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Speed,Combat,Scale,Racing => Rat Racing and Team Racing => Topic started by: Paul Smith on September 15, 2012, 01:16:05 PM

Title: New LA25 Racer almost done....
Post by: Paul Smith on September 15, 2012, 01:16:05 PM

The 100-miler is next weekend in Toronto. I'm racing to get a new plane done.  I have four planes, but the newest is three years old and they all have at least 200 miles on them already. There's a faster plane out there and short of wishing the owner bad luck the only answer a newer & faster model. This is my skinny-down version of the Brodak Lightning Streak.

Title: Re: New LA25 Racer almost done....
Post by: Paul Smith on September 15, 2012, 01:23:20 PM

It's Saturday afternoon.  At this point all I lack is epoxy clear-coating the engine department and making a fuel tank.  Allowing adequate cure time, I should be test-flying by Wednesday morning.

This is the fourth in my yellow series which will continue until a small bottle of dye crystals is consumed.

Title: Re: New LA25 Racer almost done....
Post by: Paul Smith on September 15, 2012, 01:26:37 PM

A bit more detail.

Title: Re: New LA25 Racer almost done....
Post by: kenneth cook on September 17, 2012, 06:51:27 AM

               Paul, you certainly build some beautiful stuff. Your planes stand out from the crowd. I like your style. Good luck, Ken

Title: Re: New LA25 Racer almost done....
Post by: john e. holliday on September 17, 2012, 08:54:46 AM

Looks fast just sitting there.

Title: Re: New LA25 Racer almost done....
Post by: Paul Smith on September 17, 2012, 12:32:58 PM

Thanks.  I got it done.  23.5 ounces.  A new low for me.  One more day of cure time and fly tomorrow.   

1,400 laps Sunday in Toronto with this or maybe one of my old planes.

Title: Re: New LA25 Racer almost done....
Post by: Balsa Butcher on September 17, 2012, 02:57:59 PM

1,400 laps? I get dizzy just thinking about it. n~

Title: Re: New LA25 Racer almost done....
Post by: Paul Smith on September 17, 2012, 03:14:20 PM

This will be Year Six of the current series. 

It started over 50 years ago with 40-rats, which only went about 95 MPH at the time.  When the pan-rats got over 140 MPH, the 100 mile race went by the wayside.  Current times with LA25's are in the hour & 28 minute range, not much worse than ancient rat times.

Title: Re: New LA25 Racer almost done....
Post by: john e. holliday on September 18, 2012, 09:33:02 AM

At won of the last Pawnee Rock KANSAS contests we flew a three up 1400 lap race with the Goldberg Shoestrings.  Minimum 20 pit stops which the boy and I easily exceeded.  But, the old Fox .35 Stunt was starting on second or third flip every pit.   No shutoffs.  It was a lot of fun and with planes only doing maybe 60 mph with a little help was not that tiring.   If I remember right there were only three teams.