FAI Weight Thread

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

Tuhippotu, now there's a name, LOL!! Sounds like an AZTEC King or  something; 
hahahaha!
 
Enigma (my original name BTW, not the ZN thingie; they stole it from me and  
owe me royalties on my copyright) flies very well and I even competed with it 
in  a D3C about 5 years ago (2000?). Last time RVP had the DC at his home  
field, whenever that was. In better hands, it would win. I just got a  bit heavy 
handed with all the molded balsa parts and used 1/8" instead of 1/16". 
 
I know it would fly better at 10 pounds (11 wet) than it does at 11 3/4.  One 
of these days I just may make a mold of that fuse and cast it in  composite
 
Matt
 
In a message dated 2/23/2005 10:25:22 PM Eastern Standard Time,  
natpenton at centurytel.net writes:

Matt,
We used to have the Hippo Tippo. You could call it the Hippo Tuttu or the  
Tuttu Hippo or the Tuhippotu. Seriously I bet it flies pretty good at that  
weight.       Nat

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Subject: Re: FAI Weight Thread



In a message dated 2/23/2005 6:50:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
_jivey61 at bellsouth.net_ (mailto:jivey61 at bellsouth.net)  writes:

Ken
By necessity the planes will have to get bigger or they will  fly like Eric 
says(jello on a plate). I liked that one.

Jim  Ivey


Jimmy I agree with you here. My Enigma pattern design is 11 3/4 pounds  and 
is almost 13 pounds wet. It flies like a hippo in a tuttu. The OS 160 is  
plenty of power but the plane simply isn't as nimble as what we are used  to
 
Matt




 
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