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- From: kaiser@elec.canterbury.ac.nz (Chris Kaiser)
- Subject: Re: Slope Gliders
- Message-ID: <Bz9wyr.5DK@cantua.canterbury.ac.nz>
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- Organization: Electrical Engineering, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
- References: <Bz99AL.Fs8@inews.Intel.COM>
- Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 23:52:02 GMT
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- In article <Bz99AL.Fs8@inews.Intel.COM>, dbraun@cad636.intel.com (Doug Braun ) writes:
- >
- > I was thinking of buying a Sig Ninja as a second slope plane, my first
- > being a Bobcat that is a little under the weather
- > after a failed attempt at an inside loop. Any pros or cons on this
- > kit? Will it take regular servos? Any other recommendations for a not-too-expensive intermediate slope plane?
-
- From what I've seen of Ninja's, they seem to be quite rugged planes and
- fly reasonably well. Probably a good second plane, as they are very
- aerobatic and take knocks quite well.
-
- > Also, I noticed a plane, a Sig Samuri, in the shop that I could not find
- > in any 8-month-old ads or catalogs. Is this a new plane? Just wondering,
- > but it's a little over my price range.
-
- A guy in our club has just got one of these Samuri. He was very impressed
- with the kit, especially the fuselage moulding. This model uses wingtwist
- for both roll and pitch control - although it can be built with a separate
- elevator. The wing twist feature means that you need high torque servos,
- preferably with metal gears to prevent stripping in a heavy landing. The
- model itself is suprisingly small - it seems tiny compared to a Ninja,
- but some of that is due to the extremely thin fuselage (servos fit inline,
- and the fuse is only just wider than a single servo - a Futaba PCM Rx
- wouldn't fit, but the FM equivalent did).
-
- As for flying, it's one awesome machine! It's very light and will slow
- right down to hang around in light lift. Put the nose down however and
- it really picks up speed. The roll rate is phenominal - the fastest I've
- seen on a slope soarer. Loops can be very tight, and it seemed to track
- well through them. On it's first outing it comfortably won a slope race,
- and the guy was flying quite conservatively. You have to watch the speed
- closely with this machine, it really does accelerate fast. On one fly-by
- it developed a rather nasty wing flutter, probably due to too fast
- through some turbulence close to the slope. It remained controllable
- however, and the problem didn't recur.
-
- Chris Kaiser
-
- Postgrad, Elec. Eng. Dept.
- University of Canterbury
- Christchurch, NEW ZEALAND
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