practice tools

[Wayne Galligan]

I had the opportunity to fly an electric bipe at the Hot Springs
Championships that is being produced by a small hobby shop in Houston.
Forgot the shop name but Chuck Hochalter is responsible for designing and
test flying these critters.

Now a 3D pilot I am not, but this thing was so easy to fly that most of the
guys watching thought Chuck was flying it.  It hovered and torque rolled
with ease and does nice Harriers and rolling circles.  Something I would
NEVER try with one of my pattern planes and some of my small IC planes.  He
was running an outrigger/outrunner? brushless on it and it was nearly
silent.   Neat setup and a blast to fly.

Hopefully Chuck will chime in here and give us a little more info on the
product.

Wayne G.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Rick Wallace
  To: discussion at nsrca.org
  Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 4:43 PM
  Subject: RE: Practice tools


  Don's setup is the same as mine - excellent - haven't got it dialle din
yet - too much fun as it is.


  >From: "Don McCullough" <donald_mccullough at hotmail.com>
  >Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
  >To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
  >Subject: RE: Practice tools
  >Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:47:53 -0700
  >
  >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
  >


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