Practice tools

Thu Oct 7 09:59:55 AKDT 2004

What about the Flashback from Mountain Models 
(http://www.mountainmodels.com)? It has about the same 
wingspan, length and AUW and gets rave reviews on E-Zone. 
It is also all balsa.

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:47:53 -0700
  "Don McCullough" <donald_mccullough at hotmail.com> wrote:
>Wade,
>
>GWS makes the Formosa and it is imported by Horizon. It 
>is a great plane
>when you add a brushless motor and Li-Po batteries. I 
>have been flying
>the current and next year's Masters pattern with it. 
>Great snaps and
>power. It flies the pattern very similar to the 2M ships 
>with the same
>performance. The only real difference is you have to be a 
>bit quicker on
>the sticks. I find this a good thing because when I fly a 
>2M patter ship
>it is much more relaxing to fly.
>
>I put up a web page with my Formosa experiences. I have 
>now changed to
>the new Thunder Tiger 1350 next generation packs for even 
>more power.
>
>Liked it so much I am building another one - this time 
>with about 1/4"
>dihedral to counteract some adverse roll with rudder.
>
>Here is the site:
>
>http://pages.sbcglobal.net/donald_mccullough/index.html
>
>
>Don McCullough
>NSRCA 1520
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: discussion-request at nsrca.org 
>[mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
>On Behalf Of Wade Akle
>Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 5:45 AM
>To: discussion at nsrca.org
>Subject: Re: Practice tools
>
>Rick,
>Who makes the Formosa?
>Wade
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "rickwallace45" <rickwallace45 at hotmail.com>
>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 8:31 PM
>Subject: RE: Practice tools
>
>
>Anthony -
>I've flown a Shock Flier briefly and it's fun...
>But (after a dozen or so flights) the Formosa w/ a Eflite 
>370 brushless
>is
>the closest thing to a foam pattern plane I've seen or 
>flown. Certainly
>no
>replacement for a Focus or Hyde Away or ..., but way 
>better than a shock
>flier I think.
>
>Haven't flown Real Flight G2, but G1 is stretched to 
>allow a pilot to
>work
>individual maneuvers - I learned initial slow roll inputs 
>that way - but
>lines (horizontal and vertical) are completely 
>impossible.
>
>Come down this weekend and we can play w/ the foamies!
>
>-Rick
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: discussion-request at nsrca.org 
>[mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]
>On
>Behalf Of John Pavlick
>Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 10:52 PM
>To: discussion at nsrca.org
>Subject: RE: Practice tools
>
>Anthony,
> I haven't had much luck with any of the sims (although I 
>haven't tried
>the
>Ikarus 3D sim), mostly because it's hard to duplicate 
>pattern flying.
>What I
>mean is, the view ports don't really provide any good 
>reference points
>for
>lines, etc. I like to use the Ikarus Shock Flyers for 
>practice. You can
>fly
>them anywhere (even indoors in the Winter) and they're 
>not too
>expensive.
>The $60.00 kit with the can motor is fine if you use 
>small servos and a
>3S
>340 LiPo pack. Keep it light!!! Leave the L.G. off - you 
>won't need it
>and
>it's heavy and breaks easily. Cheaper than the Formosa - 
>save your money
>for
>fuel!
>
>John Pavlick
>http://www.idseng.com
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: discussion-request at nsrca.org
>> [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of 
>>Anthony Romano
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2004 7:12 PM
>> To: pattern at rcmailinglists.com; discussion at nsrca.org
>> Subject: Practice tools
>>
>>
>> Trying to get ready for the move for Master and 
>>wondering, what would
>be
>> better? A simulator or a pattern foamie? Thinking Ikarus 
>>flight sim or
>an
>> Axi equipped Formosa.
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Anthony
>>
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