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<DIV><FONT size=2>And I must say the results where nothing short of
spectacular. Lance lost his up pull line to a near mid air with Ron Barr's
wing tip slicing his down pull line. He had to nurse this thing in from about
200 feet up while it was inverted. After he realized it wasn't radio
failure or interference he had to pull back to idle and let the plane settle
down slowly. He could have done the same thing the happened to me at the
same contest the year before (I crashed, I lost my up pull line and on
final the elevators started to flutter when the plane picked up too
much speed.). Lance finally got the plane to settle slowly in a large
circle till he got about 50 feet off the ground. He let it settle killing
the engine and it floated in over the grass to a perfect two point (canopy and
rudder) landing and a round of cheers from the gallery. Only damage was a
slight crushing of the c.f. canopy in one small spot that was repaired
easily with a little c/a. A repair of the pull line with some help from
others that happen to have some pull cable and Lance was back in the air to
complete his round. Ron Barr didn't realize he had midaired Lance's plane
till after he landed and noticed half of his wingtip was missing. A very
close call for both and some great flying by Lance to save his
airplane.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Wayne G.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=patterndude@comcast.net href="mailto:patterndude@comcast.net">Lance
Van Nostrand</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, November 27, 2003 8:36
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: CTE</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ron's right, Eddie. 40# is enough.
You have to keep in mind that if another plane passes by you at close range
and its wings catch your pull pull cables, you want that cable to break, not
pull your airplane apart. Keith is also right about using different
cables for each side (wish I'd done that!). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> This sounds ridiculous, but it's
happened to me!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>--Lance</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=vanputte@cox.net href="mailto:vanputte@cox.net">Ron Van Putte</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
href="mailto:discussion@nsrca.org">discussion@nsrca.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 25, 2003 4:18
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: CTE</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR>On Nov 25, 2003, at 3:42 PM, W. Eddie Batchelor
wrote:<BR><BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>I see a reference to 40#
Kevlar, which triggers a question.<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>What
strength Kevlar is needed. The airplane pull-pull system I've seen state
100#. I've read you can use Spiderwire fishing Kevlar but the strongest
I've seen in that is 65#.<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR> <BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>This
may be a dumb question, but I'm attempting to setup elevator pull-pull for
the 1st time & don't want to creat a problem with line that's too
small.<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR> <BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller><BR><?/smaller><?/fontfamily></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I
use nylon-covered steel fishing leader. I normally use 40# and I've never
used stronger than 60#.<BR><BR>Ron Van Putte<BR><BR>
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<?/x-tad-bigger><?color><?param 0000,0000,EEEE><?x-tad-bigger>Amir Neshati<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?x-tad-bigger> <?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily><BR><B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>To:<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>
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<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily><BR><B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>Sent:<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>Tuesday,
November 25, 2003 2:18 PM<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily><BR><B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>Subject:<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>Re:
CTE<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily><BR><BR> <BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>I
weighed a carbon pushrod once that was ready to install and weighed around
1.5 ounces and I believe the<?/smaller><?/fontfamily> <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>40 lbs. coated fishing line
stuff weighed only a few grams...Kevlar would probably weigh only a couple
of grams.<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR> <BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Have
fun,<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Amir<?/smaller><?/fontfamily><BR> <BR>-----
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<?/x-tad-bigger><?color><?param 0000,0000,EEEE><?x-tad-bigger>Nat Penton<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily><BR><B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>To:<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>
<?/x-tad-bigger><?color><?param 0000,0000,EEEE><?x-tad-bigger>discussion@nsrca.org<?/x-tad-bigger><?/color><?/fontfamily><BR><B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>Sent:<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>Monday,
November 24, 2003 7:24 PM<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily><BR><B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>Subject:<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily></B><?fontfamily><?param Arial><?x-tad-bigger>CTE<?/x-tad-bigger><?/fontfamily><BR> <?fontfamily><?param Arial><?smaller>Gray
what is the CTI for balsa ? I have carbon push rods / balsa fuse and my
elev trim moves around considerably. I suppose it is because of humidity
variation between the shop and outdoors ?? The pushrods are 50"
long.
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