I think the point here is when COMPARING a Kaos' flight characteristics to almost any pattern ship designed in the last 10 years or so, there is simply no comparison. You REALLY have to fly both types back-to-back to really appreciate how different they are.

It's Shopping Cart vs. Corvette. Really, it is.

The only reason to fly a Kaos over all the fantastic flying purebred pattern aircraft out there today is because you LIKE it better than the purebreds for whatever reason, nothing more.

Yeah, a Kaos flies OK. Not spectacular. Just OK. But, compared to WHAT? The old Sig Kougar I flew back around 1980 flew a LOT better than the Kaos, IMHO (at least the Kaos's I flew). Lots of planes from that era flew better than a Kaos. Lots flew worse.

There is simply NO comparison to anything current, like Mike said. But that certainly doesn't mean it's not OK to fly a Kaos. Just don't expect to win any pattern contests with it, unless everyone else is flying one too.

I think that's the point trying to be made here.

Rick