Fresca

[george kennie]

HOW TRUE!!!!!, way more than cursory realizations!
G.

Del Rykert wrote:

> 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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