Thanks for the reminder about Hip Pocket Aeronautics! I'd heard of it on this list before, but not bothered to look at the site. I did now, and immediately bookmarked it. It looks very promising.
I've offered my meager skills to help a local young modeler trim his already built Science Olympiad model. I may find useful info at Hip Pocket, as well as this list. I think I need to study the rules. It seems likely that making a prop, if allowed, could increase endurance a lot from the standard heavy plastic unit. There is the "slight problem" that I've never made one, even cutting blades out of the side of a plastic tub...
I do know he'll want to get the CG rearward and the plane trimmed for slow flight. What I'm not sure of is how slow. In full scale aviation there is a speed below which it takes more power for level flight, which is not what is wanted here, with low and limited power. Is there a similar situation with indoor, and how can you recognize the optimum speed if there is? Just keep trimming and recording results, and hope conditions are constant enough to make them meaningful?
Thanks,
Don Weigt
Madison, WI
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