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- From: bencze@isl.Stanford.EDU (William J. Bencze)
- Subject: Slope gliders - recommendations for novices?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec16.231529.18537@EE.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Stanford University
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 92 23:15:29 GMT
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- There's been a bit of discussion here about high-performance
- slope ships, especially the Sig Samurai, but how about a bit of
- net.wisdom regarding good aileron-and-elevator slopers for
- beginners?
-
- I currently fly an Oly 650 off the slope and have a great time,
- but when the afternoon winds come up, I have to add *tons* of
- ballast to get the beast to penetrate at all. Landing, too, is a
- chore without aileron control; the roll response is too slow for
- my dihedral ship in the turbulence near the hill. (anyone who has
- flown at the Coyote Hills site in Fremont, CA, knows about the
- afternoon gale conditons there)
-
- So, any recommendations for a beginning sloper? I'm not looking
- for a ship capable of doing 720 degrees/sec roll rate or
- anything, but a machine that's stable, relatively docile, but
- able to do some basic maneuvers, such a rolls, inverted flight,
- and other "simple" things.
-
- I'm currently looking at:
-
- 1. Coyote. (Bob Martin)
- 2. Kam-u.
- 3. Super Dragonfly.
- 4. Super Cheeta.
-
- Any of these too fast? too twitchy? too easily breakable? Any horror
- stories? Are there other ships I should be looking at? Thanks for the
- info!
-
- -Bill
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- William Bencze bencze@isl.stanford.edu
- Department of Electrical Engineering (415) 497-4210 (H)
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