RE: Re: Pro-Am definitions

From: Tom Iacobellis <tiacobellis_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:16:46 +0100

Carl,you forgot to mention the # 1 flying site in the world, LAKEHURST
 


To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
From: carl.bakay_at_yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 19:27:11 -0700
Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Pro-Am definitions


  





I have been flying A-6 for 4 years, and even using the best high-aspect ratio designs from Kansas and the West Coast (you know who you are), I have never done better than 4 minutes. I think this is more than not having 99 Tan II. Winding, trimming and flying are a combined art. I have found that there is a huge difference between 1.4 grams on my plane and 1.2 grams on a winning plane, and flying a lot vs flying less frequently.

But just as with SO, where I have also never done more than 4 minutes, I find it HUGELY satisfying, and always come back for more. If you have an A-6, LPP, SO, and a P-24 Condor for the Mass Launch, none of these require super techniques or exotic materials, but you can fly more and have more fun. Also, if you take the time to wander around and talk to the "experts", they will help you, give you stuff, and share experiences, often sacrificing much needed flying time for themselves.

Don't forget to build a nice traveling box for each model or set of models, and you can fly the same plane for YEARS, always increasing your stable of ponies. Read back issues of INAV, and use this forum for what it was designed for. Have fun, enter everything, and fly. Go to Kent, go to Tustin, go to Kibbie Dome, and fly with me at Johnson City.

Carl Bakay





From: mark bennett <f1diddler_at_yahoo.com>
To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 1:29:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Pro-Am definitions

  









From: Bill Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
To: Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wed, October 20, 2010 10:05:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Pro-Am definitions

  


<<I think only a few people can fly A6 for 6 minutes in the ordinarily available >>


Not criticizing the kicking around of options, but seems LPP proved itself attractive enough to draw the AMs. Why bail on something reasonably easy/hard yet with some indoor pizazz.
MB





                                               
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