Re: Re: P-18 plans and Specs

From: William Carney <wcarneyjx_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 14:08:32 -0400

John,

Well crud! Actually the wing should be offset as well.

The left panel should be 6 1/8" (155.6mm) and the right panel should be 5
3/8" (136.5mm).

Very sorry for such a grevious error in drafting. I will post the corrected
file asap.

Thanks for keeping me honest.

Bill C
On Mar 27, 2016 11:17 AM, "j.bartek_at_sbcglobal.net [Indoor_Construction]" <
Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Bill
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> That's seems reasonable. I also see that you substituted a raised L. E.
> on the left wing for the offset wing on the Double Whammy to keep wings
> level in the left turn.
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> Thanks for putting the motor stick length on the plan. That kept my
> printer honest when I tiled the plans and printed them. The 9 inch Stab
> width is another good reference. I took the plans over into Photoshop
> Elements to Tile them. Got 3 portrait pages across for the wing, just
> missing the templates. Simple enough to add another page for those..
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> Should be a good flyer. Has more wing area than the Double Whammy and the
> 2014-2015 Wright Stuff planes. I've been putting in a bit over 100 turns
> for an inch of loop for my Double Whammy with similar width rubber, and
> getting over 5 seconds per 100 turns with a similar prop to the P-18 from
> that. So 2 mins looks quite doable.
>
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> For covering, I rank Walmart produce bags, at 0.5 grams per 100 sq.
> inches, better than Esaki, at 0.83, and Glad colored holiday wrap, at 0.75.
>
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> Thanks again for the plans
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> Joe
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Received on Sun Mar 27 2016 - 11:08:33 CEST