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by sidda
March 2nd, 2017, 6:42 pm
Forum: Wright Stuff B
Topic: Plane does not use all turns in the rubber motor
Replies: 3
Views: 5774

Re: Plane does not use all turns in the rubber motor

Thank you Jeff.

This is the first plane we got to work correctly. Now we are working on trimming weight of the plane, size of the propeller, and of the motor. Thanks for details on the loss of flight time due to weight. That number was very educational. Our plane climbs slowly to the top and then ...
by sidda
March 1st, 2017, 10:05 am
Forum: Wright Stuff B
Topic: Plane does not use all turns in the rubber motor
Replies: 3
Views: 5774

Plane does not use all turns in the rubber motor

We have a plane built out of a model kit and it reaches 20 ft height and goes around in a circle. When it comes touches down, it still has many turns (over 200) left in the band. The flight time was about a minute. We want to extend the flight time. The plane weighs around 8.3 gms and the rubber ...
by sidda
March 1st, 2017, 9:58 am
Forum: Wright Stuff B
Topic: Stalling
Replies: 3
Views: 4330

Re: Stalling

TJ_Jadem wrote:Why does my plane stall in mid-air?
We had this problem on 2 of our planes. Changing the angle of incidence on the wing and manipulating the position of the wing on the fuselage fixed it.

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