ORIGINAL: sigk
MHester, great pictures. Beautiful cockpit you have there. Four Typhoons ! you really must have liked them! I am very interested to see how your Tempest will turn out.
This is some searous engine you have there, great if you can come up with a new balsa competitive design out of the Typhoon.
Yes, I really liked them a lot....with certain modifications. How well did I like them? In 2002, I flew one and a friend flew my other one. Between us, they got 16 1st place and one close second (at the Nationals, just behind Michael Hill). That's not too shabby. In fact, they have only lost twice...the once at the Nats, and I got second place at my first pattern contest ever (when the plane was about a week old).
So if I can come up with a more current design along the same lines, that's all I need. Let the other guy spend a zillion dollars for a ZN kit (nice planes, but too pricey for me). I like my wood planes anyway, it's a lot easier to control the final product and they last longer (if properly taken care of).
Now I just gotta learn to make cowls and I'm all set.
-Mike