[Unified-mailman] Fwd: near term plans for unified flying

[Howard Kleinwaks]

Students, please take note and let me know if you want to fly next week.
-Howie
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>Memo to Unified students:
>- This weekend is going to be very fair and may have reasonable
>weather for flying Dragonflies outdoors. At present we have two
>trainers but we request that these be flown while under supervision
>of a trained pilot. There's also a "trainer cord" available that
>allows use of a second transmitter to take over control from student
>pilots.
>- There are two size batteries available for use: 8 cell 350 and 8
>cell 600 mah packs. We have received, and are working in, several
>dozen new 8 cell 600 mah packs, easily picked out due to their white
>shrink wrap covering which has a number "04-xx" written in magic
>marker; these new batteries should be your first choice as they are
>in far better shape than the older batteries.
>- The TAs and other helpers know how to charge the batteries using
>the Ace chargers. These take 10-12 hours to charge so please leave
>used batteries in the "need charge" box. Please don't take a lot of
>batteries then fail to return them - please be considerate to others
>needs.
>- For static margin stability reasons, it's important that the motor
>battery be positioned as far forward as possible. Secure with tape or
>a rubber band to prevent the pack from slipping back in flight - if
>this happens, the plane may become unflyable and probably will crash.
>- Johnson is now available M-F 7-9am but isn't available over the
>weekend, most likely. If the weather is calm, you can fly outside on
>the astroturf field but your planes MUST have the clear or filament
>tape attached at the 25% - 30% chord of the wing, as detailed in
>previous notes. If this isn't done, the wing may fracture due to gust
>loads. Flying early in the day is probably a safer course of action
>than flying later.
>- If there's interest, we'll have scheduled flying in Johnson next
>week, starting at either 7 or 8am -- convey your desires here to the
>GTAs.
>
>Col Young
>--
>Peter W. Young, Col., USAF (ret.)
>Senior Lecturer
>Director of CDIO Initiatives
>phone: (617) 253-5340, fax (617) 253-4002
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>Massachusetts Institute of Technology
>Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
>77 Massachusetts Ave., 33-240
>Cambridge MA 02139
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