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Sundowner First Flight
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Well... it's been a long time since we actually updated the page, but the Sundowner flew for the first time on May 15th at Madera. We were able to put 3 flights on it to get all the bugs worked out of it. There wasn't many bugs to work out of it at all, it flew great! A few weeks later I was able to put 2 demo flights on it at the Watsonville Airshow, the crowd loved it and I got plenty of comments on how good it looked in the air.
I wil try and put a gallery of the first flight up soon. |
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Happy 4th
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Hope you had a great 4th of July. We have a Sundowner fuse layed up. It's going to be tight to make it to Ohio.
A new picture of the month is up. Enjoy. |
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Sundowner
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Work is progressing on the Sundowner. Molding should be going on this weekend. New picture of the month up if you didn't already notice it. |
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T-34 Race Data
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Well, as promised, here is some data from Mike's airplane during the Gold Race heat. They are seperated in 3 seperate PDF files for clarity.
IAS v. G force
RPM / EGT / CHT
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Seconds Please....
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Dad finished second in the Silver class at theT-34 races today while Mike chocked up a second in the Gold class. I'll try and post some data from the telemetry system so you can see what a normal heat race looks like. |
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Sundowner Sneak Peaks
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If you hop over to the message board you can check the progress of our new Sundowner. Once we get the plug finished it will be all downhill from there!
Sundowner Sneak Peak |
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April fools....
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.....Not really, a new picture of the month is up for April.
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Warbird Racing
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Bill Malo sent me this flyer for a Warbird Race at the Sepulveda Basin on May 23rd... I don't know if we'll make it, more than likely will be flying the Sundowner! =) Please pass it along to all your racing buddies.
The PDF of the info/rules can be viewed here: Warbird Race Flyer |
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March
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The picture of the month is up for March. I'm starting to run out of cool photos, I think I need another race so I can get some more! Only problem is I'll be (hopefully) flying more than I will be taking photos. |
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2004 Season
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Well, it's been awhile since I've posted an update here and thought it was time to do so. We've been off the racing circuit for some time now with a brief appearance at Reedley last year and our Gr-7 was lost in practice for the 2003 season.
So, what's new at Luvara Air Racing? For the past year, I have been working on a real-time telemetry system for uav's and r/c models. It's now a complete product and available through http://www.rcatsystems.com. This device is really going to help many fine tune their racers. Now, with all of this wonderful electronics, not having a plane isn't going to do us much good... Well, there's a new F1 under construction in the shop and we hope to perform test flights in March if all goes well. It's called Sundowner and sports a 115" wingspan and will utilize our race proven Aerrow 75 motor.
If all goes as planned, Chris will be flying a Sundowner in the F1GT class. I'm personally looking forward to racing again in the 2004 season.
More updates to come.... |
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Flyin by...
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The year is already going quick. So much to do, so little time to do it. A new picture of the month is up. This time around its a full-scale racer - a nice change of scenery. |
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Happy New Year
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The January picture of the month is up early. |
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Happy Holidays
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I just wanted to take a quick second to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year from all of the Luvara Family. |
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A day early
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Hard to believe its December already - well, almost. Anyway, new photo of the month is up. Enjoy! |
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Redesigned
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Well, it was about time that I redesigned the site again. As usual, all my testing doesn't find bugs, so there might be a few little problems. Among things that have been improved and will be refined even more are the image galleries. Each and every file has been adjusted for a smaller file size, and touched up to look better. I will have a new, easier, faster loading gallery system in the near future, until then, I hope that you enjoy them. Any questions, comments, or concerns, feel free to email me. |
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