There is no boron on his motor stick either.
On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 9:13 PM, Yuan Kang Lee <ykleetx_at_gmail.com> wrote:
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> Please raise your hand if you have launched a F1D at 0.70 in-oz or higher
> ...
>
> If this were my model, it would crumple up into a ball! I think this
> speaks well of Josh's model and his building skills.
>
> Are you sure your torque meter is calibrated ;-) ?
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> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, joshuawfinn_at_... wrote:
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> >
> >
> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "mkirda_at_" wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Joshua.
> > >
> > > Is the .7 in-oz number correct? What size rubber are you using? Seems
> incredibly high for F1D.
> > >
> > > 23 minutes in that space is great. I assume a lot of bumping goes on.
> > >
> > > Regards.
> > > Mike Kirda
> > >
> >
> > Mike,
> >
> > Yeah, I calibrated my torque meter a while back and discovered that I
> was using much higher torque settings in Cat I than I'd realized.
> >
> > On the 23 minute flight, there was one bump about 3 minutes in, and a
> good bit more bumping starting around 12 minutes. Around 18 minutes, the
> model got out of reach of my steering pole, and while I Nick was bringing
> me his, the model hit the side of the "slot" and slid down from around 30'
> to the level of the rest of the ceiling, which is about 22'. I was able to
> catch it with the pole to keep really bad things from happening, but that
> much altitude loss really hurts the stopwatch. Unfortunately, that was the
> first and last time that session that I was able to get above 18' on the
> second climb because I couldn't get the model to start its second climb
> until after 10 minutes, which is waaay too late with the setup I'm using.
> Still worse, I found out later on that the hub bearing is getting sloppy,
> allowing the prop to drop to a lower than intended pitch around 19-20
> minutes, which really damages efficiency.
> >
> > -Joshua Finn
> >
> > Good flying,
> > Joshua Finn
> >
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