Re: Help requested by beginning A6 fliers

From: <Warthodson_at_aol.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 09:32:41 -0500 (EST)

5.5 minutes is an excellent time. What does your A6 weigh, less the motor? If it is over 1.2 grams, you might consider lightening it. The motor stick would be the place I would look at first. Also, you will need a longer motor.
Gary Hodson



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From: michaelguth <michaelguth_at_verizon.net>
To: Indoor_Construction <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tue, Feb 7, 2012 8:19 am
Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Help requested by beginning A6 fliers


 

My son and I fly with the DC Maxecuters. We built an A6 Eenvoudige Zes
and have flown it at our contests at the National Building Museum in Washington D.C., Cole Field House at the University of Maryland, and under a 47 foot ceiling at a community college.

We are getting flights in the 5 minute and 30 second range. We are using .048 rubber, about a 12 inch loop, carrying 2500 winds.

We wondered what we should look at next to try to get to the seven minute mark. Our props are oval, and we have them centered on the spar. We have been set at 45 degrees. Would going to 60 degrees get us more efficiency and longer times?

Any help would be appreciated. We dream of the 10 minute flight.

Mike Guth
Received on Tue Feb 07 2012 - 06:33:07 CET