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- June 11th, 2012, 9:49 am
- Forum: Helicopters C
- Topic: Future Aviation Events
- Replies: 259
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Re: Future Aviation Events
Does anyone know where we can get carbon fiber for gliders?
- June 8th, 2012, 9:51 am
- Forum: Helicopters C
- Topic: Duration
- Replies: 219
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Re: Duration
I'm not from Troy, but I think their score was less than 3:00. I heard that their copter got stuck? you're right...their helicopter only flew around 30 seconds and placed 12th overall at states...i also remember hearing that their gears were stuck so maybe that was what caused the 30 second flight ...
- May 28th, 2012, 9:52 pm
- Forum: Helicopters C
- Topic: Duration
- Replies: 219
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Re: Duration
yours looked exactly like Troy's! except they had a triangle shaped helicopter...yours is a rectangle. i also got to see danyalukin's helicopter from ward melville and was amazed...it had two rectangular sheets oriented perpendicularly like a rocket ship. i'm sure if it hadn't gotten stuck it would...
- May 28th, 2012, 9:47 pm
- Forum: Helicopters C
- Topic: Duration
- Replies: 219
- Views: 54302
Re: Duration
yours looked exactly like Troy's! except they had a triangle shaped helicopter...yours is a rectangle. i also got to see danyalukin's helicopter from ward melville and was amazed...it had two rectangular sheets oriented perpendicularly like a rocket ship. i'm sure if it hadn't gotten stuck it would...
- May 28th, 2012, 9:36 pm
- Forum: Helicopters C
- Topic: Duration
- Replies: 219
- Views: 54302
Re: Duration
so i guess all the official flights were made without the gears... darn, i would have liked to see the gears being used to their full potential If you were curious, we actually got the geared helicopter to fly 3:57 releasing it from the ground of the the Venue. However we only had one good run befo...
- May 28th, 2012, 9:02 pm
- Forum: Helicopters C
- Topic: Duration
- Replies: 219
- Views: 54302
Re: Duration
Oh and although we did not make our gears out of coconut shells, we did use the coconut juice instead of Armour All for our rubber. Although it doesn't initially give the rubber more winds, it allowed our rubber to last for a good 5-10 more winds than normal which allowed us to get in over 200 more ...
- May 28th, 2012, 8:57 pm
- Forum: Helicopters C
- Topic: Duration
- Replies: 219
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Re: Duration
I could've sworn I saw gears on the triangular thing... And they only wound one motor... I think you saw our helicopter during our practice run. We were getting better times with our helicopters that used four gears and one motor but after seeing some of the other helicopters fly, we decided to go ...