So I can not promise as good a story as Dennis Tyson, but I will attempt.
We have the whole flight filmed for Float, so that might make up for it.
Brett had some early trouble with his motorstick, but once the problem was
solved he was on track to put up some full motor flights. Starting around
5PM was the first flight. The temps inside the hangar were HOT. Very calm
air for Lakehurst standards, minimal drift. This flight climbed to about
150 feet and landed with a few too many turns for a 38 something. After
some discussion about how to gain a minute, Brett rewound the same motor
again and put up flight 2 after minor adjustments. This flight had a
beautiful climb, with a controlled circle and a high torque launch. The
plane quickly climbed up to about 160-170 feet, a conservative height for
the hangar. The plane climbed in the center and after drifting slowly
towards the south wall, was steered back to center where it stayed for the
remainder of the flight. At about the 30 minute mark the plane was still
above 100 feet! As the plane descended, it was flying over the carrier deck
which stands about 15 feet off the floor. Brett made a great steer with the
pole to move the plane out to the open floor, where it landed with nearly
no turns left. Not more then 15 minutes after the flight a huge
thunderstorm hit the hangar with wind, rain and lightning. It was by all
means, a perfect flight. Congrats again to Brett, who worked very hard to
develop his new F1D program for the WC. His hard work is surely paying off!
On Sat, Jul 7, 2012 at 11:37 PM, Nicholas Ray <lasray_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> **
>
>
> The flight got up around 150'. It was the second flight on the motor. The
> first flight yielded a 38 something.
>
> Congrats Brett!
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Jul 7, 2012, at 10:19 PM, "Akihiro Danjo" <adanjo-373_at_mx1.ttcn.ne.jp>
> wrote:
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>
>
> I have presumed that F1D would be able to do over 42 mins. But I had
> thought
> it might need a 70-80 meters ceiling site to do so. It is soooo great to
> do
> over 42 mins at a hangar.
> Congratulations!!
> Good flying at WC too, Aki
>
>
>
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