Re: Super Sport rubber for F1D?

From: Tapio Linkosalo <tapio.linkosalo_at_iki.fi>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 06:37:25 +0300

On 23.7.2012 22:33, Jake Palmer wrote:
> I've recently begun thoroughly organizing my rubber and I'm realizing
> that I'll be out of the 2 batches I have (8/93 and 2/99) within a year
> or two. I've heard a lot of conflicting info on Super Sport rubber, but
> I'm hoping to find some sort of consensus. Are any of the
> currently available batches viable for F1D? It doesn't need to be as
> good as 5/99, but I'd like get some rubber that's at least as good as
> the rubber I have left. Finding something that doesn't explode in
> flight is also a bonus.

I have not tested every recent batch of SS, but have heard from fellow
F1B fliers that all batches since 2011 have been consistent in quality
(energy return); so they should be less that 10% down from 99-5. Also
F1B fliers are moving from Tan II to SS, as the latter does not explode,
which would be a bad thing in a flyoff where you need to wind the motor,
pick the air and make the flight in a 10-minute time window... With
motors that do not explode it is all much easier. So one might conclude
that Super Sport motors would not explode in indoor use either?



-Tapio-




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