Colombo Wide Body

[Terry Terrenoire]

Bill: 

I have a swallow set up with high performance servos, pull-pull rudder,
YS 91. It has been ready to fly for about 3 months now, but this damn NY
winter weather has kept me from getting it into the air. Will post to the
group as soon as I can.

Overall building quality was not as good as the G-Trick, but it sells for
half the price. I am really looking forward to comparing it to the
G-Trick as I have been flying the G for over a year now, and I love it. I
used it to learn the new maneuvers last spring. That took a lot of the
pucker factor out of the first flight thru the schedule with the new
Elans.

Terry T.

On Mon, 16 Dec 2002 20:39:18 -0600 Bill Glaze <billglaze at triad.rr.com>
writes:
> Ron:
> The Swallow looks good as a practice plane.  Have you ever seen one 
> fly?  Do you
> know anything else about it?  thanks.
> 
> Bill Glaze
> 
> Ron Van Putte wrote:
> 
> > Thomas C. Weedon wrote:
> > > I was talking to a new pattern fellow this week end and he 
> explained to me
> > > the new plane that he is building this winter. It is called a 
> "Wide Body"
> > > from Colombo Anderson in Argentina. It is sold by Planes Plus 
> (web site
> > > www.planesplus.com) The 60/90 size kit is only $199. This seems 
> to be a very
> > > good price and it looks like it may be a great pattern plane for 
> a beginner
> > > of someone with limited funds. Apparently, there will also be a 
> 120/140 size
> > > kit available soon. My question is; has anyone some first hand 
> knowledge
> > > about this plane/ kit? A review can be seen in Jan, 2003, MA, 
> page 148. I
> > > believe we all would like to know more about new airplanes on 
> the market
> > > that can help us reach out to new pattern interested fellows.
> > > Curious;
> >
> > Marcello Colombo flew a 1.20/1.40 size version of the "Wide Body" 
> at our
> > Nats this year.  Good flying airplane.  If the 90 size flies as 
> well as
> > the big brother, it should be a good beginning level Pattern 
> airplane.
> > Giant Scale Airplanes (giantscaleplanes.com) also has a good 
> looking 90
> > size airplane called the Sparrow.  It is an ARF and retails for 
> $280 on
> > the web site, although you can get one for about $225 to $250 by
> > shopping around.  I saw one fly at a contest in the fall and was
> > impressed with its potential for Sportsman and Intermediate.
> >
> > Ron Van Putte
> >
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