By far my most popular blog post has been "Why I Still Fly Windup Model Airplanes". Yesterday I had a chance to do exactly that although I did fly one radio control airplane. Maybe part of why I like to fly the free flights airplanes is because it is easier to take pictures of the planes flying when you are flying alone. I have taken some pictures of my radio control planes while flying the plane and that is a real trick, the plane must be stable and slow.
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Uncle Sam Shortly After Launch |
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Denny Dart II |
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Uncle Sam Coming in for Landing
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The wind was gusty yesterday but I was still able to have fun flying the simple rubber powered airplanes. Part of why I like to fly these types of planes is there is not much risk if the plane crashes or flies away. The scale-type planes I normally only fly in near calm conditions normally in the evening or morning before thermal air currents are likely. Launching a simple plane into thermal air current is really kind of a thrill to see it go higher and farther than normally possible. Sometimes it flies out of sight. Competition free flight airplanes use a "dethermalizer" to bring the plane down after a set time, this is something I want to experiment with this flying season.
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Peck ROG Flew Well in the Wind |
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New Foam & Straw Plane Climbing Well |
Bill Kuhl
http://www.scienceguy.org
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