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Thanks Del.
<br>The design was first originated last fall at the 2 meter size, but
I felt it was going to be too heavy so after staring at it for a couple
of months I decided to take off a couple of inches here and there, but
I retained the original outline which I thought was attractive.The thing
sure seems to fly nicely.
<br>Wait'l you see the pipe mount system. Totally floating. No clamps,
no standoffs, no attachments, and quiet. You'll like it, trust me.
<br>Georgie
<p>Del Rykert wrote:
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<b><font face="MS Sans Serif"><font color="#0000FF">Way
to go Georgie... I'm sure it looks as good as you feel it flew. Glad
you screwed up the courage to brave the elements. Remember.. Don't sell
yourself short. I realize testing the waters with new ship can be trying
but I suspect you were tweaking an already proven design that you have
developed to this plane.?. Maybe.?..</font></font></b> <b><font face="MS Sans Serif"><font color="#0000FF">
Del K. Rykert</font></font></b>
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AMA - 8928</font></font></b>
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NSRCA - 473</font></font></b>
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Kb2joi - General</font></font></b>
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<a href="mailto:geobet@gis.net" title="geobet@gis.net">george kennie</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org" title="discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</a></div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:47
PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Fresca</div>
Wow,wow,wow,.........I just got back from the flying field after
doing
<br>the maiden on my new Fresca. When I got there it turned out to
be
<br>windier than I had hoped that it would be. I almost packed up and came
<br>back home, but I decided to chance it as my trip to the field takes
<br>almost an hour and I didn't want all that time to go for naught. Well,
<br>at any rate, I gassed it up and taxiied out to runway center lined
it up
<br>and took a deep breath......"Here goes" advancing gradually it became
<br>airborne in about 80 feet and proceed to fly out pretty straight, kinda
<br>by itself, as I was a little nervous and not focusing all that
<br>well.After all, this thing took me longer to build than anything else
I
<br>have ever done so I was somewhat apprehensive. O.K., procedure turn
and
<br>back for my free pass, oops got a little dive here, two or three clicks
<br>of up elevator, "Ah that's better, Hmmm, this thing doesn't need any
<br>aileron, boy, it feels like my Focus! O.K. let's try that stall turn
<br>with 1&1/4 up, Zooooom, Wow that roll rate is impressive, and still
have
<br>beaucoup climb after completion of the roll. Oops, screwed up on the
<br>down line and rolled the opposite way, that's O.K, I'll just pull out
<br>inverted."
<br>Well anyway, you get the idea. I was somewhat aghast that with a 15
mph
<br>30 degree cross wind blowing in, this thing would come out of a down
<br>line and transition to level flight and the wings would ABSOLUTELY
LOCK
<br>straight and level like there was no cross at all! For me it kinda
<br>confirms all the stuff that I've been able to learn about force
<br>arangements over the last 5 or 6 years from guys like Bryan(helped
me a
<br>lot).
<br>I proceeded on through the Masters pattern and was really impressed
with
<br>the vertical performance. I threw in the figure 9 from the FAI
sequence
<br>just to see how well it would handle all the drag and it never even
<br>slowed down. You're probably saying, " they're not supposed to with
a
<br>DZ". Well I want you to know that I am using a 120 FZ on 20/20 and
this
<br>thing is awesome. Verticals are more authoritive than my Focus with
a
<br>150. The thing that really blew me away is the fact that I don't think
<br>this thing has unlimited vertical. I did one ascent that had me
<br>convinced that it was going to cease gaining altitude, but that point
<br>occurred at about 1200 feet, it was a spec!
<br>I took it up twice and then decided to pack it in 'til I get a little
<br>more stick time on this bird under more favorable conditions.
<br>Yeah, I know you're saying, "what's a Fresca?" It's a design I came
up
<br>with around the first of last December and built it up over the winter.
<br>Oh yeah, I forgot to add that the mix is almost negligeable. It's got
a
<br>very slight pull to the canopy on K/E to the right and straight as
a die
<br>to the left. Just a hint of adverse couple to the right, but you have
to
<br>wait quite a while before it starts to show.
<br> It's a little smaller than 2 meters, but the nice thing is it
came in
<br>at 8&1/2 pounds.It has a one piece wing that weighs, with servos
<br>installed, covered, and a substantial belly pan/pipe tunnel on the
wing
<br>bottom, under 28 ounces.Matt K. has always told me about light wings
and
<br>now I know what he's talking about.In spite of the roll rate being
quite
<br>crisp the wing stops quickly and stabilizes.This is my first experience
<br>owning an aircraft with a power to weight ratio of this calibre and
I
<br>also know that there are others out there with an even greater ratio
<br>which must be totally awesome.
<p> For me it was all in all a pretty rewarding experience.
<br>Georgie
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