[NSRCA-discussion] F3P

[Atwood, Mark]

Agree with Dave, but there is one HK model that works well as an intro.  The Galaxy will finish all up around 5oz with Battery and will fly the F3P sequence well. It's not the Uber light airframe that the top guys are flying but you can pick it up WITH motor for $35 and have it together in a long evening.  It builds straight and true and will fly great.  In pattern terms it's a 2M Osiris.  Not state of the art, but a great plane for a great price and certainly the place to start IMHO.

-M
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On Feb 4, 2013, at 9:47 AM, DaveL322 at comcast.net<mailto:DaveL322 at comcast.net> wrote:

I've not seen all the HK stuff...but what I have seen is on the heavy side, and you will be quite challenged to fly F3P in all but the largest gyms.  Ceiling height is the big factor.  Large F3P foamies like the deluxe, symmetric, spies (I import these).....they will fly well up to 5 oz with 30' ceilings....and of course better at 4 to 4.5 oz.  Anything smaller at that weight will be ballistic in downlines.  Fancy Foam Osiris v2, SB Models Excel v2 are moderate sized and ok at 4.5 oz.....but again lighter is better....3.5 to 4 oz.  Getting to 3.5 oz becomes a real challenge when quality servos, linkages, and structural integrity are maintained.

Regards,

Dave

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From: "Scott McHarg" <scmcharg at gmail.com<mailto:scmcharg at gmail.com>>
To: "General pattern discussion" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org<mailto:nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>>
Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] F3P
Date: Mon, Feb 4, 2013 09:28


Good morning all,
     The Board of Directors has been talking a lot about F3P lately.  Down in Texas, we don't have a lot of indoor events but I am interested.  The conversation came up about the newest airplanes and what everyone was trying to pick up.  It was suggested that HobbyKing has quite a few models with one in particular being "the one to get".  Is this the F3P Matrix or the MXS or neither?  What is the difference between a "kit" and one that is not labeled as such?  Is the kit truly stick-built and covered?  Any good tips would be appreciated.  We have a nice gym that I have access to and I'd like to give it a try.

Thanks,

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Scott A. McHarg
Sr. Systems Engineer - Infrastructure