[NSRCA-discussion] ShowTime Vs QUEST

John Konneker jlkonn at hotmail.com
Thu Oct 12 08:29:39 AKDT 2006


I have never owned a Showtime but I have seen a couple of them fly.
I flew a Quest II in Sportsman this year with YS 1.10 and really liked it.
I too was looking at the Showtime this time last year but went with the 
Quest for it's slightly larger size.
I would buy another one.
JLK


>From: "Glenn Hatfield" <randy10926 at comtekmail.com>
>Reply-To: randy10926 at comtekmail.com,        NSRCA Mailing List 
><nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>To: <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] ShowTime Vs QUEST
>Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 09:24:18 -0700
>
>I had a showtime.  I now use a Venus2 with an OS120AX to replace it.  I use 
>a APC 16X8 on the OS120AX.  Vertical is rolling vertical until you cannot 
>see the plane, or just about enough.
>
>
>Randy
>
>--- jonlowe at aol.com wrote:
>
>From: jonlowe at aol.com
>To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] ShowTime Vs QUEST
>Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 11:41:20 -0400
>
>I've had the Quest, Showtime and Venus II.  I'd rate them, best to
>worse, Quest version 1, Venus II, Showtime.  I currently have a Venus
>II, a very good airplane, as a between seasons/learn new sequence
>airplane.  The Showtime I had last year, was disappointed, and quickly
>sold it.  No where near as good as the Venus II.  I had a Quest a
>couple of years back, liked it, but it departed the scene shortly
>thereafter.  Nice thing about the Venus is that support and parts are
>readily available, while the Quest and parts are available in spurts.
>
>The Venus II flies surprisingly constant speed, slowing well on
>downlines, is light, and falls together.  I have an OS 1.20 AX with a
>15x10 APC, and have plenty of vertical.  You WILL need to put the
>servos in the tail, and still likely add ballast to get the balance
>right.  CG is at least 1/2' behind their recommended aft position.
>
>Jon Lowe
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: wdmarko at yahoo.com
>To: nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>Sent: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 9:50 AM
>Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] ShowTime Vs QUEST
>
>Hi...........Anyone out there have any experience with
>the ShowTime?  It was written up in the latest Model
>Aviation Magazine and it seems like a quality airplane
>for the price.  The question is, how does it fly?  If
>I bought one, I would fly it without the
>Side-Force-Generators and use it for the Intermediate
>Class competition.  How does it fly without the
>Side-Force-Generators?  I have some experience with
>the QUEST.  How does it fly compared to the QUEST?
>With the pluggable wings and stab and the carbon fibre
>landing gear, etc. it seems to be superrior to the
>QUEST in the hardware area.
>
>....................Bill     :)
>
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