Re: Lakehurst July 4th and 1.4g F1D

From: William Gowen <wdgowen_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Jul 2014 10:01:16 -0600

I think you've managed to destroy everyone's predictions in one trip!
On Jul 6, 2014 6:27 AM, "Brett Sanborn brett.d.sanborn_at_gmail.com
[Indoor_Construction]" <Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> I went and flew at Lakehurst yesterday since the hole in the wall is fixed
> up. The air was decent but not spectacular as there was about a 11-13 mph
> wind according to weather.com, with a max temp inside of 80 degrees and
> 39% relative humidity . There was end to end drift during the day and later
> in the evening side to side drift. I had to leave the end garage door open
> because some workers were going in and out with vans all day.
>
> I flew 1.4 g F1D for the first time and despite my reservations, it was
> still a lot of fun. I started by doing 1/2 motors off the carrier deck
> without really looking how high the model was getting since Kagan told me
> that I would never get to the top of Lakehurst. This couldn't have been
> farther from the truth. I decided to launch my first full flight off the
> carrier deck and it promptly got hung up in about 5 minutes and really
> lodged itself into the girders. I completely destroyed the model getting it
> down. After getting another model out and doing a few half motors, I flew
> again, this time from the floor. In about 6 1/2 minutes, I hung the model
> on the center catwalk. Great. After bumping the plane off safely, I rewound
> the same motor thinking it would have a bit less climb; however, I hung the
> model on one of the girders off to the side of the catwalk in about 8
> minutes.
>
> Resolved to not hang up again, I opened the high pitch a touch and
> relaunched. This time the plane got right up under the catwalk but did not
> bump. A few minutes later the plane drifted off to the side and brushed the
> side girder a few times, but I was able to steer the plane out. This flight
> landed at 30:07. For the next flight I decided to open the high pitch a 1/4
> turn, which kept me a safe 10-15 feet from danger. I had about 50 winds
> less than the previous flight in this motor but still managed a backup time
> of 29:53.
>
> I broke a lot of motors yesterday. It was hard to get the thinner motors
> up to high enough torque to do any time. That was probably the biggest
> challenge. So I don't believe the people who say we'll use less rubber
> because we will be breaking more motors to get a flight off.
>
> Anyways, Lakehurst is back to it's former glory now that the wall is
> fixed. Plan on making a trip and bring a friend. The hangar is sanctioned
> for a record trials in two weeks (July 19-20) and for our annual end of the
> year contest on Labor Day.
>
> Brett Sanborn
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Received on Sun Jul 06 2014 - 09:01:17 CEST