Originally Posted by
flywilly
Hi Freddy,
Unfortunately, I think the days of the large beautiful figures are somewhat gone. The current WC has pilots flying large figures, but it is almost in slow motion. Nice to watch, but even more work to fly. The current large fuselage designs are a product of the constant speed judging criteria and the movement towards a significant portion of the maneuvers being flown in knife-edge; so you need a flying fuselage. I think the next rules adjustment for F3A will be a 2 meter cube.
No, the next step will be 4D maneuvers requiring reversible prop pitch and such, in other words just like a big indoor toy. As far as slow? Well it's gotten to be totally boring, I'd much rather see AJ do snaps that look like snaps, quick and precise, vs. a CPLR snap. Until I saw him fly, I didn't realize it was possible for a snap to encompass the length of the whole box. Those used to be called "slow rolls"......