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Old 04-19-2004 | 06:17 PM
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Default RE: Typhoon

ORIGINAL: tph1

Are you going for a regular T2K cowl or will you add cheeks or something? And what makes the fuse so good?
Well the regular T2K cowl has cheeks. Mine will be integral and larger, and the fuse will be a full 6" wide. Slightly taller with more bottom to house the huge 2 stroke pipes. Otherwise fairly close.

The side area of this fuse is very sweet, and the rudder/fin are almost perfect. This is one of the best knife edge planes out there. NO mix, you can roll it into knife edge and fly the length of the box with your right hand down by your side. And that's without any mixing whastsoever.(at least all of mine were like that). I've flown prophecies, carreras, temptations, focus's, sillouhettes, Hydeouts, Hydeaways, an advantage, Patriot, Storm, and even other Typhoons...nothing came close to this one

It does become a handful in a heavy crosswind however. Power is your friend in that situation. Everything is a give and take. If you go too far down the stability path, your snap/spins suffer. If you make it snap and spin like a monster, the stability will suffer. If you build one sleek and like a rocket, it'll cut the wind and track but won't slow down well. If you build a draggy widebody, it'll fly constant speed but be a handful in high wind. So you have to find what suits you and then just burn fuel like crazy. This plane with those mods suited my flying style perfectly. But now I need something a little more aggressive.

Dreadnaught, be sure to post pics! You guys are firing me up over here.

-Mike