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FAI pylon racer - 7/2/2006 11:47:03 PM   
aerowoof


 

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I have been in this hobby since the early 70's and vaguely rememmber fai pylon I think.first question is was there/is there fai pylon racing?I have an old fiberglass fuselage with a plan inside that says FAI P-51B made by Francis products in california.the airfoil looks to be a thin racing airfoil.I also have a pattern kit from the same company that is called the pirate and it use a quite thicker symetrical airfoil typical of pattern planes of the early 70's.see picture of the p-51b plan.just looking for imformation as to whether this is a pylon type airplane.Thanks.

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RE: FAI pylon racer - 7/3/2006 4:18:16 AM   
redfox435cat



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Status: online 		I think it's a QM40 qaurter miget 40 set up. I'm not sure if they do FAI anymore wich to my knowlege is no nitro fuel among other perameters. I haven't seen that since the mid 90's, I'm sure someone still does it somewere. I've alway stuck to QM40 and Q500

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RE: FAI pylon racer - 7/3/2006 10:27:51 PM   
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Yup, that's an FAI racer. Pretty useless now except as a collector's item or a high-performance sport plane. Not that there's anything wrong with it, but the only FAI (F3D) racing in North America these days is the biennial team trial and sometimes a half-day at the Nats. Plus, if you did want to compete in F3D, there are more competitive designs available. But it's a cool-looking model & it would fly well.

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RE: FAI pylon racer - 7/29/2006 9:48:19 PM   
jaka


 

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It seems to be an old 1970 design due mainly to the ancient thick airfoil and short wingspan.
Todays FAI racers have a span of up to 180cm (look ridiculous too me).
...Wish they went back to at least some scale parameters again...

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