Radio Controlled Soaring Digest December 2001 Issue
Issue Contents:
Comments are made about the Highlander foamy by MAD Aircraft Design.Club purchased kits were built in several formats and compared.
Lee gives examples of explaining a good day of soaring and also inpredicting good soaring using free Soarcast Software from SSA andAtmospheric sounding data from the ROAB Database.
The story of Visalia winner Edgar Vera is told through a question andanswer session. He started with combat foamies and ended up high tech.Edgar is partial to models by Fred Sage (fsage1@UTM.net)Timing for good fliers was part of his training. Observe what winners do.
Slope soaring is becoming more popular. In Wisconsin bluffs of lake MI andBig-m in Platteville are good flying sites. Greg lists good flying sitesaround the country. Mirko Bodul and Russ Whitford and theiractivities are highlighted.
Suchi RE is an electric powered tailless model for a speed 400 motor. Usesa Rieger AR2411577 section. The section has too much camber and thepitching moment. The wing loading is slightly low. Target 9-12oz/sq ft. and 9% thickness in the wing.
In returning from a distant thermal a flier misjudged the distance to atree line and gets a Psyko stuck high in a tree. The funy story folows.
A description of a rescue mission off Baileys Island in Maine under coldand nasty conditions. Steve Savoie retrieves an EPP foamy from water.
Webmaster at SC-1.org gor southern California Soaring Clubs asks that clubsupdate their links and others not on the list to provide those links.
1982 Photo of Greg Smith at Coyote Hills Regional Park with a Rich SpicerNova.
Radio Controlled Soaring Digest December 2001 Issue
