Originally posted by daven
Don,
When I first looked at Bills airfoil, yes it did look very similar to the airfoil of the Vortex. However after fixing my midaired Vortex wing, and attempting to fit it to a Racer II fuze it wasn't really close at all.
Bill, may have used the Naca 66 as a basis for his airfoil but he obviously made some modifications to it. I don't even think I can make my racer II fuze sides fit this wing without a lot of work.
Bill has no right to be claiming I'm stealing his design or designs.
In your own words, Dave:
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Wednesday, June 26, 2002 12:03 PM
Bill has no reason to be upset.
Theres only so much you can do with a quickee in regards to shape.
I do have one of his new ones and two of his old ones. Heck, Bill made an identical copy of the Vortex wing. He says he changed it slightly, but it looks identical to me.
Your fuze is similar, but its obviously not a copy.
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Just because something looks similar, there is no reason to call it a copy, and to call someone a thief and a liar. I have a Racer II kit. The old one. Bill sent it to me unsolicited for listing the plane on PylonWorld.com. My design is not even close to being the same. The new one apparently never materialized. And the different versions are apparently all called Racer II, even when they have a Vortex wing on them.
So who is the thief here?
I guess I better hurry up and get my Q-40 designs out so that he doesn't claim I stole those, too.