Creek Hobbies Quest - 90

[Ed Miller]

My dad picked up his Quest Friday from Creek Hobbies. He was getting a tad
concerned waiting for it but now that he has it in his hands he said "it was
worth the wait". He's not a competitor so right now an OS 91 Surpass is
slated to go in but I'm working on him to install one of my prepped YS120
standards. In any event at $200 show price a real bargain.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Henderson,Eric" <Eric.Henderson at gartner.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Saturday, May 17, 2003 7:54 PM
Subject: Creek Hobbies Quest - 90


> I was in the hobby shop today, (when are we never not?) due to bad
weather, and the owner hit me up for a loan of my YS 91. As he was bending
my arm it became clear that he wanted to put it in a newly arrived Quest. I
had one paid for since the WRAM show so I declined to loan and opted to take
mine home with me. He was happy either way because he wanted one in the air
ASAP locally. A week from now is possible....
>
> The plane came in another color, other than that girly pink that got me
into trouble the last time I said it so I won't this time :-)) The pink was
replaced with a more manly red! So they pulled one out of the pile in the
warehouse and loaded it into my van...
>
> As I type this my #2 son is cutting the box up for trash day on Monday and
to make room in my small town house. The Swallow created some space because
she went to a good home in Brooklyn NY, last weekend so I have the engine
and RX/servos etc. ready to install. The prototype looked promising as a
good AMA 401-404 pattern plane. This time I get to weigh the parts. This is
what you find in the box.
>
> Normal ARF hardware. An instruction CD that I just printed off and saved
on my lap to so that I can read it on the plane and make update/notes.
>
> Weights.
>
> Stab 5.2
> Rudder 1.2
> Pants 2.0
> U/C 6.0
> Long cowl 5.0
> Wing 1 14.0
> Wing 2 14.0
> Canopy 3.8
> Fuse- inc. fin and Wing fairing 25.8
>
> That's 72 oz before assembly and "ironware" is added (4.5 lbs). I figure
about 3lbs of additional stuff and we will have a 7.5lb plane with a YS 91
on the front. This 91 pulled a 9lb plane straight up... so it looks
promising in that dept. If not there's always a YS 1.10 coming soon... :-)
predicted weight is 3.4-3.8kg
>
> Wooden fuselage with a long shell of a cowl. Tinted canopy - at last!- and
span is 1840mm/72-7/16" one piece wing with a wing area 62 sq dm.
>
> The proof of the pudding is in the eating but this one tastes good so
far...Here's hoping another viable ARF is out there to entice more pattern
Newbies...
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric.
>
>
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