[lektrik_flyers] Re: flying Saturday 9-28-13
- From: Bill Beavers <bill.beavers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 21:55:28 -0500
Well not having flown the StevensAero wing yet, I can only tell you what I
have read about it and what I speculate it will be like but knowing the
wing design, I am pretty sure what I am getting ready to tell you will be
correct. Having observed first hand John C.'s Slow Fly wing I can tell you
what it will be like.
You already know how docile, gentle and slow the stock SS wing is. So with
that as your baseline, here is what to expect from the other two.
The Slow Fly wing being a straight and symmetrical (curved shape on top and
bottom) wing will make the SS a little "quicker" (meaning faster) as well
as a little more twitchy (meaning stick movements will cause more movement)
since the wing is straight across with no dihedral. With the addition of
ailerons on this wing, it will feel more like a high wing sport plane than
the slow stick you know now, but you will like that. This wing is a little
shorter coming in at 42". More like a sport wing size.
The StevensAero Soar Stick wing is really just a balsa version of the SS
wing. A little longer coming in at 55 inch wing span vs. the 46" SS wing.
Since it is still a flat bottom wing and has about the same dihedral as
the original foam wing, it should behave much like the original SS wing
except you put ailerons on this one giving you a new dimension to flying
from the original.
Hope this helps.
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 8:04 PM, Joel Dean <deanjk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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! ;-)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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