REED SPEED 2016 qualifying photos!!!

i hope she gets in the air again!

Thanks guys I will probably fix it just not right now , after the flight I fell on my ass from going too fast in circles, so I don't know if this want be the last speed race for me unless I can get enough time in to stop spinning , I hurt my bad hip and just cant take it like I use to anyway I did have fun and all that took me back a bit . My video don't show me falling but there was another guy there that got it if I can get a copy ? Eric the ace in space !

getback wrote:Thanks guys I will probably fix it just not right now , after the flight I fell on my ass from going too fast in circles, so I don't know if this want be the last speed race for me unless I can get enough time in to stop spinning , I hurt my bad hip and just cant take it like I use to anyway I did have fun and all that took me back a bit . My video don't show me falling but there was another guy there that got it if I can get a copy ? Eric the ace in space !

I guess she ran pretty good with the wedge.. (maybe too good.. ) I hope you didn't hurt your hip too bad. That sucks. Next time; bungee a sofa-cushion to your a$$.. (just kidding).. What went wrong with the balloon trials? I didn't want to bug you about it.. but the one-way valve that you were using.. I just couldn't wrap my head around. I saw two problems with using it. One; the inability to evacuate the air.. and two; if left uncapped, it would let air into the line. I hope that you give the balloon another try. Just pull the line off the carb to fill .. then reattach. Do you have fuel-bulb? That's your best bet.. because the small syringes don't hold much fuel.. and you need some room for the air that's being sucked-out beforehand. A bulb could be half-filled with fuel.. and squeezed while upright, before attaching it to the fuel-line. Release to remove the air.. then invert the bulb to fill. Keep the bulb's tubing/line as short as possible for less air being pumped back in.

Hey... the prop didn't break! I wish I knew the secret to that!

Roddie , I didn't have the right size balloon , wasn't plumed right inside (the valve was a one way ) In theory I was going to fill through it with the feed line pinched off after removing the air where I was thinking would not get air back in it . The wedge tank worked fine , just fill tilled back and remove the air bubbles , the engine has a lot of SPI and needed to over prime to get it fired off . I tested the tank SAT. three times after getting it installed and got the starting down so I would know how it was going to act in the field . I may try again later but didn't have time to keep experimenting The plane was 5 oz. and that was with 1 oz. strapped on the tail to get CG. closer to the wing tip (not on the wing at all)It flew pretty good if you want to go that fast but , I was not quite prepared for what it put out Eric

Well, I s'pose the contest is over, huh? I am so sorry I wasn't able to meet the deadline for posting but "life" fell on me But I can say at least I tried! Now, assuming "life" clears up, will there be a future opportunity and will the planes I built for this past race be legal in the future?? Also, will the link/thread with the Mustang picture be updated?? Finally, has the winner been selected? I look forward to offering my congratulations to the winner and one heck of a big "ATT'A BOY" to the contest moderator.