What is a "space frame" wing? And, are the struts just diagonal braces from the bottom of the wing post (or MS) to the spar?
Leo P
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, William Gowen <wdgowen@...> wrote:
>
> 14:18 was my only official F1L flight. I had a new space frame wing for my
> F1L but it was reduced to confetti by a scale model attack before getting
> to fly. I finally gave up on trying to figure out the wing tuck problem on
> my other wings and added wing struts to the outboard wing panel. This fixed
> the problem enough for the model to launch at a little over .2 in-oz. Even
> with the wing struts the launch has to be near perfect to avoid a spin in.
>
> The A6 continues to be amazing. No adjustments were made since it was flown
> at West Baden and Kent. All you have to do is wind it up and let it go and
> it does another incredible flight.
>
> WIF7 seems to be at the end of it's life. It has developed a severe bunt
> that keeps it from launching more than 23'. I spent a lot of time trying to
> locate the problem but finally decided it was just tired.
>
> A last ditch effort to put up an official LPP flight while packing up ended
> with a wall hit at about 3:40. A quick relaunch gave a total unofficial
> flight time of about 9:45.
>
> All in all I think it was one of my better days!
> On Jun 16, 2013 8:23 AM, <joshuawfinn_at_...> wrote:
>
> > **
> >
> >
> > Bill's flight was very impressive. If you haven't seen his A-6's, you've
> > missed out. Bill was also putting up some impressive test flights with his
> > F1L. I didn't see any officials, but he's at least creeping up on 14
> > minutes.
> >
> > As an additional note, my wife was putting up very nice flights with her
> > Phantom Flash in there as well, with most flights coming around the 1:50
> > mark. If the competition had been a little stiffer, I think she would have
> > pulled 2:00 out of the bag.
> >
> > Good flying,
> > Joshua Finn
> >
> > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, William Gowen <wdgowen@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Many many many.........
> > > On Jun 15, 2013 3:55 PM, "mkirda_at_" <mkirda@>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > **
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Great! How many times did you hit the ceiling?
> > > >
> > > > Regards.
> > > > Mike Kirda
> > > >
> > > > --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Bill" <wdgowen@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > New A6 Cat 1 record - 7:53.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
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