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Re: Times

Posted: March 16th, 2019, 7:39 pm
by Rossyspsce
JasperKota wrote:
Dreamz wrote:Hear of any flights above 3:00?
Not that I know of but I didn't hear of a ton of times. I personally don't think 1st was 3 minutes but I'm not entirely sure either, was hoping other people could share some of their scores who placed at States.

Times I did hear about were around the just above 2 minutes range though.
what was the ceiling like? Flat? Girders?

Re: Times

Posted: March 16th, 2019, 8:17 pm
by JasperKota
Rossyspsce wrote: what was the ceiling like? Flat? Girders?
There were girders and ceiling lights, during my first flight we crashed into girders twice and the wing broke off the second time. There was also a ceiling divider running across the room that was a little lower than the girders, but very avoidable.

Re: Times

Posted: March 17th, 2019, 3:14 pm
by Polar
For Indiana state, first place was 3:33 in a field with an effective ceiling height of 60 feet.

Re: Times

Posted: March 17th, 2019, 3:18 pm
by CookiePie1
Polar wrote:For Indiana state, first place was 3:33 in a field with an effective ceiling height of 60 feet.
You guys had wright stuff outside??

Re: Times

Posted: March 17th, 2019, 4:05 pm
by OpticsNerd
CookiePie1 wrote:
Polar wrote:For Indiana state, first place was 3:33 in a field with an effective ceiling height of 60 feet.
You guys had wright stuff outside??
He's referring to an indoor field. An 8-gram plane would not survive all the drafts outside. In my opinion, I would not risk flying outside at all.

Re: Times

Posted: March 18th, 2019, 6:18 am
by Maxout
OpticsNerd wrote: An 8-gram plane would not survive all the drafts outside. In my opinion, I would not risk flying outside at all.
They aren't pennyplanes. Besides... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlD8ON4DNeI

Not a marketing plug, just making the point that these planes are built very, very strongly. Any WS plane built to minimum weight this year would be fine outdoors. If it's windy, don't do it, mainly because you'll lose the plane in a tree and destroy it getting it back down.

Re: Times

Posted: March 19th, 2019, 6:15 pm
by jsegal
Is anyone getting above 3 minutes in a 20-22ft ceiling

Re: Times

Posted: March 19th, 2019, 6:41 pm
by jinhusong
jsegal wrote:Is anyone getting above 3 minutes in a 20-22ft ceiling
We got 3:00 from 20 ft ceiling in practice and repeated quite well.

In regional competition with 29 ft, ceiling, still 3:03 because touch with light. Second run was worse, wing got knocked off.

This is FF.

Re: Times

Posted: March 19th, 2019, 6:44 pm
by klastyioer
jinhusong wrote:
jsegal wrote:Is anyone getting above 3 minutes in a 20-22ft ceiling
We got 3:00 from 20 ft ceiling in practice and repeated quite well.

In regional competition with 29 ft, ceiling, still 3:03 because touch with light. Second run was worse, wing got knocked off.

This is FF.
rip is ur plane ok?

Re: Times

Posted: March 19th, 2019, 9:48 pm
by jinhusong
klastyioer wrote:
jinhusong wrote:
jsegal wrote:Is anyone getting above 3 minutes in a 20-22ft ceiling
We got 3:00 from 20 ft ceiling in practice and repeated quite well.

In regional competition with 29 ft, ceiling, still 3:03 because touch with light. Second run was worse, wing got knocked off.

This is FF.
rip is ur plane ok?
Thanks for asking. It is repairable, but you have to build new one for state, right?