Aki-san,
Congratulations on anther incredible flight!
Nick Ray
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 11:29 AM, Akihiro Danjo
<adanjo-373_at_mx1.ttcn.ne.jp>wrote:
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> > First, and most important, what's your secret ? :-)
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> None.
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> > OK, more questions. I notice that you have very long wing posts. With
> > the height of the wing tips, it seems that the propeller has full
> > clearance and never touches the ceiling. Question: what are the reasons
> > that you have such long wing posts?
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> Clean wash for tail. The post in not so long, just normal length.
> Sometimes the wing tip touched the ceiling, but the prop touched much much
> more.
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> > At launch, your model flies extremely flat. How is this achieved?
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> Hi pitch setting.
> First touch to the ceiling time was between 1min30 and 11min30.
> Yes, it took 11:30 to touch the 7.4m ceiling.
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> > Do you also use downthrust to counteract the pitch-up moment from the
> > propeller thrust? Do you use motor stick bowing under high rubber tension
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> > to slow the climb?
>
> No and No.
> No downthrust. No stick bow. The bracing wire is very tight.
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> > Finally, on the VP. Does the pitch change gradually over time?
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> Yes.
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Received on Thu Oct 14 2010 - 06:58:51 CEST