ORIGINAL: blk96gt
ORIGINAL: Meesh
Jeff,
I hear you.I get a kick out of some guy with a Foamie with a Brushless servo and 24"span of flat styrofoam (no airfoil) telling me how good his plane "flies".
Bob
Gotta love those brushless servos!?!? If you're going to talk down on something at least do it right.
I will never understand why so many ignorant people look down on profile foamies? Yeah, they don't look real, but they are fun, easy to fix, and not very expensive. It is also a good way of getting started in the hobby. Instead of looking down at these people, offer to let them fly one of your glow planes with a buddy cord. A guy at my field let me fly his SPAD, and after that I was sold on glow. I now have a GP Cap and a SPAD DPS. Howevever, I still fly my profile 3-d foamy every chance I get. I will tell you right now that I am a better flier because of the foamy then I am from the Cap or SPAD. But let me guess, you probably don't like SPAD's either?
FYI, in the motion control industry, in which I have worked for 28 plus years, a Brushless Motor is referred to as "Brushless Servo" or a "Brushless Servo Motor". Either term is considered correct. Yes, you are correct in assuming that I don't like
flat wing foamies and I don't like "Flying Signs" or "Spads" with flat wings.
If you'll re-read my post you'll notice that I made the distinction of
FLAT WING FOAMIES not actually flying. Foamies with airfoils DO FLY by virtue of the lift created by the air passing over their airfoil shaped wings.
Any flat wing object that remains suspended in the air because of the size of the motor that is mounted on it does not fly. Have you ever seen a full scale airplane hang on its' prop indefinitely?
Regards
Bob