[NSRCA-discussion] Park Flier suppliment

[ronlock at comcast.net]

For a small outdoor field, and light wind, the F3A is about as good a pattern
bird as Ive flown for it's size,  using 3s 480 or larger Lipo.

Ron Lockhart
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From: John Pavlick <jpavlick at idseng.com>
> Don't know about the Typhoon 2 but I've flown Pattern with a Nexstar. It aint 
> pretty! LOL
>  
> You can learn inverted rudder commands with a Shocky F3a. The plane has almost 
> no roll coupling. Take off, roll inverted (or launch it inverted like I do) and 
> fly inverted figure 8's using just the rudder. You'll have it down in no time. 
> Until you do, bring some foam safe CA. You can fix just about anything on a flat 
> foamie in about 5 minutes. Wooden airplanes are not as forgiving. :)
>  
> John Pavlick
> 
> --- On Fri, 10/10/08, J N Hiller <jnhiller at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 
> From: J N Hiller <jnhiller at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Park Flier suppliment
> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 5:23 PM
> 
> Good morning all. Thanks for the input.
> I am reviewing your replies this morning and appreciate the help. I don't
> want to give up on the AMA 2 pound 'Park Flier' but I probably have
> room to
> fly a larger / faster airplane. My park is a triangle about 150M on a side.
> Enter these coordinates 47.7647,-117.395149 in http://maps.google.com/ for
> an aerial view.
> I really want an outside airplane as I plan to just walk to the park with a
> couple batteries in my pocket when I get a nice day and work on inverted
> rudder commands. I am getting it wrong most of the time and the flight
> deteriorates badly.
> I had no idea that the batteries would actually cool excessively while in
> use in cold weather and need to be insulated.
> My flying buddy who is now learning the advanced schedule has a Brio and
> speaks highly of it. I will have him bring it in when he is in town and try
> it out. My local hobby shop owner has a ParkZone Typhoon2 3D RTF, which I
> also want to try. Has anyone flown pattern with the ParkZone Typhoon?
> Thanks
> Jim Hiller
> 
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