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<DIV><STRONG><FONT face="MS Sans Serif" color=#0000ff>But look at all the other
riches you have..!!!</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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Del K. Rykert<BR> AMA - 8928
<BR> NSRCA - 473<BR> Kb2joi -
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<A title=geobet@gis.net href="mailto:geobet@gis.net">george kennie</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, June 04, 2003 5:34
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Fresca</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Thanks guys for the encouragement. I just took pix the other
day and haven't<BR>had them developed yet, but it looks a little like a
Smaragd. It's pretty<BR>swoopy looking and semi-widebody style with a 79 cent
landing gear and my<BR>$2.78 double mousse can pipe.Hey, it's tough to be
poor, but it all seems to<BR>work.<BR>Georgie<BR><BR>Woodward James R Civ 412
TW/DRP/ACQ wrote:<BR><BR>> Sounds really nice George. Did you happen
to post any pictures?<BR>> Congrats!<BR>> Jim<BR>><BR>>
-----Original Message-----<BR>> From: george kennie
[mailto:geobet@gis.net]<BR>> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:47
PM<BR>> To: <A
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A><BR>> Subject:
Fresca<BR>><BR>> 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.<BR>><BR>> For me it was all in all a pretty rewarding
experience.<BR>> Georgie<BR>>
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