[NSRCA-discussion] 3D Hobby Shop Osiris

Thu Sep 9 12:08:44 AKDT 2010

I think this is great.  Congratulations a number of ways, your son's
birthday, the discovery of a good plane and the fun you are both having.

This leads me to something I have been thinking about for a while and I
believe it is something we should pursue.

It is not news that our event is starved for youngsters to participate with
us.  It is such a shame because this is such a wonderful, fun, family
oriented, very educational, exciting hobby, sport.

I believe what is killing it is the perception you gotta have a $4000-$5000
2 meter plane to compete.  As you know, the best pilot wins and he can beat
you with an ugly stik.

I believe we should change sportsman, intermediate, and advanced to a
limited size of 1.75x1.75 meters-max engine 110 4-stroke, 60 2-stroke and
equivalent electric.  Other countries are doing this and I believe we should
do this also.  It would cut the cost by 75% or so.

I am all up for this and would like to see support for this.

Thanks

Mike 

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[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org] On Behalf Of Atwood, Mark
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2010 11:02 AM
To: General pattern discussion
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] 3D Hobby Shop Osiris

Hey All,

I'm not normally one to "gush" over a new product but given all the talk
lately about getting new people into pattern, making weight, etc, I wanted
to relay the great experience I've just had with the new Osiris from 3D
Hobby Shop (no, I'm not affiliated with them in ANY way).   Those in D4 are
aware that my 13 yr old son has recently joined me in flying pattern (Big
grin here.I've been waiting 13 years for this) and he's been competing a
little bit (2 contests) in sportsman with a 50" AJ Slick.  Flying pretty
well but getting his butt handed to him in any sort of wind as the slick
only weighs about 2lbs and is really more of a 3D plane.

Anyhow, for his 14th birthday last week I bought him one of the new Osiris
62" pattern planes that are designed for a 5S pack.  I figured this would be
perfect.  He can use my older packs, and we can basically share batteries
which will further extend my investment in 5s packs.

The plane arrived last week and I have to say, has blown us away.  The kit
is immaculate.  It took 4 hrs from start to air to get it ready.  EVERYTHING
is done.  The wheels and pants are already mounted to the landing gear
struts.4 screws and you're done mounting the gear.  The canopy is already
mounted.  Control horns come pre-glued in AND everything is straight. The
only real "work" is mounting the stab which took about 30 minutes because
dad is anal about alignment.  But the cut out was dead nuts on, and it
required zero shimming.   After that, it was drop in your radio gear and go
fly.   All of the hardware supplied was good quality ball links and pull
pull hardware.  I didn't replace anything (which is extremely unusual for
me).

So all of that was a VERY pleasant surprise as I anticipated more than a few
evenings to get his new plane ready to fly.

Flying it was even a bigger surprise.  For a 62" plane.basically equivalent
to a .60 sized glow plane (think Kaos 60) it was unbelievable.  It's got the
design and moments of a current F3A plane.  The side area is large, wing
area is moderate, with tapered tips Ala the Spark.  I was able to trim the
plane completely in about 5 flights.  The suggested CG was slightly tail
heavy for my liking, but after moving that forward slightly everything fell
into place.  Mixing was moderate (less than 5% anywhere), and there was no
need for any difficult adjustments like wing incidents or motor offsets.

I then flew the FAI P pattern and F pattern without any difficulties through
the rolling figure M (other than my lack of piloting ability) as well as all
of the snaps in the F sequence.   Amazing.

To hand this over to my son for the sportsman sequence seemed like a crime
(though he was growing rather tired of ME flying "HIS" airplane under the
guise of "I'm still trimming it".   

All up, I'd say I have less than $700 in this airplane with
kit/motor/ESC/Servos, and less than 4 hrs on the ground from box to air.   I
have not weighed it, but I'm guessing it's in the 6-7lbs range.    I will be
bringing the plane to the RCCD contest in Detroit this weekend as well as my
son campaigning with it at the D4 Champs in Cinci next weekend if anyone
would like to see/fly it.

I really think we have a GREAT option for people wanting to try electric
pattern at almost any level.  Is it an FAI plane?? No.  But it flies like
one.  Just doesn't have the size and presentation.   But it's VERY VERY
capable in Sportsman and Intermediate, and will out fly most of the
competitors up through advanced.

I'm encouraged that we now have several great options. The Osiris, the Wind
S 110, and others for people to get started with, without spending a
fortune.

BTW- Equipment in the plane.   Hacker A50-12S/ Castle Ice 100/ Airtronics
94761's (mini with 65oz/in of torque) on Aileron and elevators and a 94773
(Full size 110oz/in of torque) on Rudder.

Flies a good 7min on a 5000mah 5S pack.

-Mark 

Mark Atwood

Paragon Consulting, Inc.  |  President

5885 Landerbrook Drive Suite 130, Cleveland Ohio, 44124 

Phone: 440.684.3101 x102  |  Fax: 440.684.3102

mark.atwood at paragon-inc.com  |  www.paragon-inc.com
<http://www.paragon-inc.com/> 

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