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
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
Good work, Tom I!
Surely there are other notable details about your model, flight, or approach.
TIA.
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