Re: Re: Trick Or Treat, LPP

From: William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2012 12:51:19 -0400

Actually it was Mark who posted the LPP weights. Here are the weights
for my 2 current models (Destruction and Destruction 2):

MS and boom - 1.095, 1.080
Wing - .806, .798
Stab - .346, .349
Prop - .822, .852
Ballast - .031, .021


On 11/1/2012 10:42 AM, edward wuytack wrote:
> Yuan, Thank you for showing the weight of parts of your Pennyplane
> as I am a new builder and its nice to know if I am in the ball park
> with my parts. Ed
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Yuan Kang Lee <ykleetx_at_gmail.com>
> *To:* Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Wed, October 31, 2012 5:17:01 PM
> *Subject:* [Indoor_Construction] Re: Trick Or Treat, LPP
>
> Thanks for sharing TOT. It has an interesting appearance, mixing an
> old-style tailplane with the modern winglets.
>
> Before Warren Williams set the impossible Cat I LPP record of 16+
> minutes, the record was held by Jim Clem at 11:48. We can use the Clem
> record to better gauge Cat I LPP flights.
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com
> <mailto:Indoor_Construction%40yahoogroups.com>, mark bennett
> <f1diddler_at_...> wrote:
> >
> > Finally took a pic of latest
> > Limited Pennyplane that treated me well at our October contest (27
> ft. ceiling ,
> > scrubbable.) First time I've tried vertical wing tiplets on LPP--I
> used to call
> > them Bat Ugly--but they do apparently fly well. Previous LPP would
> get 8:30-8:45
> > flights at Beatrice Auditorium without scrubbing ceiling too
> roughly, but TOT
> > gave 9+s right off the bat. As usual, attribution is difficult in
> indoor--don't
> > know if wing is better or if whole model is better. LPPs used to
> trick me often
> > until I tried putting more (more than often published) wood weight into
> > motorstick. Intention for TOT was to build to maximum legal
> dimensions for all
> > parts, and for the rest (sizes and weights) just use TLAR BOPS.
> (That looks
> > about right/Based on past success.) Prop shape stolen from William's
> Skipper but
> > blades inverted so the widest part of chord is toward tips rather
> than toward
> > hub. The two chordwise strips across blades are .013" thick add-ons,
> something I
> > do when a prop flares too much at too low a torque. PM me if you
> need anything
> > else measured.
> > Mark B
> > Wing .698g, OS-weight
> > film.
> > Stab .225g
> > Fin .075g
> > Prop .791g
> > Motorstick blank .795g
> > Finished m/s, boom, fin
> > 1.186g
> > ballast, .130 g
> > Motor .083", 1.5g., 7/97 T2.
> >
>
>
Received on Thu Nov 01 2012 - 09:51:24 CET