Re: Help requested by beginning A6 fliers
E'gads! You girls are worse than a herd of starlings. Oh, not you, Mike.
Back to topic---
Mike, You and Son pick any of the relics (plans) you want on Hood's "Indoor-news" site. But if you want a winner, 'look under the hood' of Gowen's little Cobra. That's where the stuff is. He likes competition, too. So he's quite open with information.
A couple more things, to help you on your way to 10 (you really want 11:01):
Building from plan means you get your own wood, tissue, guitar strings--or, Harlan bearings--and some really good Tan II.
Someone, a few years back, financed his daughter's semester at school by selling a pound of 5/99, here or Ebay. I heard 3/02 was even better. If any other batches are 10-minute motors, I have forgotten, or they are being kept under wraps.
Practice with "Wino" rubber and savor the good stuff at a really big competition. When you are good with standard rubber, the other will add 30% to time and nearly that much in turns and peak power.
It sounds like you have access to a rubber stripper.
Wood: I am waiting on Alan Cohen at HobbySpeciaties.com (I believe that's the right addie) for strip wood. Order strip from him. All under 5#. Maybe, even under 4# if all you have is Jap tissue.
Sheet Wood: A2Z appears to be selling Lew Gitlow's old Indoor Model Supply wood. It's all good. Check Tim's site (Peck Polymers or, A2Z) for 0.0313 to 0.04", 4# prop blade wood.
Jeff Hood at HoodsWood may also have decent sheets in the thicker dimensions.
Condenser tissue: This stuff was old and being replaced by diodes when I was a kid. Unless Harlan at Indoor Model Specialties has it, I don't know who does, commercially.
Rubber: I can't help you with Tan II. I don't have Sport, or SS. The newer mixture has its own prop-rubber requirements.
Say "Hello" to 11 at Lakehurst for me.
Bruce in Seattle
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Don DeLoach <ddeloach@...> wrote:
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> Gary I'm not sure what you are trying to argue. That the current AMA A-6 rules allow unlimited sized stabs? I agree, they do.
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> Can you make a rational argument for the current rules in light of the poll results where 71% of respondents preferred a 50% stab limit?
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> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "michaelguth" <michaelguth@> wrote:
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> > > 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.
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> > > 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.
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> > > 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?
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> > > Any help would be appreciated. We dream of the 10 minute flight.
> > >
> > > Mike Guth
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