How about Jun 29,30 - Jul 1?

I'll have to get ground clearance from the tower but I might be able to make Saturday work.

BTW, I salted away site #18 just to be on the safe side

the inside of my new tent.
Some of you might have to make a little room for me

Originally Posted by Captain Awesome

Are there less electrons at altitude?

YES!

Seriously tho, Last year at the Wenatchee Huckfest I repeatedly hit LVC a good minute or more before my timer would go off versus at our home altitude my timer leaves 25% remaining.

I also noticed it taking more throttle to hover and having less overall punch so this year I'm considering propping up on my e-powered planes and/or reducing my flight timer.

I'm interested in the gangs suggestions/opinions.

Originally Posted by cryhavoc38

the inside of my new tent.
Some of you might have to make a little room for me

How much to stay at the Havoc Motel?

Originally Posted by cryhavoc38

Agreed. This is how I felt last year when I competed in some Imac contests.
Adding the judging portion causes thumbs to shake.

And I did notice a big difference in the output of the DA-170 in Wenatchee versus lower altitudes. I had to adjust the high needle to get rpms back

I could have used your advice in my corner last year at the huck. Not having that much experience at gas let alone altitude, I managed to earn this bad boy...

Originally Posted by Captain Awesome

Are there less electrons at altitude?

I think it has to do with thinner air requiring more throttle to do the same things we take advantage of down here. Seems wacky but it's legit!

Originally Posted by FlopGun

How about Jun 29,30 - Jul 1?

I'm in!!! Not sure how many people can be a guest for each actual member, but if necessary I'd join up.

Originally Posted by SupaTim

I could have used your advice in my corner last year at the huck. Not having that much experience at gas let alone altitude, I managed to earn this bad boy...

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sorry buddy...I wanted to be there!!, but the first anniversary sorta got in the way
Wenatche was my 3d contest last year..or was it the second..either way, I fell in love with that field and the amenities.
The people were all great too. Deanna and I had a blast that weekend.

Think I remember reading that. BTW that tent is no joke! You've flown out there so you know the valley winds can get pretty gnarly. I think Vitter and Azhar had a dome tent last year, may want to pick their brains on how they'd do it this year.

Ha ha that tent is great, that's bigger than Franks and Hawkeye's in the 4077.

I didn't really notice the 1000ft altitude, but I recall Altuz, TyeeFlyer and Supatim had overheated engines.

Looking at the forecast I knew today might be the last day to get out and fly for a while so Cpt. Tom and I rallied up at the NCC with the 100cc big birds today! Wind was a steady 5-10 straight down the runway so we just played around with stationary rolling harriers and spot landings! Just a few ground shots, but you get the idea!

Originally Posted by cryhavoc38

the inside of my new tent.
Some of you might have to make a little room for me

That cool I like the wood stove in it. Condo size. You guys should buy one and set it up and pay for 1 tent site . Split it up like $2 Ea for two days -smile-

That might take a couple camp sites Steve

@Vitter - Maybe some of the guys that fly the Wanatchee field regularly would have some insight on that. A lower pitch unloads the motor some but I don't know if that's the correct way to compensate for altitude change.

@Cry, Flop - I had to dig deep in the memory archieves to pull the 4077 reference (Hawkeye was the man!). I'll bet setting that up is fun.

@Supatim - I have a membership, that's got to account for 2 or 3 guests, if it's not crowded I doubt it would matter, they seem pretty easy going up there. Steve also has a membership, so I think we're golden.

@Supatim - I have a membership, that's got to account for 2 or 3 guests, if it's not crowded I doubt it would matter, they seem pretty easy going up there. Steve also has a membership, so I think we're golden.[/QUOTE]

In my creepy Mr. Burns voice "Excellent..."

Originally Posted by Vitter

YES!

Seriously tho, Last year at the Wenatchee Huckfest I repeatedly hit LVC a good minute or more before my timer would go off versus at our home altitude my timer leaves 25% remaining.

I also noticed it taking more throttle to hover and having less overall punch so this year I'm considering propping up on my e-powered planes and/or reducing my flight timer.

I'm interested in the gangs suggestions/opinions.

After thinking about, when you're in a hover your displacing air to stay up. Like a boat, you stay afloat by displacing the weight of your ship. If the air you're displacing weighs less per cubic foot (the effect of being at a higher altitude) you have to increase your rpm to displace the same weight in air. I would try a larger prop or increase the pitch to move more air per rev, however from an engineering perspective I think it just takes more "work" (energy) to stay afloat in thinner air. We'll probably have to just reset our timers. I did email a question to Mike to see they have more insight.

I know the guys that fly in Denver have to prop up, so say instead of 12x6 use a 13x6.5. I remember flying my KMD in Salmon, ID and the elevation was 4500 ft. Barely enough power to stay in hover on a prop that had plenty at sea level. Wenatchee being 1000 ft doesn't seem like enough to switch props though.