In thinking about how the full scale guys fly it brings to mind how
surprised I was at the D-VII at Rhinebeck. This has an original Mercedes
engine. It flies with a noticable tail down attitude. With the 9' prop
turning 2100 RPM it had NO trouble taking off and assuming a pretty steep
angle of attack, something else that surprised me. The Jenny there and the
Avro 504K tend to gently rise off the ground. While certainly the pilots
control this, it does seem that these two just rose, in a basically level
attitude, off the ground. The 17, D-VIII, Dr1, Camel and D-VII were "pulled
off". Is this my imagination or what?
Any comment from you folks out who have the real one's fly?
>In any case I am going to try to post this reply to the group and see what
>happens. I guess I will come to understand the workings of the list as I
>get more familiar with it.
>
Post them to the group as I think everyone is interested.
And if you figure out the workings of the list would you let the rest of us
know ;-)
Doug
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