[NSRCA-discussion] .46 size aircraft....practice value?

[Ron Lockhart]

Most any stick time has some value.
IMO focused pattern flying with a smaller bird is pretty helpful -
Ive been flying Masters pattern with a .40 size electric this winter, and found my 
first flights with Vivat a week ago look better than after the usual winter lay-off.
The "polish" needs the real competition bird of course.

Ron Lockhart
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: White, Chris 
  To: patternrules at earthlink.net ; NSRCA Mailing List 
  Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 10:24 AM
  Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] .46 size aircraft....practice value?


  Hi, I'm trying to practice PO7 with a Venus / OS46FX combo.   The airplane will do the maneuvers easily, and some of the maneuvers look pretty and are fun, but when it comes to box, constant speed, presentation..etc.etc.  It is obvious why bigger with power is better.   The question I'm trying to get at is what the experienced guys say they would expect to get out of practicing with a small aircraft?  My feelings are that I'm learning the basic control inputs and maneuver sequence and flow, but believe me..the 2m bird will be exclusive soon.   As good as the Javelin, Venus, Freestyle fly..how much value are they to our practice routines?

   

  I hope some of you experienced guys feed back to this..are we wasting time flying the small stuff?

   

  Thanks..Chris White


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  From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Steven Maxwell
  Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 6:30 AM
  To: NSRCA Mailing List
  Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Fashion 50

   

   Our club pres had the excelleron 50 and his words man that's the smoothest plane I ever flew. He bought another one just because he liked it so well. I didn't fly it so can't make any real comments other than it looks very solid in the air.

   

  Steven Maxwell

   

   

    ----- Original Message ----- 

    From: brett terry 

    To: NSRCA Mailing List

    Sent: 4/14/2006 6:28:10 AM 

    Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Fashion 50

     

    I have seen this plane before online, it looks great.  The price from the other website was something like US$330 shipped, so it is good to hear BP has a more realistic price.

    Here is another plane I have found, the Streamline from AK Models:  http://www.ak-models.com/streamline46.htm

    It appears to be a copy of a Hirobo or Topmodel plane (I forget which).

    Has anybody flown the Excelleron 50?  I am also interested in a keep-it-in-the-trunk plane to keep the fingers active and excercised. 

    Brett

    On 4/13/06, Ron Van Putte <vanputte at cox.net> wrote: 


    On Apr 13, 2006, at 10:03 PM, art neto wrote:

    > The Fashion 50 is one of the best-flying .50 size ARF's out there
    > for the price. Especially on knife-edge maneuvers. It tracks like
    > few in it's class. 

    That sounds like a qualified endorsement.  Are there other 50-size
    ARFs out there that fly better, but are more expensive?

    Ron Van Putte
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