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- From: sbixby@cup.portal.com (Steven W Bixby)
- Newsgroups: rec.models.rc
- Subject: Re: Slope gliders - recommendations for novices?
- Message-ID: <71904@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 92 09:45:36 PST
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Dec16.231529.18537@EE.Stanford.EDU>
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- > 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)
-
- I just built an Oly 650 to give to a friend to learn to fly on; He'll
- probably be flying off the slope, but I'll keep the ballast concept
- in mind for when I'm teaching him.
-
- > 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)
- Not sure - might be pretty good, maybe a little fast, for a first aileron
- ship. Consider the Katie II, tho - similar, but a little easier to
- fly.
- > 2. Kam-u.
- Not familiar with how it flies, but it's a pretty small plane... Might
- be a handful...?
- > 3. Super Dragonfly.
- Very fast and slippery, but good solid control feel.
- > 4. Super Cheeta.
- EXCELLENT first aileron sloper - it'll take a lot of knocks and just
- keep on flying.
-
- Add: Sig Ninja - excellent first sloper.
- Bob Martin Katie II (mentioned above)
-
- -swb- (Steve Bixby, sbixby@cup.portal.com)
-