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Re: Plane Sailing? (was Re: 10024Red Baron)
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lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au
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Thu, 28 Aug 2003 23:21:51 GMT
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In lugnet.reviews, Martin Bruun wrote:
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In lugnet.reviews, Richie Dulin wrote:
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I conducted some experiments last night.... see
here for details.
No charts yet, though :-)
Richie
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Any plans on updating with data for the 10124 Wright Flyer?
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Definitely. I don’t have a Wright Flyer to test at the moment (donations
cheerfully accepted, though!).
As soon as I do, rest assured that I will subject it to the standard array of
swooshability tests, and report the results.
I do not have high hopes however; I recall that the real Wright Flyer would not
really have counted as swooshable - and I also read your set guide comment “An
extremely weak construction, with to many tensions in the structure, gaps
everywhere and forget about straight wings. Mine exploded twice during the
build. Not for kids!! TLC must have used glue.”.
Cheers
Richie Dulin
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 | | Re: Plane Sailing? (was Re: 10024Red Baron)
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| (...) Yes, I beliewe the Wright Flyer would have serious difficulties completing your test program. My initial testing sofar has proven very unsuccesfull. There will also be a slight problem with the ground strafing manouver, unless of course a (...) (21 years ago, 29-Aug-03, to lugnet.reviews, lugnet.loc.au, FTX)
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