[lektrik_flyers] Re: flying Saturday 9-28-13
- From: Bill Beavers <bill.beavers@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lektrik_flyers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 22:03:18 -0500
Here is a little follow up to the SS wing types featuring an article on a
guys take on the Stevens Aero Soar Stick he built for Aerial Photography.
I do not know the publish date for this review, but it was a while back I
can tell you that. :-) But still some good info, and you were asking about
wing covering and this touches on that as well..
http://www.swampflyers.org/reviews/ap/ap_01.htm\
On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 9:55 PM, Bill Beavers <bill.beavers@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> 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.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> Bill Beavers
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>>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>>
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>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
>
>
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