Wombat is correct that the Science Olympiad competition has provided
several beginner events and quite a few of us have been mentors or
coaches for Science Olympiad.
Go to
http://www.soinc.org/sites/default/files/uploaded_files/Wright%20Stuff-Capacitor.pdfto
see the rules for a capacitor-powered trial event.
Other FF SO events have included a helicopter event, a balloon launch
glider event, and the rubber-powered Wright Stuff event that has
produced indoor world championships contestants for the US.
Also look in Division B and C and remember that events rotate and/or use
different rules from year to year.
YahooGroups Indoor_Construction has plans in the files section and Hip
Pocket Aeronautics has a files section with many plans.
Fred Rash
On 2/12/2012 3:30 PM, Neil Dennis wrote:
>
> HI, Mike: When I was mentoring SO at school, we started with
> Dennydarts, then went to like a double sized MKII which did pretty well.
>
> Wonder, have you looked at the MKIV or MK-V ? With light wood and maybe
> film they should build to less than 5 gm depending on the prop. Also,
> the "dubbed off" wing MKIII looks to be a good flyer.
>
> There are still some SO kit plans on the net, also some kits but to me
> they are pretty high price for what you get.
>
> wombat
>
>
Received on Sun Feb 12 2012 - 13:28:07 CET