From: Allan Wright <aew@...>
Date: Monday, March 3, 2008 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: [BugHLG] Re: Indoor flying
Date: Monday, March 3, 2008 9:34 AM
Subject: Re: [BugHLG] Re: Indoor flying
The bug would be a bit tight in an average rec center. It's more at home
in a golf dome, etc. I would recommend a small foam flying wing like the
boomer. Better when bounced and a little more agile with elevons.
I do LOVE the bug though. It is what got me into HLG and motivated me to
design the Gambler.
Allan Wright
On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 16:53 +0000, dr56yhn wrote:
> The club is in Rochester. They fly Tuesday nights in the gym at a
> place called The Rec Center. They also get to fly within the same
> building out on the indoor ice rink. Lots of room there and higher
> ceilings. They also have permission to fly out at the fieldhouse of
> the local college. They fly on the indoor running track. Again tall
> ceilings and more room. They also fly on Wednesday mornings at the
> local armory.
>
> I guess my concern was that all of these places have their dangers,
> i.e. bleachers, basketball nets, beams in the ceiling etc. Yes I know
> the not to fly into these things but sometimes they have a way of
> reaching out and grabbing your plane. I hear trees do this sometimes
> also. I just want to know if I float the bug into something like this
> if it will hold up. The leading edge of the wing looks fragile. It
> sounds like it is light enough and slow enough that it shouldn't be
> an issue.
>
> Thanks for the quick feedback.
>
> Wayne
>
> --- In BugHLG@yahoogroups.com, "Paul Johnson" <paul@...> wrote:
> >
> > The Bug is so light, the floors won't be a any more a problem than
> the
> > ground. You'll probably catch it most times anyways - indoors is
> good
> > for catching practice. I've flown mine in the Dome several times.
> On a
> > hard side-arm launch in dead air I was getting 30 second flights.
> > What club is it? Where do they fly?
> >
> > -PJ
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 8:59 AM, dr56yhn <dr56yhn@...> wrote:
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > > So I came upon this group while I was looking for a small HLG to
> use
> > > indoors during the very cold winter months here in Minnesota. I
> have a
> > > 2M plane for outdoor use but I was wondering if anyone in this
> group
> > > has tried to fly the Bug indoors? My local club has an indoor
> space
> > > where they fly every week but they all fly electrics.
> > >
> > > I know there would be no lift but how well does this glide/float
> in
> > > dead air and is it robust enough to withstand the occasional rough
> > > landing on a very hard floor? Any input would be appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Paul Johnson
> > Edina Realty
> > pauljohnson@...
> >
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