[lektrik_flyers] Re: flying Saturday
- From: "John Gray" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 09:15:51 -0500
Hi Guys,
Ross and I are in for Flying next Saturday after lunch, weather permitting.
John
The following message was sent by Bill Beavers <bbeavers57@xxxxxxxxx> on
Sun, 15 May 2005 19:39:09 -0700 (PDT).
> Well, if weather holds, lets plan for a next saturday
> fly if that's ok with everybody. We can get a better
> idea of the time as the weekend approaches. I am open
> to flying anytime Saturday, so early is ok, or right
> after noon or same o' time of around 3:00pm or so.
> Lot of that will depend on wind conditions, but this
> time of year they aren't very stable anyway, so we
> will just have to decide and hope we get lucky! ;-)
>
> Man, I better get my glue bottles busy!
>
> --- John Gray <jaggray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi Guys,
> >
> > Sorry I missed the flying Saturday afternoon. I had
> > family
> > commitments. Olivia had a piano recital and we had
> > a family afternoon
> > in Conway.
> >
> > Ross has a new plane to bring out next visit. It is
> > a wing warrior edge 3d=
> > .
> > He is looking forward to that.
> >
> > Safe flying,
> >
> > John Gray
> >
> >
> >
> > On 5/15/05, Bill Beavers <bbeavers57@xxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > > Enjoyed the flying Saturday. We had a good mix of
> > > different planes on hand, and got to chit chat a
> > lot
> > > about different motors and stuff. Lots of the
> > gang
> > > from Beaverfork were on hand, thanks guys for
> > coming
> > > out. Greg Clayton and Phil Johnson gave the SR-71
> > > (Phil built it) his best shot, but that bird had a
> > > mind of its own when it left the launchpad. It
> > sure
> > > looked cool though.. Maybe a few tweaks here and
> > > there but I am not sure how well it will ever fly.
> > >=20
> > > Those little thunder planes that David Irwin and
> > David
> > > Reid have are fun to watch. They fly like little
> > > hawks, and are screamers. I kept getting a little
> > > wind off David Irwin's everytime he made a pass.
> > I
> > > expected to have it in my ear at any moment, but
> > > thankfully David is too good a pilot to let that
> > > happen. Now if it were me... hee hee...
> > >=20
> > > Those insulator fanfold rigs are nice too. I need
> > to
> > > build one of those. they just seem to fly great,
> > and
> > > have good speed and yet seem soft on the landings.
> > > Well most of the landings! ;-) David I. can tell
> > you
> > > more about that.
> > >=20
> > > I flew the C130 again. It flies really well, but
> > it
> > > does NOT like the wind and it was a bit windy for
> > it
> > > that time out, and I broke the wing again.
> > Doesn't
> > > appear to be to serious though, so hope to have it
> > > fixed in a jiffy. The A10 even after the nose
> > > overhaul and moving the battery to the front just
> > > refuses to leave the ground from the ball court.
> > I
> > > need about 10 more feet of runway I think. I am
> > going
> > > to take it to Westside Elem. here in Greenbrier
> > first
> > > opportunity I get again and see if I can't get
> > that
> > > thing figured out.
> > >=20
> > > Just wanted to give everybody an update on the
> > flying
> > > yesterday. We had a LOT of birds in the air at
> > once.
> > > Sounded like a big bee hive. The park guests
> > seemed
> > > to be having a hoot watching the whole spectacle.
> > >=20
> > > Hope we can fly again some this week or for sure
> > next
> > > Saturday. I'll be working on the "pseudo p38" in
> > the
> > > meantime.
> > >=20
> > > Hey have got a question about that. Does anyone
> > know
> > > if the rear stab for the p38 had an elevator, or
> > did
> > > it do some kind of elevator/flap thing on the main
> > > wing down from the ailerons? the pics I have
> > looked
> > > at on that bird don't seem to indicate much if any
> > of
> > > an elevator back there, so I was wondering if they
> > did
> > > some kind of pitch thing with the main wing? Is
> > that
> > > possible? Could you put the up and down surfaces
> > on
> > > the main wing just inside the ailerons? That
> > would be
> > > kind of cool actually, but how aerodynamic would
> > it
> > > be? Any insights appreciated. Oh, and if there are
> > any
> > > videos showing the working surfaces of a p38 that
> > > would help me out too.
> > >=20
> > > Bill Beavers
> > > Director of Technology
> > > Vilonia School District
> > > beaversb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > http://vilonia.k12.ar.us
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> Vilonia School District
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