Fresca

[Del Rykert]

But look at all the other riches you have..!!!
 
     Del K. Rykert
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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: george kennie 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 5:34 PM
  Subject: Re: Fresca


  Thanks guys for the encouragement. I just took pix the other day and haven't
  had them developed yet, but it looks a little like a Smaragd. It's pretty
  swoopy looking and semi-widebody style with a 79 cent landing gear and my
  $2.78 double mousse can pipe.Hey, it's tough to be poor, but it all seems to
  work.
  Georgie

  Woodward James R Civ 412 TW/DRP/ACQ wrote:

  > Sounds really nice George.  Did you happen to post any pictures?
  > Congrats!
  > Jim
  >
  > -----Original Message-----
  > From: george kennie [mailto:geobet at gis.net]
  > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 12:47 PM
  > To: discussion at nsrca.org
  > 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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