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Old 12-13-2007, 12:34 PM
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Red B.
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Default RE: Yet another Sig Something Extra Build

ORIGINAL: David Cutler
I agree with your logic, but have to say that a SSE has such an efficient wing that the need for flaps in any circumstance is near to zero. When landing it's such a floater that the problem is getting the thing to leave the sky!
If you haven't tried a SSE with flaps you don't know what you are missing. IMHO flaps turns this great aircraft into a spectacular one.
Slow flight is can beridiculously slow, very steep STOL-type landings are a blast and a little bit of crow mixing makes harriers a piece of cake.
As an old time C/L stunt flier I enjoy emulating the F2B stunt pattern with my SSE, the maneuvers are a little bit bigger, but the SSE corners really well with flap elevator coupling.
Try flaps, I can almost guarantee you will like it! I have flown SSE's with and without flap servos in the wings and the difference in roll performance is minimal. With a computer radio it is easy to couple flaps and ailerons to work together as big ailerons.

Without a doubt, the flap equipped SSE is my all time favourite aircraft.
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