Chris LaPanse

Why not the new white thunder load?K1200 or K1440 should kick it nice and hard 😯 8) Honestly, it should be a great flight. I threw together a quick sim file, and the K660 sims to 13k at 890mph. Peak…   Read more»

I believe CTI 75mm work with AT 75 hardware, and this might be true about the 98’s as well…It’s only the bigger stuff, and it sure would make it a lot easier, as the big hardware isn’t cheap…

Of course they can be used at launches. Pro38 and other CTI motors are great. Ask Tim Thomas about them at a launch – he flies them all the time.They have various advantages and disadvantages compared to AT.Advantages:Easy to light…   Read more»

C, definitely. I like the E glider class a lot.

This is a forum, you mean we’re actually supposed to stay on topic

I’ll be in, and I have a couple of potential designs that are easily in the 100g range. 200 gees is possible, though expensive (my only 200g design involves a J1299 and 6 H999’s, which at 1800lbs average thrust is…   Read more»

Couple seperate subjects: re the Eggs, it is doable, as I have argued from the beginning. But whether mother nature or the best thru-hole electronics balks first might be the best question. I seriously doubt any egg can survive a…   Read more»

I have to agree on that. I have looked into some designs, and I think I have what I want to do picked out. It should be pretty fun, and the E BG’s have some real potential with the E6…   Read more»

Couple seperate subjects: re the Eggs, it is doable, as I have argued from the beginning. But whether mother nature or the best thru-hole electronics balks first might be the best question. I seriously doubt any egg can survive a…   Read more»

Well, I don’t see E BG anywhere in those – Nate’ll be disappointed (as will I)Other than that, I like option B.

Well, the NCR folks will see it polished and painted before anyone else :)It should be all nice and pretty by the flight at Mayhem. With any luck, the paint won’t be scratched up for its LDRS flight :DThanks though…   Read more»

I used the time-independent acceleration equation, V(f)^2-V(i)^2 = 2adIn this case, after a fall of around 15 or 16 feet (around 4.9 meters), the velocity works out to be right at 9.8 meters per second, with a fall time of…   Read more»

Nope. Simply knowing the speed at impact and estimating the distance that it stopped in based on the amount of deflection needed to cause a crack of the kind observed in the tupperware container. Turned out to be about a…   Read more»

Just did some more drop testing outside for my latest method of egg-protection – got up to at least a few hundred gees impact (15 foot drop onto concrete). Something completely unexpected happened – I cracked the tupperware, but the…   Read more»

I’ve got a system worked out, and I think it should survive (after some feasibility drop testing on the deck just now )Heck – I may even spring for 54mm W9 😯

Heh…It would be the altimeter of choice for this contest (and of course I’m flying it). Honestly though, I’m more concerned about the NAR events for competition than the eggloft – I think that some of the events in the…   Read more»

Yep, R-DAS tiny as my xmas gift this year. I was really happy when I opened the wrapping and the package said it was from the Netherlands 😀 No GPS and trimmings yet, though telemetry would be awesome…I wonder if…   Read more»

Hey – I’ll gladly fly a W9 egglofter, and I’ll guarantee egg survival too. It won’t be next month, but I’ll do it…The problem would be that I’m not sure I have electronics that will handle it – my R-DAS…   Read more»

I think it’s a good list. Although I’m not really a serious competitor, I would definitely throw something together – possibly the glider or eggloft (the superroc would be a possibility, but a bit ambitious…). It definitely sounds like something…   Read more»

Superrocs – preferably F+ 8O;) 8)