Re: Re: Super Sport rubber for F1D?

From: Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:29:44 -0700

Thanks for the info Dennis and Tapio. I've decided to order a couple
pounds and do some testing. I'm in the process of testing new springs and
pitch ranges anyways so it's as good a time as any to try new rubber.

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 1:40 PM, dennisatyson <ddtyson_at_peoplepc.com> wrote:

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> I have flown lots of SS on my F1D (it's all I have)
> The boys have some donated 2/99, a very small amount of donated 5/99, a
> bit of 3/02 left and some 10/97. I have some 6/09, 9/09, 11/09, 1/10, and
> 7/10. I have recently ordered some of the current batches but haven't go
> them yet. My favorite of what I have is the 7/10. The torque curve is the
> closest to the older batches of rubber in my opinion. It also tends to run
> about the same in thickness, my batch is about .042 - .043. Some of the 09
> stuff is in the .047 range.
> I would say that the second best that I have would be the 9/09. It has
> much higher initial torque however.
> No matter which one you fly, you really can't use any of the data from the
> older batches to go by. The spring time and pitch adjustments aren't even
> close. While deciding what the boys will fly in Belgrade, we switched
> between batches and it was like starting all over.
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Tapio Linkosalo
> <tapio.linkosalo_at_...> wrote:
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> > 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?
> >
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> > -Tapio-
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