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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2006 8:15 am    Post subject: first flight EVO wing Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Tue May 23, 2006 7:16 pm    Post subject: first flight EVO wing Reply with quote

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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PostPosted: Fri May 26, 2006 7:14 am    Post subject: first flight EVO wing Reply with quote

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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