Wright Stuff B

[karatekid44]

I would ahve to think so

[jander14indoor]

jander14indoor,

Many, many posts back, I think on page 24, you mentioned using 8# balsa for wing posts. Is this really dense enough? Especially with hot and humid conditions often present in the gym.

Probably strong enough if your plane is light. Certainly as you become more experienced and have less crashes. But with the generous weight budget for Wright Stuff, you can probably go to 12 lb/ft3 wood and still meet the 7.0 gm target. You'll have to save weight someplace else. On my plane this year, I used 8 lb wood to hit target with tissue and grocery bag covering. With indoor film I could go to 12 lb/ft3 wood and hit target.

Wing posts seem to break more often from handling, poor execution, and over weight planes adding more stress during a crash than anything else. No density will help that, even oak would break if your hands go in different directions. Breaking in normal flight is bad wood selection, or poor build execution.

Anybody know when the draft rules come out?

Probably won't be any published. I'd expect draft rules to be shared at the summer coaches clinic, but they are just that, draft. Frankly, build 7.0 gm planes to this years rules, practice and trim aiming at 2:30 to 3:00 flights and you will be more than prepared for any changes the new rules throw at you.

Speaking of the history of our discussions, can we count on this remaining an active board as long as Wright Stuff is an event? I think I would have a panic attack if I woke one morning to find it gone. I have cut and pasted some discussions in the past for future reference but as the discussion progresses more becomes relevant.

Unless I and several others are dead and in the grave (and probably even then, if there's an ethernet, maybe there's an aethernet...), there will be some forum, somewhere discussing this event and offering help over the internet.

I hope it stays here, the hosts run a nice forum, thank you. Though it'd be nice to have a dedicated sub-topic for WS, maybe Elevated Bridges too. That thread is even longer than this one! Make it easier to search or follow the many separate threads that come up.

Jeff Anderson
Livonia, MI

[karatekid44]

do you have to do that

[49ers]

thank you guys for the advice

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[karatekid44]

awesome advice

[49ers]

does anyone else have any advice for my team??? I appreciate your help in advance!!!

[andrewwski]

I hope it stays here, the hosts run a nice forum, thank you. Though it'd be nice to have a dedicated sub-topic for WS, maybe Elevated Bridges too. That thread is even longer than this one! Make it easier to search or follow the many separate threads that come up.

Jeff Anderson
Livonia, MI

There will be a separate sub-forum to Building Events for WS next year.

[carneyf1d]

does anyone else have any advice for my team??? I appreciate your help in advance!!!

what sort of advice would you like? Indoor flight is a very very large topic. What areas do you need help with?

[jacdad]

does anyone else have any advice for my team??? I appreciate your help in advance!!!

Build another plane just like the one that dude sat on (without the damage of course), and you should be just fine.

[karatekid44]

Also test the plane so you get the data and you know the max effeciency of the plane