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fairlea(at)amtelecom.net
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:15 am Post subject: first flight EVO wing

I had my first flight of my F1 with the tapered EVO wing on Friday.  Since

then I have put about 6 hours on the plane. This wing has made quite a

difference to the aircraft.  I have a lot of hours in different rockets and

although they do a lot of things very well they do land a bit on the hot

side. This EVO wing takes me back to my RV4 days and I am loving it.  I have

had nine landings so far and all of them have had a shorter landing roll

than my best standard wing rocket landings.  It is too early to say anything

about top speeds but based on prototype that I flew the EVO1 will be 5 to 10

knots faster as well. Expanding the flight envelope of an already fantastic

airplane raises the bar for all sport planes.  Over the years I have had

quite a few people express interest in the rocket but they were a bit

hesitant about landings speeds. The standard wing rocket is quite

manageable, as we know, but the reputation was out there.  This wing will

open the world of rockets for more pilots, how good is that?



 



Tom Martin

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bluebird266(at)dslextreme
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:16 pm Post subject: first flight EVO wing

At 09:10 AM 5/23/2006, you wrote:

Tom:



Thanks for the update. Keep us old time HRII drivers posted about the new 

wing and numbers.

When are you coming to California for some Pacific Ocean breezes.



Harry Paine

266HP 405HRS



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I had my first flight of my F1 with the tapered EVO wing on Friday.  Since

then I have put about 6 hours on the plane. This wing has made quite a

difference to the aircraft.  I have a lot of hours in different rockets and

although they do a lot of things very well they do land a bit on the hot

side. This EVO wing takes me back to my RV4 days and I am loving it.  I have

had nine landings so far and all of them have had a shorter landing roll

than my best standard wing rocket landings.  It is too early to say anything

about top speeds but based on prototype that I flew the EVO1 will be 5 to 10

knots faster as well. Expanding the flight envelope of an already fantastic

airplane raises the bar for all sport planes.  Over the years I have had

quite a few people express interest in the rocket but they were a bit

hesitant about landings speeds. The standard wing rocket is quite

manageable, as we know, but the reputation was out there.  This wing will

open the world of rockets for more pilots, how good is that?



Tom Martin

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stubiker(at)hotmail.com
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Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 7:14 am Post subject: first flight EVO wing

Hello,

My name is Stuart Pearson. I live in Tucson, Arizona. I am new to the list 

and have a "new guy" question... Is the EVO wing available for the Rocket II 

or only the F1? I'm new to Rockets and want to educate myself before I start 

to build. Is there a good source of info about mods and options for the 

Rockets available? I've heard bits and pieces about things like flush skin 

joints etc. and would like to develop a plan before buying and building a 

Rocket II Kit. Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for 

your time.

Stuart

(stubiker(at)hotmail.com)



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		  I had my first flight of my F1 with the tapered EVO wing on Friday.  Since

then I have put about 6 hours on the plane. This wing has made quite a

difference to the aircraft.  I have a lot of hours in different rockets and

although they do a lot of things very well they do land a bit on the hot

side. This EVO wing takes me back to my RV4 days and I am loving it.  I 

have

had nine landings so far and all of them have had a shorter landing roll

than my best standard wing rocket landings.  It is too early to say 

anything

about top speeds but based on prototype that I flew the EVO1 will be 5 to 

10

knots faster as well. Expanding the flight envelope of an already fantastic

airplane raises the bar for all sport planes.  Over the years I have had

quite a few people express interest in the rocket but they were a bit

hesitant about landings speeds. The standard wing rocket is quite

manageable, as we know, but the reputation was out there.  This wing will

open the world of rockets for more pilots, how good is that?



Tom Martin

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