ORIGINAL: wim
Hello,
I’m not sure where to post my questions but I guess in this section.
I read so many good comments on the KAOS, that I’m getting warm to build one. I already have the plans.
No I got some questions about the flight characteristics.
*Can it do knife edge? It seems to me that the fuselage doesn’t have so much “side area”.
*Is it a fast plane (with a standard .60)
*What is the vertical performance with a .60?
I guess everyone has a different impression of speed. I found the Kaos 60 pretty slow compared to other pattern aircraft of the day and I think it lands like a trainer. Never had any problems with them tip stalling but they did spin well when asked to. It has a very, very thick wing airfoil but flies very well. I prefer the taper wing Kwik Fli with tri gear retracts over the Kaos for performance and eye appeal. One very big plus for all of the older pattern designs, Kwik Fli, Kaos, Mach I, Tipo, etc. is that they were all designed with tri gear and most will easily take tri gear retracts. Back in those days they actually scored take off, landing pattern, landings and procedure stop. That level of scoring certainly separated the men from the boys! I always found it interesting how some of the so called “hot pilots” lost important points on botched landings!
Sticking with my 70s and 80s aircraft and enjoying every minute!