Re: Estes Falcon

Sounds like you lost tail to it, did you hand fly it into the wind?


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"John Stein" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I finished scratch building an Estes Falcon boost glider, and after several
> test tosses, tried the first flight on an Estes 1/2A6-2. Nice, straight
> boost, motor out at apogee, and it came down almost as straight as it went
> up. The dis-assembly was complete.
>
> Why would the glider fly well when hand tossed and come in ballistic after a
> straight boost? Anyone have a similar experience with the Falcon?
>
> John
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> John Stein KC4RLL
> NAR 74335 Sr L2
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Yes. I built a nice big yet lightweight glider early in my MITRS days. The experts showed
me construction techniques so I built it big and light with monocote covered built-up
wing. The fuselage was a carbon fiber rod. The pod was the Flanagan standard type which
results in laser straight boost. I flew it on a D6.1-3.25 (AVI) at ECRM (IIRC the contest
held on a test bombing/drop zone). Insanely high boost (laser straight). Pod detached at
ejection. It started to glide for quite a few seconds in a perfect glide and then it
suddenly 'decided' to head straight down into the ground.

I never built zero incidence EVER again and I religiously preach against it.

That's why my Shadowcat with Parasite Glider and also my Hornet Boost-Glider glide so
good.

-Fred Shecter NAR 20117

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"John Stein" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Winds were calm when tossed and launched. I think Fred hit on the problem.
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> Thanks,
>
> John
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> "Starlord" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> > Sounds like you lost tail to it, did you hand fly it into the wind?
> >
> >
> > --
> > "In this universe the night was falling,the shadows were lengthening
> > towards an east that would not know another dawn.
> > But elsewhere the stars were still young and the light of morning
> > lingered: and along the path he once had followed, man would one day go
> > again."
> >
> > Arthur C. Clarke, The City & The Stars
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