2011-2012 Competitions

Greg is presenting us with the next challenge plane of his own design and the

Buzzards once again have gone beyond themselves and made kits,

which Tom and Pat Cole are packaged.

Bring money this February 13: a complete kit for $7 (All you add is glue and labor)

Update: If you are building the canard plane and were wondering how much dihedral you should have on the wing and canard.

I will answer this two ways:

1. Place the wing down flat on the work bench and raise the wing tip 2.5 inches
(I talked to Greg you could increase the dihedral to 3” if you think that would be better)

2. Place the center of the wing on the bench and raise each tip 1.25 to 1.5 inches the canard has the same dihedral
I would however only use the 1.25 on each tip

 The CG is 8.75 inches from the front of the motor stick

 Hope that all of you are coming along with the build
Tom Cole
 

 Winners :

First Place: Shannon Little
Second Place: Bob DeShields
Third Place: Bryan Pywell

Still wanting pictures for the Jan 30, 2011
Bryan

Nov 7, 2010
I propose this season's first challenge: Rubber powered helicopters in line with the Science Olympiad competition.

Guidelines: Total Mass >=4g, Power <= 2g, Max rotor diameter 40 cm, Maximum of 3 rotors
Whatever you want we are doing this for fun :-)

FF Helicopter/Autogyro Plans Link: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1115302&highlight=helicopter+plans

Click for email bryan@bryansweb.com

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