Full Size Extra 300 Videos
Here are some videos from the Extra 300 at Sunrise Aviation. It has a 3 camera video system with Picture in a Picture capability. http://www.sunriseaviation.com/video-choice.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMBaObUMh_M http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2yDTePoQeM Sure would make a great christmas present...(Hint, Hint) Ty
Posted on: 12/9/2006 3:41 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "3D Flying!"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5094802

RE: University of Alaska at Anchorage
I went to UAA for a year after high school. I did the private pilot ground school at their facility on Merrill Field, the instructor was good and they had nice facilities and sims. I don't think that they have their own airplanes. If I remember right you take the ground schools with UAA and fly with one of the local FBO's. I transfered to Embry Riddle in Prescott, AZ and did Aerospace Engineering. Their engineering program is excellent, I personally was not impressed with the flight program... they ground all of the airplanes if there is a cloud in the sky or if the cross wind is over 10 knots etc... It's so restrictive I don't see how their graduates could be prepared for the real world. On the other hand their classroom training can't be beat. If you go to riddle I'd recomend getting your CFI before you get there, then major in Profesional Aeronautics and teach while you're there... A couple guys I knew did that and they spent far less money and graduated with twice as much time as the guys that majored in Aeronautical Science and did their flying with Riddle.
Posted on: 12/6/2006 7:40 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
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RE: Tumbles
Yeah that's the waivered aerobatic box at Borrego Springs (L08) it's nice to have an emergency landing site that close when doing low level aerobatics.
Posted on: 12/6/2006 2:23 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=5082970

Tumbles
Just made this video of a bunch of tumbles strung together... thought you guys might like it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2yDTePoQeM Ty Frisby
Posted on: 12/6/2006 12:39 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
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RE: Rutan Voyager 90 degree roll
www.gkairshows.com Ty
Posted on: 11/24/2005 11:49 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
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RE: Rutan Voyager 90 degree roll
Give the guy a break... the blame for his misunderstandings rests fully with his instructor. This is a good example of why spin training should never have been replaced with "spin avoidance". Ty Frisby Aerobatic CFI Sunrise Aviation www.sunriseaviation.com
Posted on: 11/24/2005 1:13 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
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RE: I'm finally going to be able to take lessons!
in a cessna. Good Luck, Ty
Posted on: 11/4/2005 10:52 AM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
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RE: Sport Pilot
That is VERY cool... I don't know if my computer is fast enough for online formation, but I need to look into it. Hey send me an email acropilot_ty@yahoo.com I'd love to figure out how to get that formation sim flight going. Ty By the way, things are going great, I got to fly an Edge at nationals so I've got a smile that'll take several months to wear off!!
Posted on: 11/24/2004 10:02 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
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RE: Sport Pilot
This is Ty from Sunrise... It all started with models and flight sims, so I continue to visit this site and chime in now and again. I know a lot of Bretts, but from your website I'm guessing you are the Brett I met at Paso Robles. You've got some very impressive formation shots (sim...-join... the sims are great for formation aerobatics without the risk. Ty
Posted on: 11/24/2004 11:40 AM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
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RE: Sport Pilot
more of them out there then you may think. Ty
Posted on: 11/23/2004 11:15 AM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=2369118

Sport Pilot
the radios and navaids... Ty
Posted on: 11/22/2004 11:14 AM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
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RE: Mach 10 !!
cents, Ty
Posted on: 11/22/2004 10:26 AM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=2365974

RE: How does this happen"
for to be misrepresented this way. Ty Frisby
Posted on: 10/22/2004 12:24 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=2277551

RE: Longitudinal stability analysis
should work out. Ty
Posted on: 10/22/2004 11:48 AM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Aerodynamics"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=2277465

RE: Will this work?
out if someone has already modeled it. Ty
Posted on: 9/12/2004 11:45 AM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Aerodynamics"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=2167406

RE: Prop Questions
_propcalc.shtml Ty
Posted on: 8/26/2004 3:42 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Aerodynamics"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=2121333

New Monoplanes
, the second is called the MX-2, it is a completely redesigned G-202 with a big engine. Ty
Posted on: 8/7/2004 7:26 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Aerodynamics"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=2063718

RE: Spinner/prop/cowl aero interaction
aerobatic airplane called the Chanute. Ty
Posted on: 8/7/2004 2:03 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Aerodynamics"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=2063106

RE: Laminar Flow
site http://www.nemesisnxt.com/ Ty
Posted on: 7/31/2004 11:38 AM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Aerodynamics"
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RE: Biplane Spin Rate - Effect of Down Elevator
, because you are doing one of the correct recovery inputs, just not in the correct order. Ty
Posted on: 7/14/2004 11:57 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Aerodynamics"
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RE: Low Speed Quirks
That must be it, I hate downthrust, pilots should learn to use trim!! my 2 cents, Ty
Posted on: 6/30/2004 12:10 AM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Aerodynamics"
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RE: Low Speed Quirks
that was more fun to do wheel landing touch and goes then it was to do acro... Ty
Posted on: 6/28/2004 12:15 AM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Aerodynamics"
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=1941022

RE: Good Books?
Introduction to flight is the best book I know of, another good book for visulization is "an illistrated guide to aerodynamics" If you are going to be designing wings then you need "theory of wing sections" it is the best book on wing theory, and is essential during wing design. Ty
Posted on: 6/28/2004 12:05 AM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Aerodynamics"
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RE: 1-1/4 spin?
On the 1-1/4 turn spin you will also need to hold some rudder on the downline to keep it from dragging a wing, if you spin right you will recover and then put some right rudder back in to get the wings parallel to the horizon. Ty
Posted on: 6/20/2004 1:54 AM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "IMAC"
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RE: I want to fly full scale!
Good start, now go talk to several instructors to get a feel for which one is right for you, that is the most important part. Ty
Posted on: 6/18/2004 11:24 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
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RE: Check this site out
My favorite is the picture of Jon Nash's edge with the smoke in a circle around it. I'm a little biased since I was on his pit crew that day and flew his extra 300 down in formation with him in the edge Ty
Posted on: 6/13/2004 10:15 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
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RE: I want to fly full scale!
on an airport with C-130's from a guard unit somewhere near the rockies. Good Luck, Ty
Posted on: 6/13/2004 10:07 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Airplanes - Full Scale"
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RE: Surface finish on wings.
pretty much awnser your questions. Good luck, Ty
Posted on: 5/28/2004 12:39 AM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Aerodynamics"
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RE: Use entire wing as aileron?
I had a friend with a little glider that used this setup... "Wingerons" It would roll like crazy, but it was also a tiny little plane so the loads were light. I don't remember the name of the kit, but that might be a good starting point to see how they set up the control linkage and structures. Ty
Posted on: 5/27/2004 12:08 PM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Aerodynamics"
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RE: Surface finish on wings.
I agree that the optimum positioning of the turbulator is not at the thickest point of the wing, but it must be placed before the natural transition which almost always occurs after the thickest point at low reynolds numbers, so a conservative location is the high point... The turbulator could be moved back from there through experimentation. My experience with turbulators has been in wind tunnels, In one case the reynolds number was about 50,000 and a strip of masking tape placed at the high point increased L/D max by something like 40%... it was dramatic. In other cases we would coat the leading edge of models with fine sand to force turbulent flow in an attempt to "simulate" higher reynolds numbers then attainable in our 3ft. x 4ft. 120 mph wind tunnel, and again drag went down, lift went up every time. These wind tunnel models always have nice smooth surfaces and I think that they suffer from laminar separation because they are "too smooth". I have placed turbulator strips on models, but it's so hard to tell what the difference is because there are too many variables and no instrumentation.... They have so much power to weight ratio that small aerodynamic tweaks are not noticable. I'm sure that such experiments on a model glider would be noticable, but I haven't flown gliders much. So the question is, what are you going to do with this plane? Why do you need to lower the drag? is it a powered racing plane, or a glider, or an endurance contest...? What airfoil are you using? What speed do you anticipate? And finally what is the chord of the wing? If I was designing a model for some type of contest I would use all of this information to try and predict the point of natural transition, then I would locate a turbulator 5% chord before that point.
Posted on: 5/27/2004 11:59 AM by Author "acropilot_ty" in the forum "Aerodynamics"
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