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Las Vegas Spad Fliers - 11/25/2007 11:40:45 AM   
rcolle



Posts: 22
Joined: 11/9/2007
From: SW Las Vegas, NV, USA
Status: offline 		...Hello, I'm relatively new to RCU.
Does anyone here fly spads in Las Vegas? I'd like to find some people to fly with. I also fly balsa, but the spads are always the first out of the truck. Check out my RCU profile to see my current version of the SPA3DT.

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Details Shmetails. It''s fine. It still flies.
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RE: Las Vegas Spad Fliers - 11/25/2007 6:53:23 PM   
MrGreenSpeed



Posts: 622
Joined: 12/31/2002
From: Lakewood, NY, USA
Status: offline 		Cool looking Mod of the Spa3D.
I like to here more on how it flies, hovers,spins and specs like weight, wing mods, etc.???

Jeff

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RE: Las Vegas Spad Fliers - 11/26/2007 2:21:09 AM   
rcolle



Posts: 22
Joined: 11/9/2007
From: SW Las Vegas, NV, USA
Status: offline 		Funny you should ask, I just demolished this one an hour ago. The elevator linkage must have disconnected because I wasn't able to pull out of a dive. It went straight in and fast. Before this I have had atleast 30 flights, with at most with a bent gear or cracked motor mount. I set the elevator to have almost 80 degrees of down elevator, which would make it appear to be CLIMBING in an inverted flat spin. When I redo it, Ill get some video... I don't have the skills to hover longer than a few seconds (at a little over half throttle) but it had plenty of power to pull out of the messes I put it into. I would describe the flight characteristics of this plane as "irratic". Very precise about its roll axis, but very unstable pitch wise. I have to figure out the CG (I'll use the MAC Calculator) because When the power is on...I have to use down elev to keep it away from straight up, but when the engine quits...it glides like a brick! I'll figure these problems out when I rebuild. I know about the drag this wing creates, and Im sure it's design doesn't help, but it sure is easy to build! I think the wing loading is too high too.
Span: 42"
Chord: 10" (ailerons 4" at root)
Fuse Length: 32"
Weight: ?

< Message edited by rcolle -- 11/26/2007 4:05:46 AM >

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Details Shmetails. It''s fine. It still flies.

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RE: Las Vegas Spad Fliers - 11/26/2007 4:06:18 AM   
rcolle



Posts: 22
Joined: 11/9/2007
From: SW Las Vegas, NV, USA
Status: offline 		Lawn Dart

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< Message edited by rcolle -- 11/26/2007 4:17:33 AM >

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Details Shmetails. It''s fine. It still flies.

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RE: Las Vegas Spad Fliers - 11/27/2007 6:27:04 AM   
OzMo



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Joined: 9/2/2002
From: OZark, MO, USA
Status: offline 		thats not demolished! its a one night fix

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Yes dear, I did glue my hand to the airplane to keep from dropping it.

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