Practice tools

Thu Oct 7 16:03:47 AKDT 2004

 Terry do you a link to the Formosa 2? Thanks, Mike

Terry Terrenoire <amad2terry at juno.com> wrote:Why don't you wait a few weeks and get one of the new Formosa IIs? I have
had one on standing order since mid summer, and was recently told that
they might be raedy by the end of Oct. It is just a little bigger, and
should fly even better.
I have been flying my original Formosa for about a year, and I really
like it now that I have a burshless and li-pollys in it.

Terry T.

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 10:47:53 -0700 "Don McCullough"
writes:
> 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" 
> To: 
> 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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