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Speed,Combat,Scale,Racing => Combat => Topic started by: Mike Griffin on April 11, 2018, 07:35:20 AM
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I have a kit that includes parts for the plywood tail booms that are different lengths. One pair is the original short booms and the other pair is a bit longer
Do the longer booms make the plane fly differently and if so .. how?
Thank you
Mike
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Kinda depends how reactive you want it. If you use the long ones and tuck the engine back as far as possible, CG is an aft setting and would be very reactive on the controls.
But! If your engine is super heavy ( I couldn't imagine this being the case ) then you might use them. If it's for you, just playing, use the short ones my friend.
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The original short booms were too short, even with a light engine.
As ball bearing engines like the G21 came into use, the longer booms were even too short, in the absence of heavy tail weight.
So it all depends on whether you prefer longer booms or more tail weight.
A further modification was the boxed boom in which the booms were joined top-and-bottom with balsa to make strong and somewhat heavier "fuselage" and later the monoboom.
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I dont know if this helps or not but the short booms measure about 5 inches and the longer ones measure about 8 inches. Thank you for the feedback
Mike
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I do not fly competition combat. This is going to be for me just to have fun with.
Mike
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Back in the '70s, when using a heavier ST G21 35 on a VooDoo, it was common to add booms that were long enough to extend the stab 6" from the wing TE to the stab LE. Many guys used Nemesis stabs.
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I do not fly competition combat. This is going to be for me just to have fun with.
Mike
Be prepared to get dizzy until you get used to the speed. But, I know you know how to do loops and eight's. I can't believe that I still get dizzy once in a while and also the knees give me fits also. But I'm still breaking my record age wise. D>K