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[illusionist]

i would suggest you to curve your rotors but that's just me, seems to me most of the top designs were not flat rotors. or was that just me?

so are your rotors curved like this: http://gallery.scioly.org/details.php?image_id=3327 ?
if so, how did you curve the balsa for the frame? and how did you do it so that both blades of your rotor were consistent?

[mrsteven]

Can anyone confirm any of these times 2:30 and above?
Im hearing rumors but nothing concrete. did any one build or witness one?

[jarrred_1415]

Can anyone confirm any of these times 2:30 and above?
Im hearing rumors but nothing concrete. did any one build or witness one?

Yeah i've seen several flights over 2:30.
mine regularly goes over that time

Has anyone one seen a REAl flight over 3 minutes?
cause i've seen some teams get lucky and get caugt in the ceiling and get a ridiclous time but none that you could consider Legit flight times

[sj]

No i haven't seen any but i believe that at nats it will be fairly common to see times over 3 minutes due to the high ceiling. What do you think winning times will be. I think that they will be somewhere above 3:30 or am i just over estimating?

[mrsteven]

I think that 3:30 is pushing it a little, maybe the top time will be that high. My guess is that a little over 3:00 and possibly a little under will place.

[kjhsscioly]

Those are great times, because our coptors hit 1:45 ish, but at regionals, our good one came apart. The top at regionals didn't break a minute (I think)

[thewinner]

Yeah, a whole bunch of helicopters get stuck in the rafters in most gyms. I was lucky, my helicopter was doing somersaults through the gaps in the rafters during states, but miraculously didn't get stuck.
On a different subject, I'm guessing the top times for nationals will be a little over 3 minutes. 3:30 is probably pushing it a little, but I think around 3 minutes is definitely attainable.

[jarrred_1415]

i can forsee a 3:30 flight being very plausible at Nationals. there wont be very many teams with a 3:30 flight but i thinnk the top 3-4 teams will be in that range

[sj]

Does anyone know the top times in competitive states such as Ohio and NY?

Also what is the height of the McClain Center in U of Wisconsin where Heli is to be held?

[lllazar]

Well, i read a little bit about it on the UW athletic site. It said it was high enough for football kicks. The average peak height of kick-offs is about 50ish meters, or 150 feet. So ya....