one of my instructors is 110 kg...him in the front and me in the back of a bocian......we could not spin it........i love flying like this......if your weights and balances are correct you will be fine.....if you want to feel even better you could go to the hevier in front side of that.....vid was not first flyte.good job.
russ.
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 10:57 AM, Rick Mullins <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.> wrote:
My first flight was a tow to 30 feet and release before I made the higher tow. I did have a couple of mild stalls at altitude trying to work some very weak lift. I believe it was Steve Arndt that told me about going to see someone that had built a Carbon Dragon but hadn't flown it much and spun it in on his approach when he was giving him a demonstration flight. I suspect this will be a lot like when I got my first rigid wing hang glider. I was super paranoid at first that I would spin it and later found that it was not as easy as I first feared.
From: russell wilson <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.>
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Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2012 5:19 PM
Subject: Re: [Carbondragonbuildersandpilots] Re: First Flight
rick
bit of talk on here...(watch out fro stall/keep tips flying)..dont let it make you nervous....this is the or one of the safest aircraft in the world...you will not stall it unless you want to and even then she will not coperate.....and fight you caus she wants to fly.......steeply banket turns are better than im scared flat turns...
so your obvosly going to fix that glitch...good.. caus something like that at a higher speed...might lock you in to full left or right or even force the bell crank to spin.....yours is the second to find a problem on a first high flyte.......this could have been avoided in bothe cases by low short tows or rolling down a small hill.
phill
although the flex in the wing does not seem to be the problem..hats off to you for the thaught,i enjoy intelegence.and i understan what you are saying,i can see in my minds eye the flaperon acting like rolf haris's woble board and the force needed to get it from an up to down position and the snap between.
russ.
On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 1:50 AM, KarlS <This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.> wrote:
I'm smiling. You made me happy. I'll have to come down and check your new friend out when you get back from Fla. We're due for a trip to Cincinnati. Enjoy Florida!
Karl
--- In This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Rick Mullins wrote:
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> I had a sailplane instructor flying my trike to tow me. The first thing he did when he walked up was go back to his car and come back with a piece of yarn he taped to my pitot tube
