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Montague -> RE: What kind of plane (9/17/2007 2:58:54 PM)
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Well, "origional" is a hard word to use. Guys have been doing combat for a long time, long before any of the existing classes were created. Combat grew up in several parts of the country pretty much independantly, some guys flying scale planes, while others were flying planes that look more like our current "open" classes. The gremlin combat that is/was popular in the New England area, for example. As for scale combat, the first class in the AMA rule book was 705, which used .15 and .21 engines in 1/12th +5% models. 2105 grew from that, and 2610 grew out of 2105.
All that aside, answer to the question of "what plane to get" is "whatever the guys around you are flying". You can't fly combat by yourself, and you'll get the most help from the locals flying the same planes they fly. If no one else in the area has ever seen the kit you buy, and you run in to trouble, you'll have a harder time getting help than if it's something the locals have seen.
So don't worry about guys on here touting their own preferences (or their own products), and instead talk to anyone flying locally.
That said, you're starting up a new group of club members, you can either go with existing rules (in the hope of drawing other from around the larger area, or to allow you to go to other contests), or you can make up your own. If you're going your own way, take a good look at SSC and Limited B classes, they are the easiest planes to fly and build.
If you're doing your own scale class, 2610 and 2548 are both fatally flawed. There are some guys in southern CA who have been flying their own variant, as have some some other folks in other parts of the country with success. Basically, if you use a 2548 airframe (scale to 48" wingspan, keep the rest of the plane pretty close to scale), but allow the planes to be light and have a bit more power than 2548 allows, you get a plane that flys well and is fun. Competitive 2610 planes are usually unusal planes, and they are fast. 2548 planes are hard to launch and keep in the air for guys new to combat due to the limited power and high wingloading. (and right now, there is really only one competitive kit for 2548 out there. There are NO competitive 2610 kits out there).
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