2012 Unlimited Gold Champion

[GRNDP51]

Well if you want to know how FURIAS is doing... Painted and ready to go flying!!! Would you like to add any more details Matt? Go FURIAS!!!!

[V1670]

Re: 2012 Unlimited Gold Champion

Yup, it'll be Furias-ly sucking witch's exhaust/prop wash on Sunday afternoon.

Let the games begin............(I'm SO excited...thanks NCOT!)

[Tigercat24]

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I'm a round engine man...so while I could pick Furias or Czech Mate to be a dark horse, my picks are between Rare Bear and 232 to bring one home for the round engine contigent

[Lockheed Bob]

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Do you think ,for safety,that they will allow anyone to pass with the new course & all or will it be follow the leader? Sept. will tell.

[grampi]

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The 2012 winner will not be a roundy...

[V1670]

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I'm a round engine man...so while I could pick Furias or Czech Mate to be a dark horse, my picks are between Rare Bear and 232 to bring one home for the round engine contigent

Just funnin' with the "trash-talk"; We're ALL grateful that the races are on. Be it round or inline, we all love the sport. In another thread, someone mentioned "Super Gold".......I concur with the "God I hope not" post as I'd like to see more than 3 planes with 20-25 second intervals between them. Good,close racing is where it's at; witness some of the best racing in the Bronze and Silver heats. This is gonna be so much fun and may the best motor (round or inline) win.

[Hans Oberev]

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"May the best motor win"? I'm sure you didn't mean that having the fastest plane is just about the motor but it got me thinking. Like the 3 bladed prop on Rare Bear was fastest in a straight line but a handful in the turns. Clipped wings etc. A retired U2 pilot told me yesterday when talking about GG that they might have had the C of G too close. I read Lyle's book and the CG issue with Rare Bear when doing the restoration. How do you change the CG and how does it show up in flight?

[ChrisMX105]

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I am far from a man with 3 brains who can explain flight characteristics but CG is changed by moving things forward/aft in the fuselage. Addition of Nitrous Tanks, removal of armor plating, structural mods etc. Any weight added or removed anywhere on the airframe can change the CG, I do know that planes are supposed to be faster when near the aft CG limit but I cannot recall the reason for it.