Hmmm, I can see at least two. That wasn't the intent, but of course you knew that, which makes me question your intentilovebiologyPA wrote: ↑November 21st, 2019, 9:33 am why do u have a bad word in ur username, lechassin?

It's Lucas Eric Chassin
Hmmm, I can see at least two. That wasn't the intent, but of course you knew that, which makes me question your intentilovebiologyPA wrote: ↑November 21st, 2019, 9:33 am why do u have a bad word in ur username, lechassin?
Im sorry mr lechassin I was just curiouslechassin wrote: ↑November 21st, 2019, 9:44 amHmmm, I can see at least two. That wasn't the intent, but of course you knew that, which makes me question your intentilovebiologyPA wrote: ↑November 21st, 2019, 9:33 am why do u have a bad word in ur username, lechassin?.
It's Lucas Eric Chassin
It wasn't directed at you, but yes. I've gotten a lot of help here (thank you!), and I've respected requests not to share certain things. I feel like I should put on my flame suit because I know not to expect much support in my argument (understandably):
Dang, the forum got all heavy!lechassin wrote: ↑November 21st, 2019, 11:15 amIt wasn't directed at you, but yes. I've gotten a lot of help here (thank you!), and I've respected requests not to share certain things. I feel like I should put on my flame suit because I know not to expect much support in my argument (understandably):
I can see Luke losing interest in WS because he's unhappy with the build rule. It's clear to him that other kids are directly benefiting from years of adult expertise that is unavailable to him because of my limitations. He knows I have certain skills to offer and he doesn't like that these have been carved out and forbidden. He's right. We'll respect the build rule, but be cool about it and help him out to whatever extent he needs, even if by PM if you don't want to post publicly (as some have done, thank you). Don't worry, he'll never compete against any of you, if anything because the rest of his Science Olympiad team is also weakly represented.
In general, I don't see a bright future for Wright Stuff if it eventually boils down to the same handful of heavily coached teams winning every year, and the other 35,000 high schools in the country know they don't stand a chance.
We started 4 years ago, and had nothing but the forums and the documents put out by SO. We are now highly competitive. I was not an indoor flyer. But the kids were tenacious, and just needed a little encouragement and direction. What I did not know, we asked on the forums, and we got good. In a hurry. First year we were 7th at Nationals, because the kids built (scratch, not kits) 12 planes and about 25 props. And took notes and tried new things. Yes, we have a starting point now, but quite frankly, the FF kit is VERY similar to our 2017 plane, which was strongly influenced by Bill Gowen's Carbon Penny plans. If you look at last year's forums, I was VERY active in sharing ideas and solving problems. This year we have yet to fly (first testing next Friday). I think you will find you are well ahead of many schools in that you have already flown a significant amount, and should have a storehouse of data in your logs to this point. That is the key!lechassin wrote: ↑November 21st, 2019, 11:15 amIt wasn't directed at you, but yes. I've gotten a lot of help here (thank you!), and I've respected requests not to share certain things. I feel like I should put on my flame suit because I know not to expect much support in my argument (understandably):
I can see Luke losing interest in WS because he's unhappy with the build rule. It's clear to him that other kids are directly benefiting from years of adult expertise that is unavailable to him because of my limitations. He knows I have certain skills to offer and he doesn't like that these have been carved out and forbidden. He's right. We'll respect the build rule, but be cool about it and help him out to whatever extent he needs, even if by PM if you don't want to post publicly (as some have done, thank you). Don't worry, he'll never compete against any of you, if anything because the rest of his Science Olympiad team is also weakly represented.
In general, I don't see a bright future for Wright Stuff if it eventually boils down to the same handful of heavily coached teams winning every year, and the other 35,000 high schools in the country know they don't stand a chance.
Let's assume for the moment that gearbox and prop could be 1.5g, If we're gearing up, i think the prop has to be smaller - less blades, less pitch - still 8cm? Is that how you would see this?lechassin wrote: ↑November 21st, 2019, 6:33 pm
I think you'll be disappointed with a gearbox, especially one that gears up. I have RC planes with gearboxes and they need strong prop shafts, good quality gears, ball bearings, etc... stuff that is way too heavy for WS. We are building light and usually end up with only about 0.5 grams ballast, not enough leeway for a gearbox.
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