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Old 02-14-2005 | 09:08 PM
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bdavison
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Default RE: Shockflyer video of precision flying?

I know exactly what you mean....Im gathering your a pattern flyer?

Yes there are people that have flown them with precision like a pattern flyer, but normally they dont. Even most of the good pattern flyers I know....well once they get their hands on a shockflyer it turns them into a barnstorming yank-it- around the sky crazed pilot.

I have some video of Steve Rojecki and Tony Stillman flying shockflyers in our local high school gym. Steve was doing very smooth 4 point rolls across the gym, and Tony was flying smooth slow rolls(well as slow as you could go in a short indoor gym) across. Unfortunatly I dont have anyway to post them up here as they are still on film.

So in answer to your question, yes there are folks that fly them in precision aerobatics, and they are capable of doing it. Its just most people have fun doing the crazed 3D stuff.

There is a pattern plane built for exactly what you are wanting to do....its called the "Tangent" Its a small indoor pattern plane. Ive never seen one fly, but it looks really nice.

If you want to fly outdoor, go for a Formosa. Its a right fine pattern ship designed for outdoor park flying. Its basically a bigger Tangent.