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Dave Wiley lead a ground school at the
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NWAA clubhouse before the potluck.
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After the ground school, the potluck began
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The meeting began right after the potluck.
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Clint Martindale and David Hill.
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After the meeting, Rick Hicks had
help with a thrust test.
This time he was trying his prop in
a 2-blade configuration.
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Rick still has more configuring to do.
Only 490 lbs at 5400 RPM.
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Jim was preparing to show Rick Hicks
that Rick's new blades really do fly.
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Paul Plack acted as a human wheel chock
as Jim readied to take up Paul's friend.
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The peanut gallery was amazed at
the slow 300 Rotor RPM of those
31 foot blades.
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With the light load and cold air, those
31' blades really had lots of lift
to spare.
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A picture of one of the web
picture-takers, Gary Kaminski