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Here is Sal Barbagallo's latest creation.  Sal built a Bass Flyer from Gene Sellers & Bob Cranes plans.  Not much other details are available at this time but when I receive something I will post it here.  Here are some great photos of this slick looking electric.

Wingspan is 60 inches  Boom is by Avia  Fuse is balsa then covered with 1/2 ounce glass,  then painted with Krylon  Wing, rudder and stab are covered with Polycover  from Hobby Lobby which is a modified 7% thick Clark Y  Plane weighs 23.6 ounces,  I'm running a Mega 16/15/7 brushless motor  10X8 folding prop  Espirit 32MM aluminum spinner  Jeti 30amp controller  Hobby Lobby Twenty Lipo 1500 3S1P with 20C discharge  rate  Controls are Rudder/Elevator  half an elevator is functional, half is stationary  At 5/8 throttle plane will climb at a 75 degree  angle and very quickly be   specked out  very good flyer, hangs up there. Sal 5/30/2006

	here is the latest Mark Drela design bubble dancer...gene built the sister ship over the winter..i also built an allegro e....another Mark Drela design......pics of that one later....  Bob Crane 6/1/2006

Kurt Zimmerman - 9/4/2006 -To the right is a picture of my newest creation.  I call it the "Condo-diction".  It is a cross between a Fred Sage Addiction & Ed Slegers Condor.     Wingspan:    122" Airfoil:            MH32 Weight:         under 70  ozs.  I haven't weighed it yet.

Monday, Sept. 4, 2006 was not the best of days for flying.  By the time I arrived at the field the winds had picked up and was quite overcast.  I had to spend a fair amount of time setting up the radio to get things functioning.  After a few hand tosses I knew I was ready to take it up on a launch.  All that was available was Bob's heavy-duty high-start.  All flights were trim flights.  I had a total of 4 flights.  My goal was to feel out the plane, see what the MH32 airfoil can do on a larger plane.  My 2M Organic has the same airfoil.  For the most part the plane flew hands-off.  I needed a small amount of up-elevator trim.  I am guessing that the CG may be a bit forward.  Next trip to the field I will experiment with moving the CG further back.  I had an opportunity to see what the MH32 airfoil would do with reflex.  I reflexed the airfoil right after launch to see how fast I could reach the end of the field.  I was impressed.   There is a lot of "dialing-in" that has to be done, but overall I am very impressed with this plane.  Hopefully I will have this all ready to go within the next few weeks.

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