Congratulations Brett! It sounds like you will have the 40 minute mark by the end of the summer.
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On Jul 1, 2012, at 12:35 AM, William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Great report Dennis! And big congrats to Brett who continues to push the limits of what's possible.
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>> I had the great pleasure to observe the wildest record flight I've seen yet. Of course it was Sanborn. There were no hangups, no tail slides, no last minute heroics. It was a flight that almost ended. Brett launched in the center of the Hangar and then by the time he topped out at around 140' he had drifted all the way down to the East Door. Parker clocked a 1:00 steer back to the center of the room. The plane then drifted to the north wall, and after Brett steered it back to the center a few times, it decided to see what was happening on the far west end of the hangar. Brett almost asked Parker to stop the clock at around 27 minutes and balloon it down. He decided instead to steer it back to the center of the hangar. Since it had explored the rest of the hangar, it decided to check out the south wall and start drifting back toward the east. It paused, literally hovered over the tent drier as if it was deciding which way to go finish out the flight. One more steer was necessary and it finally came to rest with a time of 39:15! (After over 2 minutes of prop stop was subtracted)Did I mention it dead sticked from 20'! To make it even stranger, Brett broke a few motors before going to his box of pre-made motors and selected one that he didn't even remember the origin of. Just some random 5/99 .050 motor hanging around in the box for an unknown amount of time. It was spectacular and I was glad to be there to witness it.
>> We'll see what tomorrow brings.
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>> Spencer did almost 29 minutes and Parker was doing 15:30 half motors. (After timing Brett's flight, he didn't want any of that today) I expect they will both break 30 tomorrow.
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