hub, Banks style. This prop is
> nothing like that. It has "D" shaped blades that start 1.5" out from the
> prop shaft on either side.
> The key to any successful indoor model is to have the winds necessary to
> do the time, but to carry the least amount of rubber at the same time. I
> know this sounds obvious, but its a must when your trying to get every last
> bit of performance out of your model. The reason I'm making this point is to
> illustrate that if we can get a model to fly more efficiently,through
> additional test flying, which is what I do,one can fly it on less rubber,
> and consequently lighter AUW. The key.
>
> If anyone is interested in my test flying technique let me know.
>
> Sorry for going on, but hopefully you'll find this more interesting than 40
> emails on A6 covering.
>
> HIGH TIMES, Tom
>
>
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> To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> From: f1diddler_at_yahoo.com
> Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 13:54:01 +0000
> Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Lakehurst Record Trial Results and Dates
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>
> Good work, Tom I!
>
> Surely there are other notable details about your model, flight, or
> approach.
> TIA.
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Received on Wed Jul 07 2010 - 10:14:02 CEST