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Re: [Boomerang_Talk] Re: A thing of beauty

Hey all.

> hope that helps,
Yeah Bruce, that does help. Thanks! I think I'll have a shot at making one of
those sometime in the near future and you've probably just saved me a lot of
walking.

Glenn.


--- On Tue, 5/13/08, Bruce <brucembernstein@...> wrote:

> From: Bruce <brucembernstein@...>
> Subject: [Boomerang_Talk] Re: A thing of beauty
> To: Boomerang_Talk@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2008, 1:36 AM
> --- In Boomerang_Talk@yahoogroups.com, "glenn"
> <gac3825@...> wrote:
>
> > Hey Bruce, I want to know a little more about this
> Buzzwhip of
> yours. In particular, what
> > does it have in the way of an/dihedral?
>
> Glenn,
>
> The Buzz Whip was made by Will Watts,from 3mm G11.
>
> When I recieved it, there was some dihedral on the lead
> wing, and it
> wouldn't fly at all... in fact, it curved to the right!
>
> I thought it through, read the LD book again, and decided
> it was
> laying over WAY too much, so I figured I'd start from
> "scratch", and
> made it as flat as I could... i.e. no an/dihedral or AOA at
> all.
>
> Turns out that was all it needed!
>
> hope that helps,
>
> Bruce Bernstein
> Chicago, IL
>
>
> "Rangs by Bruce"
> http://members.aol.com/rangsbybruce



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Hi Bruce, Ahhhhh yes, a thing of beauty indeed. I remember when I first had that cherry popped, if you can count the Colorado Kilimanjaro close to that...
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May 10, 2008
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Hey everyone. Two good stories there. I can only imagine what it's like to throw 100m and have a near-perfect return. One day.... Glenn. ... ...
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Hi Everyone. Hey Bruce, I want to know a little more about this Buzzwhip of yours. In particular, what does it have in the way of an/dihedral?...
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... yours. In particular, what ... Glenn, The Buzz Whip was made by Will Watts,from 3mm G11. When I recieved it, there was some dihedral on the lead wing, and...
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May 12, 2008
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Hey all. ... Yeah Bruce, that does help. Thanks! I think I'll have a shot at making one of those sometime in the near future and you've probably just saved me...
Glenn
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Glenn Are you a member of the LD Boomerang group on Yahoo? You can get lots of help on long distance there. Cheers, Dave...
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