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Old 08-02-2013 | 05:53 AM
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Default RE: It's only a matter of time
ORIGINAL: papaone

Helllo

What a surprise but she flies
http://triple-m.net/nc/en/modellbau/...trigantic.html
The way F3A schedules have evolved, a triplane (and soon to be seen quadriplane with a twin cylinder gas engine up front) was inevitable. It is a straight forward way to minimize wing load. Consider the tripe has around 1500 squares and weighs 11 pounds. Loading is a scant 17 ounces per sq foot. Not quite foamy like but much closer. Also consider the quadriplane with it's 2200 square inch wing.....a wing load of 11 1/2 ounces per square foot. That's foamy territory

The dimensional limit up is 2 meters. The box is a 2 meter cube....unless FAI changes the rule (doubt that)
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