Bonjour Claude,
ORIGINAL: papaone
Danamania wrote :"Oh, and I usually get at least 2-4 flights in while the glow guys are getting set-up and started ..."
Danaalso wrote: "<span style="color: rgb(80, 80, 80); font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; ">True, most of these are NOT YS" </span>Please let's t's keep my quote in context, svp. Merci!
At the contest I entered this past weekend there were no YS deadsticks which was good. What was not good was a friend and competitor flying YS had to abort a flight as the belly pan on his plane came loose from vibrations and made the plane unstable. When he landed, he found that he had not properly secured the belly pan and so this was not due to the vibrations from the YS at all. OTHO many more parts, moving parts, and vibration working things loose on any IC powered aircraft compared to electric power: this can add to the challenges on contest day at the cost of a win, no? My friend already purchased two, 2m electrics for next season and will keep his favorite YS powered model for sentimental reasons. What I have learned is that one needs to be an excellent mechanic as well as an excellent pilot to be competitive with YS powered pattern planes, and one must have the time to perform detailed maintenance as well as practice the schedules, no?<br type="_moz" />