Composite-ARF Impact question
Bill Glaze
billglaze at triad.rr.com
Wed Feb 2 18:20:11 AKST 2005
I judged Dick at an IMAC contest ~1999 or so. His dalotel is a very
good flying airplane; he did a good job of flying it, also. He may have
plans available.
Bill Glaze
Bill Southwell wrote:
> I'll second that! I got excited about pattern due to one of Dicks gas
> designs. I had his 30% Dalotel with a ZDZ 60. It was very quiet and
> made flying an absolute
> dream. It was THE BEST Gasser I have ever flown. It wet my appetite
> for a pattern plane as it I came to find out it flew exactly like one.
> I still have the airframe and it is like taking a design course just
> looking at how Dick did things. Foamies gain and our loss for sure. I
> wonder if he has plans for that big Dalotel..........Would kick butt
> in IMAC....Like taking candy from a baby!
>
> Regards
> Bill
> Iuka,MS
>
>
>
> Nat Penton wrote:
>
>> Dick deserves a lot of credit. He should be in the AMA Hall of Fame.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Edward Skorepa <mailto:edsko at xmission.com>
>> *To:* discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 02, 2005 4:11 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: Composite-ARF Impact question
>>
>> Yea, I agree. Too bad Dick is out of pattern for good I think.
>> Damn foamies!
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> *From:* Bill Glaze <mailto:billglaze at triad.rr.com>
>> *To:* discussion at nsrca.org <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 02, 2005 3:15 PM
>> *Subject:* Re: Composite-ARF Impact question
>>
>> I've gotten a lot of help from, and had some extremely
>> interesting talks with, Dick Hanson. A couple of years ago, a
>> professional builder of my acquaintance, (and a competitor of
>> Dick's when Dick was building kits,) said to a group of us:
>> "The pattern flyer of today will probably never know how much
>> pattern owes Dick Hanson for what he has done." And, this guy
>> is not given to throwing around compliments!
>> Bill Glaze
>>
>>
>> Bob Richards wrote:
>>
>>> I agree about the Hanson models.
>>> I flew a Runaround in Masters at the '93 Nats. An
>>> FAI flier
>>> who was scribing for one round told me that I would never get
>>> the scores I deserved flying an "outdated design". I won that
>>> round!
>>> Which reminds me! I can't remember his name, but
>>> I'd also
>>> like to really thank that Appalachian Monk that sold me that
>>> small can of whoop-ass before I left for the NATS. :-)
>>> That Runaround also had a 20 year old set of Violet
>>> retracts
>>> -- which became B&D as I recall. Bulletproof. As long as you
>>> remember to plug in the retract servo. :-(
>>> Bob R.
>>>
>>>
>>> */Ed Miller <edbon85 at charter.net>/* wrote:
>>>
>>> I have to second Dave Lockhart's mention of Dick Hanson
>>> Models. The best flying planes I ever owned or flew came
>>> from him. I currently own and fly 3 of his designs, a
>>> modified EMC per Dave Lockhart, an Elan and a 26%
>>> Dalotel. I've had numerous others and they were great
>>> flying planes.
>>> I'm happy with my Litco Alpha 4.
>>> OS makes the best 2 strokes IMHO.
>>> S&W fuels
>>> B&D retracts ( my Elan and Dalotel have retracts )
>>> Futaba
>>> Central Hobbies
>>> Radio South
>>> ES Composites
>>> With the exception of 2, they are all US based companies.
>>> Hmmm, wonder why
>>> Ed M.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> *From:* DaveL322 at comcast.net
>>> <mailto:DaveL322 at comcast.net>
>>> *To:* discussion at nsrca.org
>>> <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>
>>> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 02, 2005 1:26 PM
>>> *Subject:* Re: Composite-ARF Impact question
>>>
>>> I always loved the offerings from Hanson (Dick and
>>> his son Gy) and probably have more flights and
>>> success with Hanson stuff than anything else. The
>>> EMC (now available, I think, from Rich Lee) was way
>>> ahead of its time, and with a few simple mods will
>>> still fly with the current day stuff.
>>> In almost 20 years of pattern
>>> flying, 2004 was the
>>> first time my planes were not of US origin. I am
>>> currently flying a pair of Vivats - full composite
>>> (FG / balsa / FG) with substantial amounts of
>>> prefab. I closely inspected 2 before shelling out
>>> the dough for mine, and have closely inspected
>>> several others since. The entire structure is
>>> extremely rigid and the flying weight is 9.75 lbs.
>>> The flight performance and craftsmanship are the best
>>> I've seen. It is obviously a very well refined
>>> design and has proven to be very durable (500 flights
>>> and counting). It isn't cheap, but for the level of
>>> quality, I wouldn't expect it to be cheap.
>>> Independant of cost, I think the value of the plane
>>> is good.
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Dave Lockhart
>>> DaveL322 at comcast.net <mailto:DaveL322 at comcast.net>
>>>
>>
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