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HOW TRUE!!!!!, way more than cursory realizations!
<br>G.
<p>Del Rykert wrote:
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look at all the other riches you have..!!!</font></font></b> <b><font face="MS Sans Serif"><font color="#0000FF">
Del K. Rykert</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 5:34
PM</div>
<div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><b>Subject:</b> Re: Fresca</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
<p>Woodward James R Civ 412 TW/DRP/ACQ wrote:
<p>> Sounds really nice George. Did you happen to post any pictures?
<br>> Congrats!
<br>> Jim
<br>>
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<br>> From: george kennie [<A HREF="mailto:geobet@gis.net">mailto:geobet@gis.net</A>]
<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
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