Re: A Braced EZB Challenge: Fun, Glory, and $$

From: Mark F1diddler <f1diddler_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2012 21:16:27 -0000

--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Yuan Kang Lee" <ykleetx@...> wrote:
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> Bracing on the motor stick is helpful for high torque launches. More precisely, for launches where the motor tension is high, and the motorstick bows as a result.
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> Bracing will help at high sites like Lakehurst, Tustin, and Kibbie. It will also be helpful for Cat III sites like Johnson City.
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> The other situation where bracing is helpful is in a low, smooth ceiling site. High torque/tension launches may be made at such a site. Probably all Cat I records for models without VP are made at these sites.

Kang, Your incentive program sure is attractive! I hope your challenge reinvigorates ezb. I'll probably give it a try after I overhaul my F1d fleet. I'm wondering how much motorstick mass an external wood brace could replace? Probably not a massive amount due to opposite stab twist, which is partly why rolled tubes (torsion resistance) go along so nicely with external (wire) bracing. But maybe there will be suitable work-arounds for opposite stab tilt. Of course, the Braced-Ezb Challenge doesn't prevent anyone from trying to win a category using standard ezbs, correct?
MB
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