Fly low. Fly fast. Turn left
This year’s prep began the day we landed from Reno 2017. We had just pushed the plane faster than ever, and my inadvertent mixture bump caused us to pull up from the Gold Race on Sunday. The good news was we didn’t break anything and had a great baseline. We started with the engine overhaulContinue reading Reno Air Races 2018 – Champions!
Introduction During the 2017 National Championship Air Races, team One Moment was pitted opposite Kevin Eldridge’s NXT “Relentless”. This meant we had the whole week to observe the sleek airframe. The wingtips in particular, have always caught my eye. The pointed shape is designed to reduce the drag caused by wingtip vortices. Looking back atContinue reading Clipped Wingtip Mod
STIHL National Championship Air Races Recap 2017 So Close! It was a week of excitement, challenges, a lot of learning and an incredible group of people. STIHL continued their title sponsorship of the event, and the racing fields were packed with action. There was a full Timber Sports display and it was great to chatContinue reading Reno 2017 Recap
High speed flying, 50’ off the desert floor, with 9 other planes is a high octane adrenaline filled ride. Be sure to catch all the action on NBC Sports’ broadcast of the National Championship Air Races on March 27th at 3pm EST. https://youtu.be/8k7YHVs6N0c Check out the inside story from pilot Andrew Findlay about this year’sContinue reading Reno 2015 Recap
Today’s Project: Reshaped the 3D printed fuselage with clay, tested it in the NASA wind tunnel for a week (the latter might not be true), 3D scanned the reshaped fuselage, and overlayed the scanned shape with the original one to create the templates for the ribs… Cheers, Andre
2014 Team One Moment upgraded the tail with a carbon fiber wrap. Now the fuselage can withstand great stress at high speeds.