Fresca

[george kennie]

Not yet Rick,
You may end up being a little disappointed in this one as the scheme is not
as bodacious as past efforts. I didn't want to invest too much of myself
just in case it didn't turn out that well. It's not crummy, just not star
material.
Thanks for the encouraging words.
Georgie

Rick Wallace wrote:

> Georgie--
> Good for you - it's always a treat seeing your planes at contests! --
> are there any pics of the new creation?
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
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> > On Behalf Of george kennie
> > Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 3:47 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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