[lektrik_flyers] Re: flying Saturday 9-28-13
- From: Joel Dean <deanjk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 20:04:51 -0500
I was thinking on the drive home about what you were saying about the
SlowFly wing versus the Stevensaero wing. You said the Stevensaero wing
was a longer wingspan. What flight characteristics should I expect to see
when comparing the stock wing I have now versus the Slowfly wing versus the
Stevensaero wing?
Thanks and I'll hang up and listen.
Joel
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 7:56 PM, Bill Beavers <bill.beavers@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Straight wing with ailerons would be a great next step. Plus it leaves you
> a plane you can fly two ways. You can always do the "run home to momma"
> original wing or go a little more off reservation with the straight wing.
> John can fill you in on how he is doing now with his built up straight
> wing from SlowFly. I think he likes it. makes the SS a little quicker but
> that is a next good step too. Then just start flying and crashing
> everything like the rest of us! ;-)
>
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> On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 7:50 PM, Joel Dean <deanjk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Sorry I missed flying Saturday. I wanted to go to MARCS, but I woke up
>> late and was lazy all day long. I heard there were lots of planes and
>> pilots and some great flying.
>> We had some great flying at Beaverfork this afternoon. Chris flew his
>> piper cub and made it look easy. It didn't like landing in the grass,
>> though. He also flew his 3D planes. He gets noticeably better every time I
>> see him fly. Bill flew the Stryker, T-38, and Apprentice. I think Phillip
>> flew his Sensei before I got there. I reinforced and stiffened the wing of
>> my SS and it was much more stable and maneuverable. Well, as maneuverable
>> as a Slow Stick can be. It has me thinking seriously about a new straight
>> wing with ailerons for it.
>>
>> Hope to fly with you all again soon.
>>
>> Joel
>>
>> On Sep 28, 2013, at 19:24, Bill Beavers <bill.beavers@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> John Goos, Logan and I had a really good flying morning at Bob Courtway.
>> We were the only two official flyers, but Jason Mitchell did come by and
>> stay a while and we had a good number of other drop in guests some
>> potential flyers and some already flyers just looking to "connect up" and
>> inquire.
>>
>> I didn't think at first I would be able to fly my newly modded Apprentice
>> with the new bolts holding down the wing because I hadn't realized i had a
>> broken control horn on the aileron of one wing. But I was able to scavenge
>> off of an old SS wing, so got it in the air. It flew really well after
>> that and I must have made more than half a dozen parachute drops for the
>> boys. One caught a thermal and went WAY over toward the West and just kept
>> going until we could barely see it. I watched it start to go down but
>> wasn't sure just where it was going to land. I just wrote it off as gone,
>> but after Jason left us, he came back just a little later and handed to the
>> boys as he found it driving down a street over that way. Thanks a bunch
>> Jason. No MIA on that trip! ;-)
>>
>> Gliders, Strykers, trainers, were the order of the day. Had fun with
>> everybody as always. There is nothing like being a great big kid. Hope to
>> never give that up. Hope to fly with you all soon.
>>
>>
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>>
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