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Slope Soaring / Retroplane... In Ireland !

« on: June 20, 2009, 15:43:29 PM »

Hey Stephan! You know when you are on our turf you play by our rules  

Well I think the guest is king, isn't it  :lol:

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Slope Soaring / Retroplane... In Ireland !

« on: June 19, 2009, 21:32:20 PM »

Hi guys
at 10pm on the camp ground I want to have my calm to get a nice sleep  :lol: I know, getting old, man  
Steph

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Scale / 1/4 Scale Ka-1

« on: June 17, 2009, 20:04:31 PM »

Great glider Fred realy I am impressed about your pace.  :clap:
Stephan

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Sports / BigLift I - Rebuild

« on: May 16, 2009, 23:42:57 PM »

Thanks Fred. This evening I mounted the engine and I am quite happy. It's easier than I thought it to be.
Steph

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Sports / BigLift I - Rebuild

« on: May 16, 2009, 17:29:59 PM »

Hi Fred
here it is my baby, first assembly today, I think it will fly end of May.
Cheers
Stephan

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Sports / BigLift I - Rebuild

« on: May 15, 2009, 08:13:56 AM »

Hi Stephan,

Just checked, and I have 2.5°
Cannot check the diedhral, but looks like 2° to me too  :?:

ok, so I am not to bad. Have you checked the depth of the ailerons and Flaps too  :?:
Stephan

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Sports / BigLift I - Rebuild

« on: May 13, 2009, 22:19:46 PM »

Maybe Stephan means the incidence between the wing and the tailplane?  :?: :?:

Yes exactly (longitudal dihedral), my Big Lift was already build partialy when I got it, because I am a cautious person I verfied it and got 3°. I changed it now to 2°.
The wing dihedral I think should be 2° but I was not able to get this. I have now 0.8°, but thats ok. I cannot get more because I added some plug in mounts which are not designed originaly in the wings.
Stephan

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Sports / BigLift I - Rebuild

« on: May 12, 2009, 20:08:30 PM »

Fred, could you measure on your BigLift the incidence? Has your BL ailerons and flaps, if yes you could measure them  too  
Thanks
Stephan

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Scale / DGC Ka8b

« on: April 10, 2009, 12:11:26 PM »

Alan, looks great, hope you finish til July, Good luck
Stephan

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Slope Soaring / New Speed record ! 392mph / 630km/h !

« on: April 10, 2009, 12:06:58 PM »

Frankly speeking Fred I have some problems to believe this incredible numbers. when I see the guy taking the measurement its more then doubtable that this is a reliable manner to measure anything.
Stephan

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Aerotow / ISR - Tow plane update

« on: January 02, 2009, 14:01:39 PM »

I'll weight the beast for you once reday to fly    Hopefully sometimes this month

oki, will wait until it's ready
Cheers
Stephan

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Aerotow / ISR - Tow plane update

« on: December 30, 2008, 14:56:38 PM »

Fred
what is your tow project doing? have you been able to push it forward?
If you could do me a favor, please weigh your Big Lift that I can get a reference. I am just about to put mine togehter, and I definitely will put an elelctric engine in.
Cheers
Stephan

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Slope Soaring / Xmas

« on: December 25, 2008, 10:17:01 AM »

Hi guys
Merry Christmass and Happy New Year from Germany, too. Might be that I will meet some of you next year during the retroplane meeting.
Cheers
Stephan

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Events / MACI Glide-in 2008

« on: June 15, 2008, 11:19:19 AM »

Looks great this site and I see planty "bird of time" and even some peoples I think I have met at the ISR meeting  
Have fun
Stephan

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Slope Soaring / Retroplane... In Ireland !

« on: April 25, 2008, 18:01:17 PM »

Hi
the first flight of the Skylark 4 Type 50 was February 1962, therefore it is out of the Rétroplane rules which is fixed at "older than 1960"
Cheers
Stephan