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ARCHIVED PHOTOS 2006-2007 |
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May 24th 2007
Today was the last meeting of the year and it was eventful. Karl
and Mr.Voicheck performed a search and rescue operation on a
"Fly-away", Jack and Ryan flew/destroyed/repaired one of the
Frogs, and Matt flew the Buttercup.
The pictures mostly cover the rescue of the modified Frog,
renamed the "Platypus." The rudder linkage was dislodged somehow
in flight, and the plane was unable to turn around. There was a
lot of thermal activity which created even more problems.
The plane was found about half a mile away in
a fenced in area next to one of the local radio station's
antennas. The kind staff at 1440 WNPV were courteous to our
needs and responded quickly to our request. With little
questions and a completely in-tact aircraft, we headed back to
the school to fix the rudder. |
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April 29th 2007
Matt brought in his plane, nearly finished and nearly covered.
He made a few design changes because of weight distribution
problems. The plane looks fantastic and was completely designed,
built, and laser cut by him. |
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April 11th 2007
Matt laser cut the parts for his plane, while Jeff worked on a
poorly designed plane Mr.Voicheck came up with. Needless to say
it didn't fly. |
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March 28 2007
March winds and weather have kept us grounded.
But because Matt finished the Buttercup last week and he never
had an official maiden flight, we bared the elements and
ventured to the field. Luckily, the ground was mostly dry, and
the wind was steady.
The official maiden flight went very well despite breaking off
the landing gear and ten MPH winds. Matt flew the plane with
authority. Mr.Voicheck had his original Buttercup flying
and the two were flying in formation. Karl worked on the frog,
and is hoping to have it finished in two weeks. |
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January 24 &
March 7 2007
Matt worked on the Buttercup while Karl worked on the frog.
We've been restricted to building only meetings because of the
weather. |
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February 21st
2007
We were finally able to fly today. The winds weren't too strong,
and the temperature was in the lower fifties. We were pleased
with the flights as we burned through a few packs.
Unfortunately, the snow got to one of the lipos. After further
inspection we found out that it still works.
One of the frogs was rigged to carry a parachute and drop it via
a servo. It worked, but the plane was really struggling to fly
with the excess drag. We'll have to redesign our drop mechanism
(hot-glued servo to the side of the plane) an get it to
integrate with the plane instead of adding it to the plane.
Matt and Nick were both signed-off as certified to fly the frogs
by themselves. The club now has three members who are soloed.
This little taste of warm weather brings thoughts of countless
hours planned for springtime flying. It was a great meeting. |
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January 10th
2007
Work continued on the Frogs but the weather
didn't allow any flying. We're hoping for some calm weather next
week.
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December 20th 2006
We started today's meeting by finalizing one of the frogs, and
finished the meeting by putting a maiden flight on the second frog.
Nick and Matt posed for a quick picture after Matt's successful
flight with the frog. |
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December 13th 2006
The weather held out today for a quick flight with the first to
be completed new frog. She was flown with much success. The only
problem she had was a twist in the wing pulling it right. The
next frog should be completed by the 20th. The motors we're
using in the frog are much more powerful than the ones we have
used in the past. We upgraded to a 100C- |
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December 6th 2006
Today was another building day. We've had some bad luck with
winds and we need to get some frogs finished. The weather hasn't
cooperated with us and we can't find an open gym to use. |
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