Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / April 2004

There is a corollary.

The wind blows for two weeks straight.  One gets antsy and says "To heck
with it.  I'm gonna fly!"  One munched plane and two weeks of dead calm.

--
Dave Thompson

  Naw, try:  It's been raining and/or blowing every day since I
reconfigured my Extreme Stick.

  Actually, I got to fly it last Thursday.  It I still don't have the
right prop, I guess.  It will accelerate straight up but doesn't hover
well.  It wants to fall over.  It weighs ~5 1/4 lbs with the servos in
the tail and a MVVS .61 on the nose.  I used a APC 12x6 last time out.
CG is ~4 3/4" back from the LE.  Should I try a 13x5 and move the CG
back some more?

  Vat'cha 'tink, guys?

  Cheers,

   CR

Woohoo!  50 km/h winds are fun!  The strongest winds I've ever flown
in were about 50 mph (or 80 kph) -- and that was a serious blast!  I'd
try flying in stronger winds, but they just don't happen here (Austin,
TX) very often.

Perhaps you're just flying the wrong types of planes :)

(In case it's not obvious, I'm talking about slope flying.  I started
flying glow planes, then supplemented that with electric flying, but
now it's the windy days I look forward to -- days I can go sloping.
When the wind gets that strong, you do crash a lot, but the planes you
fly are foam and can handle it with minimal to no damage.)

The only things that keeps me from flying now are 1) heavy rain
(drizzle doesn't) 2) work and 3) the family (wife, kids.)  And #2 and
#3 can be negotiated with :)

I am sure.  I have been trying to get out and do a maiden flight on a heavy,
big bipe since the middle of February.  The few weekends I have been free to
fly it have been too windy, too wet, or some combination.  There was one
nice day, but I already had a commitment to go somewhere else and fly
something else and it was a sanctioned event.  The next day I went out and
the wind was 25 gusting to 35 and the opposite direction of normal meaning I
would have to deal with non-standard turns.  I don't mind the direction too
much, but not with a new bird at a different field and high wind.

Yes, and the wind will be exactly 90deg to the runway!

--
Paul McIntosh
http://www.rc-bearings.com

Well I haven't finished a model lately and the wind has been blowing 20-30
mph all day every day lately.  I wonder who has been building all the new
planes around here....

John VB

Not if its a slope soarer... then there is a dead calm which lasts for
weeks    >:-)

 Reg

 

This is very similar to the 'Law of Cyano'
You get the tiniest amount of cyano dribbling down to a greasy unprepared
surface you prefer not to be adhered, and it will stick like rock. But, if
you rub down the surfaces, clean with spirit alcohol, apply the right amount
of cyano, it will not stick.
This is also similar to the 'Law of Paint'