Ok, this past weekend we had our first NPS combat meet. During the lunch break we flew an SSC demo with a couple of Open SSC designs, a P-40 Warhawk and a WWI German Halberstadt biplane. What a cool sight to see. The planes flew low and slow enough that everyone could follow the action, and with the aircraft that looked like real aircraft (the bipe and P-40), the crowd really got into it.


Here is Micsters P-40, waiting to fly a mission. By the way, it was involved in a mid-air with one of the Open designs during the demo. The Open plane broke a prop, but the P-40 just kept on flying. It took the hit on top of the left wing, bending the Aileron control rod but no real damage. Way cool!


Here is Marks Halberstadt climbing out after launch. It was actually faster than the P-40 because it is much lighter and somewhat smaller.

It appears to me that SSC warbirds give a pretty realistic view of dogfighting, whereas 2610 scale is a little on the fast side to be "realistic". Before ya bag on me about 2610, understand that I fly it and love it, I just think that SSC looks more "realistic".