Fresca

[george kennie]

Thanks Del.
The design was first originated last fall at the 2 meter size, but I
felt it was going to be too heavy so after staring at it for a couple of
months I decided to take off a couple of inches here and there, but I
retained the original outline which I thought was attractive.The thing
sure seems to fly nicely.
Wait'l you see the pipe mount system. Totally floating. No clamps, no
standoffs, no attachments, and quiet. You'll like it, trust me.
Georgie

Del Rykert wrote:

> Way to go Georgie...  I'm sure it looks as good as you feel it flew.
> Glad you screwed up the courage to brave the elements. Remember..
> Don't sell yourself short. I realize testing the waters with new ship
> can be trying but I suspect you were tweaking an already proven design
> that you have developed to this plane.?.  Maybe.?..      Del K. Rykert
>
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>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: george kennie
>      To: discussion at nsrca.org
>      Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:47 PM
>      Subject: Fresca
>       Wow,wow,wow,.........I just got back from the flying field
>      after doing
>      the maiden on my new Fresca.  When I got there it turned out
>      to be
>      windier than I had hoped that it would be. I almost packed
>      up and came
>      back home, but I decided to chance it as my trip to the
>      field takes
>      almost an hour and I didn't want all that time to go for
>      naught. Well,
>      at any rate, I gassed it up and taxiied out to runway center
>      lined it up
>      and took a deep breath......"Here goes" advancing gradually
>      it became
>      airborne in about 80 feet and proceed to fly out pretty
>      straight, kinda
>      by itself, as I was a little nervous and not focusing all
>      that
>      well.After all, this thing took me longer to build than
>      anything else I
>      have ever done so I was somewhat apprehensive. O.K.,
>      procedure turn and
>      back for my free pass, oops got a little dive here, two or
>      three clicks
>      of up elevator, "Ah that's better, Hmmm, this thing doesn't
>      need any
>      aileron, boy, it feels like my Focus! O.K. let's try that
>      stall turn
>      with 1&1/4 up, Zooooom, Wow that roll rate is impressive,
>      and still have
>      beaucoup climb after completion of the roll. Oops, screwed
>      up on the
>      down line and rolled the opposite way, that's O.K, I'll just
>      pull out
>      inverted."
>      Well anyway, you get the idea. I was somewhat aghast that
>      with a 15 mph
>      30 degree cross wind blowing in, this thing would come out
>      of a down
>      line and transition to level flight and the wings would
>      ABSOLUTELY LOCK
>      straight and level like there was no cross at all! For me it
>      kinda
>      confirms all the stuff that I've been able to learn about
>      force
>      arangements over the last 5 or 6 years from guys like
>      Bryan(helped me a
>      lot).
>      I proceeded on through the Masters pattern and was really
>      impressed with
>      the vertical performance. I threw in the figure 9 from the
>      FAI  sequence
>      just to see how well it would handle all the drag and it
>      never even
>      slowed down. You're probably saying, " they're not supposed
>      to with a
>      DZ". Well I want you to know that I am using a 120 FZ on
>      20/20 and this
>      thing is awesome. Verticals are more authoritive than my
>      Focus with a
>      150. The thing that really blew me away is the fact that I
>      don't think
>      this thing has unlimited vertical. I did one ascent that had
>      me
>      convinced that it was going to cease gaining altitude, but
>      that point
>      occurred at about 1200 feet, it was a spec!
>      I took it up twice and then decided to pack it in 'til I get
>      a little
>      more stick time on this bird under more favorable
>      conditions.
>      Yeah, I know you're saying, "what's a Fresca?" It's a design
>      I came up
>      with around the first of last December and built it up over
>      the winter.
>      Oh yeah, I forgot to add that the mix is almost negligeable.
>      It's got a
>      very slight pull to the canopy on K/E to the right and
>      straight as a die
>      to the left. Just a hint of adverse couple to the right, but
>      you have to
>      wait quite a while before it starts to show.
>        It's a little smaller than 2 meters, but the nice thing is
>      it came in
>      at 8&1/2 pounds.It has a one piece wing that weighs, with
>      servos
>      installed, covered, and a substantial belly pan/pipe tunnel
>      on the wing
>      bottom, under 28 ounces.Matt K. has always told me about
>      light wings and
>      now I know what he's talking about.In spite of the roll rate
>      being quite
>      crisp the wing stops quickly and stabilizes.This is my first
>      experience
>      owning an aircraft with a power to weight ratio of this
>      calibre and I
>      also know that there are others out there with an even
>      greater ratio
>      which must be totally awesome.
>
>       For me it was all in all a pretty rewarding experience.
>      Georgie
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