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<DIV><SPAN class=400041400-02022006>See, now that's how things get out of hand.
I never said anything about making it perform like a pattern model.
That was something you guys came up with. Come on, the next thing you'll be
telling me is a Kaos is not a good pattern plane either.:-) I was only
curious about what caused this in the first place hoping maybe I could use
that knowledge to trim out pattern planes in the future. Hey, at least we all
had something to think about for a while...</SPAN></DIV>
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<P>John Pavlick<BR><A href="http://www.idseng.com"
target=_blank>http://www.idseng.com</A></P>
<P><SPAN class=400041400-02022006></SPAN>B<SPAN class=400041400-02022006>TW -
What Stuka are you talking about? I have a flying buddy that keeps urging me to
fly warbirds but I just can't get too excited about them after flying
pattern planes. Now if I had one that flew like that Stuka you've
described, I might be able to have a little fun with
him.</SPAN><BR> </P></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><SPAN class=400041400-02022006> </SPAN>-----Original
Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org
[mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces@lists.nsrca.org]<B>On Behalf Of
</B>Rcmaster199@aol.com<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 01, 2006 6:41
PM<BR><B>To:</B> nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re:
[NSRCA-discussion] pitch<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>One of the better knife-edging models and pretty
fair all-around sport fliers in recent past was.... of all things, a
Stuka Divebomber with slats fully deployed. It was an ARF (which annoyed me to
no end....).</DIV>
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<DIV>It had this tiny fin with all rudder area above the stab, and a wing that
was mounted to the very bottom of the fuse and with a bunch of dihedral. It
showed virtually no roll couple and no pitch couple with either top rudder. It
would slow roll and point roll from horizon to horizon. Designer was either
very lucky or had pattern design experience in spades. Only faults I found was
its inability to do clean snaps and easy stalls.... rudder was possibly too
small and stab too large for its wing</DIV>
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<DIV>Point is there are many ways to skin the kitty.</DIV>
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<DIV>But I must admit, trying to make an UStik knife edge and make it perform
like a pattern model is a little like putting lip-stick on a pig. No offense
intended to owners of UStiks; these model types have their place. </DIV>
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<DIV>The designer of the original UStik for those new to the sport, Phil
Kraft, pattern competitor extraordinaire, intended the model for testing
equipment and not much else.</DIV>
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<DIV>regards,</DIV>
<DIV>MattK</DIV>
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