LANIER DOMINATOR 1500 sport flying
08-01-2009, 09:12 AM
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LANIER DOMINATOR 1500 sport flying
A buddy of mine ended up with this kit as part of a swap deal. He passed it to me because I wanted a kit to build. I haven't built a kit in a while and wanted a non arf in my hanger. My question is how is this plane for non racing sport flying? Going by the wing loading it looks like the landing speed could be reasonable. Is this the case? I fly off a grass field with fences at both ends and a plane this size with a fast landing speed might be a problem. I want a conventional tail and have a super tigre 3000 not doing anything. Any input would be welcome. Thanks.
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A buddy of mine ended up with this kit as part of a swap deal. He passed it to me because I wanted a kit to build. I haven't built a kit in a while and wanted a non arf in my hanger. My question is how is this plane for non racing sport flying? Going by the wing loading it looks like the landing speed could be reasonable. Is this the case? I fly off a grass field with fences at both ends and a plane this size with a fast landing speed might be a problem. I want a conventional tail and have a super tigre 3000 not doing anything. Any input would be welcome. Thanks.
As to your question; from what I've seen, this plane is beyond sport flying and will fly very fast with your ST 3000. I will be using my MOKI 210 for all out speed. This kit requires substantial beefing up too. I don't know what you consider fast landing speed but it DOES have a long landing glide. But I fly in a grass field too with two sides of it (back and left) restricted. It has 900' pylons and so far landing hasn't been an issue, even with my giant scale WM P-51.
Don't see why you couldn't use a conventional tail especially for sport, the V tail is conducive for racing, fast left turns. Look at the Viper racers - remember what this plane was designed for - racing and speed. Either you could proceed with the build and fly it for kicks like me (Dominator 1500 races seem to have halted) or let me know if you want to part with it.
I'll be back, John.
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