Diamond stab cross section - Dean Pappas

[John Pavlick]

MessageRich,
 Sure - he deserves it! I was hoping to see Dean fly at Black Dirt but
instead he helped all of us struggling Sportsman pilots. Between tuning
motors on the flight line and calming everyone's nerves when landing in the
crosswind, he was real busy! Oh yeah, he did some judging too, but I never
saw him fly. Maybe this year...
John Pavlick
http://www.idseng.com


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  Subject: Diamond stab cross section - Dean Pappas


  The first time I saw that technique was in the early 80s when I was
admiring one of Dean's gorgeous 'Maya' renditions. It had a diamond airfoil
stab and he explained that it made the elev stick softer around neutral. You
see boys and girls, that was before expo was invented!

  Speaking of Dean, he is the reason I got into pattern. It was 1983 at
Floyd Bennet field in Brooklyn NY and I was told that the field was closed
to regular flying the next day as there would be a pattern contest at the
site. So I went to the field very early to get some flying in before the
contest started. Suddenly an army of trucks and vans started pulling up and
a fleet of gorgeous pattern planes were setup in the pits. I watched Dean
fly three rolls in the Master's pattern (don't laugh) and between the
totally axial rolls, smoke against the blue sky, and the gorgeous Tipo I was
hooked. At this point I am not sure whether to thank Dean or not!



  Rich    :)

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