Re: Kibbie Dome videos

From: Yuan Kang Lee <ykleetx_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2012 21:05:31 -0000

Looking at the last 1:00 of the video, it seems that my F1D drifted 1.5 large tiles during that time. That's a lot. Does anyone know the measurement of those tiles?

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx@...> wrote:
>
> OK, I want to go on record as saying:
>
> - On my last F1D flight, I had to steer 5 times in 15 minutes. I exaggerated saying that it was 5 times in 10 minutes. In the last 1:30 of my video, the model is in this drift. Take a look again to see how much the model drifts during this time.
>
> - On my 30 minute EZB flight, I steered the model once. I previously wrote "once or twice". I am sure that it was only once.
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> BR,
> -Kang
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "John Kagan" <john_kagan@> wrote:
> >
> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "John Kagan" <john_kagan@> wrote:
> > >
> > > FWIW, the dome in Belgrade has similar drift at times. It is mild up to about 5' from the ceiling, then it is pretty severe (this is aside from the four alien abduction suck holes, which is a whole different story).
> > >
> > > A lot of people quickly banged across the ceiling and then had to steer before going into the girders at the side.
> > >
> > > However, the top flights, including all of Treger's flights that I saw, stayed a healthy distance away from the ceiling.
> > >
> >
> > Also, I've experience the "jet stream" at Kibbie, even before the window work.
> >
>
Received on Tue Jul 17 2012 - 14:05:33 CEST

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