Re: Videos of F1D's from USIC 2011

From: John Kagan <john_kagan_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:38:09 -0000

Hi Kang,

There hasn't been any precedent that I know of.

Usually, body heat columns have much more of a negative impact than positive - a big stall and loss of altitude.

However, Treger's F1D had the best reaction to strong lift that I've seen. It rose without much change in pitch and continued happily along, even at the low power end of the flight. I suspect it has a forward CG, close to the center of pressure. Guess what I'm going to be testing for the next WC :)

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx@...> wrote:
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> Yeah, there's a lot of hot air coming off of Romash.
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> On a more serious note, is affecting the model's flight by body heat okay by the rules?
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> Sorry I missed yours. Overall, I didn't get enough video, as usual.
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Received on Wed Jan 04 2012 - 10:38:12 CET