From Andrew Tagliafico:
"Bob Randolph's Top Cat 90 is one of the most successful and consistent indoor designs. It has been a national champion, and multiple AMA record holder. At the 1990 world championships,Top Cat 90 flew six flights of over 40 minutes. The design evolved from Bob's 1984 Boron Bomber and 1986 Top Cat. It features a variable pitch propeller, boron ribs, asymmetrical wing camber, and a small stabilizer."
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx@...> wrote:
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> The most interesting bit in this whole thread is that Gary named his A6 after his cat, "Wart". Like Romash did with "Poonker".
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> I am not going to name any of my models "Brandon".
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> Richmond had the "Cool Cat" F1D.
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> Didn't quite a few others name their F1D's as "XYZ Cat"?
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>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Warthodson@ wrote:
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> >
> > Kang,
> > So the flight that went about 20' higher was not as long as the lower flights. Were you able to identify what to attribute that to (bad rubber, different size motor, etc.)?
> > I read about what you did with the left over airplane parts, I was asking what you did with the left over cat parts. Just kidding, I like cats, most of the time. My cat Wart claimed one of my planes by "marking" it.
> > Gary
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Yuan Kang Lee <ykleetx_at_>
> > To: Indoor_Construction <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
> > Sent: Mon, Jul 16, 2012 7:48 pm
> > Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Kibbie Dome videos
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi, Gary,
> >
> > The 32:00 flight topped out at 125'. The 32:39 flight topped out at 120'. Neither came close to the ceiling, which is 140 to 145'. The video is deceivi"marked"ng in that respect.
> >
> > However, in the last one minute of the video is a flight that came within 5 feet of the ceiling. You can hear me saying that I might balloon it down.
> >
> > My evil cat, Brandon, left me an EZB wing tip that became the F1D's fin.
> >
> > -Kang
> >
> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Warthodson@ wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Kang,
> > > Did you ever hit the ceiling in that video?
> > > What did you use the left over cat parts for?
> > > Gary Hodson
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Yuan Kang Lee <ykleetx_at_>
> > > To: Indoor_Construction <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Mon, Jul 16, 2012 1:01 pm
> > > Subject: [Indoor_Construction] Re: Kibbie Dome videos
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Here's a video of my and Tim Chang's F1D. It's a 5-minute video, so enjoy it over a coffee break.
> > >
> > > Take note of the aerodynamic lessons in the background from Professor Leo.
> > >
> > > The fin on my F1D is a EZB wing tip. It was the only part leftover from a EZB wing that my cat, Brandon, got a hold of. I used the left over wing tip in order to save time. The fin is 4.5" tall by 3.0", and and at first it looked really goofy to me. But it's grown on me since. What do you think?
> > >
> > > The stab of the F1D is also a left-over EZB part. I have a couple of EZB wings with covering torn off. After some quick calculations, I found that the EZB wing requires a similar load as the F1D stab. I cut each of the three ribs in the middle and lengthened them by adding an extension stub. The finished stab is not nicely elliptical, but it saved me a lot of time. From start to finish, the conversion took me 35 minutes.
> > >
> > > Enjoy.
> > >
> > > -Kang
> > >
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZWb4CPIKwM&list=UUE8P5FXrNn7iDqkuPoxeCBg&index=1&feature=plcp
> > >
> > > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Jake Palmer <82.jake@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I posted a couple quick videos from the Kibbie Dome on YouTube. I've also
> > > > got some pictures that I'll get online soon.
> > > >
> > > > http://youtu.be/0-kxmzPuCNs
> > > > http://youtu.be/BgDuyDvbAuY
> > > >
> > >
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Received on Wed Jul 18 2012 - 13:59:16 CEST