I fly with stab on top of boom, and other than the difficulty in assembly,
I prefer it to the underhung stab. I have no scientific explanation for why
it is better, I just like the look.
On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:35 PM, Brett Sanborn <brett.d.sanborn_at_gmail.com>wrote:
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> Joshua,
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> I've never seen a plan of Larry's F1D. However, I know how much a wing of
> his weighs. I did a really sweet patch on his wing tip when I was junior TM
> in Serbia in 2008. At the 2010 USIC, Larry broke a motor on the same plane
> which totaled the wing. Since the patch was still there, he gave the wing
> to me. I went down and weighed the wing and it was 0.29 g, albeit with 1/3
> of the front wing spar missing. This weight also is not surprising given
> that he uses Y2K2, which gives about a 38-40 mg weight advantage over OS on
> a F1D wing.
>
> Brett Sanborn
>
>
> On Sat, May 12, 2012 at 7:32 PM, Mark F1diddler <f1diddler_at_yahoo.com>wrote:
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>> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, jwfinn_at_... wrote:
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>> > Have plans ever been published for Calliau's F1D? I'm particularly
>> interested in component weights, but there are some dimensions I'm
>> interested in as well.
>> >
>> > Thanks for any help...
>> >
>> > -Joshua Finn
>>
>> If you strike out on published plans, maybe ask around (privately) for
>> his phone numb, and he might easily rehearse or recommend weights. If LC is
>> still flying what I recall seeing circa 2004, it was conservative design,
>> and no one would go wrong to copy any aspect. (For example, stab on top of
>> boom, one of mine flies fine that way, but's it's seemingly out of vogue.)
>> Mark B
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