[NSRCA-discussion] Pattern Kits

[J N Hiller]

Thank you Tim for the kind words. The design was directed towards
entry-level competition when I returned to pattern several years back. It
served me well in intermediate and advanced but may need further design
tweaking for masters, however I have a loooong way to go before I will ever
be competitive in masters. I still haven't decided if I will blow it up to a
full 2-m or not. After flying the QQ Yak for the last couple weeks I took
the Option out yesterday and commented out load that I wished we had adopted
the 150-degree box so I could fly close enough in to see what the #$&*) I
was doing. Bigger really is better.
Right now I'm building a 55 size all wood (no foam) to hopefully encourage
some new sportsman competitors. Besides I just like to build and adding
scale detail to unfinished scale projects makes me tired. I told Will that
if I didn't like it he could have it (fits in his Mustang), He said to just
put his name in it and he would let me fly it.
Jim

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JIm Hiller (District 8) has a 120 design that he is flying and I am
building (called the "Option 120"; he also has a 60 size called the
"Option 3" that I'm currently flying in Sportsman).   It is balsa with
foam cores and comes with a really well engineered set of plans.   I'm
old school and enjoy the building part of the hobby probably more than
than flying.   The plans are really easy to follow and Jim is very
willing to answer any question you may have.  You might want to drop
Jim a note and he can tell you more about how to obtain the plans and
cores.   Jim is a really good pilot and he wins almost every contest
he enters with this design.   But I think the Option 120 plane is so
well designed that it may even make me look like I know what I'm doing.

On Oct 25, 2008, at 6:47 AM, wilsorc at gmail.com wrote:

> Still trying to promote pattern in our club, I keep getting asked if
> there are any 2 meter pattern airplane kits available.
> Many of our members still like to build.
> So...any recommendations or are they non-existant?
>
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