Brett,
Thanks for that info. Believe it or not, that gives me a pretty good idea of the rest of his structure. Based on some videos, I'm estimating that his stabs are no more than 120 mg because they appear quite floppy. It also would appear that the inner pair of wing ribs are only for keeping the basic airfoil shape. His motorsticks must be incredibly strong--there's a lot of weight budget available for them!
-Joshua
P.S. thanks everyone else as well. How can I contact Larry?
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Brett Sanborn <brett.d.sanborn@...> wrote:
>
> Joshua,
>
> 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_...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, jwfinn@ wrote:
> > >
> > > 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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