Weight limit discussion

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

Wasn't there a semiscale job, touted as a pattern plane, offered by one  well 
known outfit, that came close to the parameters below? I actually wasted  
some money/time/effort and bought the plan, scratch built the thing and was  
extremely disappointed in the flying.
 
Wound up modifying the hell out it and made it into a competitive airframe,  
but man, that was double the work and triple the trouble.
 
mattK
 
In a message dated 2/25/2005 7:13:10 PM Eastern Standard Time,  tbrox at cox.net 
writes:

One must remember history to help here. Has any past  changes ever brought 
the cost of pattern down? I believe it has always made it  more expensive such 
as what happened with engine displacement.
       I am envisioning  a new pattern plane for the new weight.
It will be a monoplane, 78" ws, 78" length, fuse  height 18", fuse width 10", 
wing root 25", wing tip15", 15degree sweep at the  quarter chord, 12% airfoil 
making the wing root 3" thick, stab 28" and nearly  2" thick. 
       I hope it doesnt  look exagerated, but I would be afraid this would be 
the trend. Obviously I  dont know to what extent the poor flying quality of 
this kind of design would  be, but who knows what could happen. 
       Classic case of  opening one door into a room full of doors. 



 
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