Plane variants?? what's the difference?
05-09-2002 | 03:04 PM
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Plane variants?? what's the difference?
Because I am new to the scale aerobatic scene I'm all confused as to which plane is a variant of what?
Can somebody explain to me the difference in these birds and their flight characteristics? what makes them different?
The giles202
Staudacher s300 s600
sukhoi su31
stinger
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Can somebody explain to me the difference in these birds and their flight characteristics? what makes them different?
The giles202
Staudacher s300 s600
sukhoi su31
stinger
thank you
05-09-2002 | 06:56 PM
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Plane variants?? what's the difference?
There are a lot of factors that make planes different. Some planes have a straight leading edge others slope backward and some have a slope on both sides making a narrow tip. The length of the fuse, size of the tail wing placement, wing airfoil....and many, many more. Even different planes that model the same plane and have the exact same dimensions can fly very differently from another.
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Ovalthrasher,
There are alot of differences between the airplanes that you listed. First of all, the Stinger is not a scale representation of anything, it is just a fun-fly plane that is made by Lanier.
The Giles 200, 202 and 300 are all planes that have been discontinued (the full scale versions, for what reason I don't know.) In the full scale world, the G-200 is a small monoplane that is about the size of a Pitts S1S. The 202 is a 200 hp version of the 200, it has two seats and it a little bigger. Finally, the G-300 is a single seat plane that has 300 hp and was a one-off design that was designed to comete in the World Championships.
The Staudacher series, now being produced by Greg Panzl, is a little different. They are custom built airplanes and only about 30 are in existance today. There are several "basic" versions of the S-300; the "D" model, the "GS" model, and what I call the "straight" 300, because it started everything. The latter version(s) have a 25' wingspan and have 300 hp. The beginning two have shorter wingspans and were specially designed for Diane Hakala and Michael Goulian also to compete in the WC. The S-600 is a two seat variation of the "straight" S-300 and there are only about three of those in the world.
Lastly, the Sukhoi is a 400 hp. variant of the 360 hp. Sukhoi SU-26. There are also subtle differences in the airframe design and I believe that they are about the same weight.
There are many companies that produce models of these airplanes and the best thing to do is just to do a search on the internet for the airplane model that you want to find out about. I hope that this cleared up some confusion for you
There are alot of differences between the airplanes that you listed. First of all, the Stinger is not a scale representation of anything, it is just a fun-fly plane that is made by Lanier.
The Giles 200, 202 and 300 are all planes that have been discontinued (the full scale versions, for what reason I don't know.) In the full scale world, the G-200 is a small monoplane that is about the size of a Pitts S1S. The 202 is a 200 hp version of the 200, it has two seats and it a little bigger. Finally, the G-300 is a single seat plane that has 300 hp and was a one-off design that was designed to comete in the World Championships.
The Staudacher series, now being produced by Greg Panzl, is a little different. They are custom built airplanes and only about 30 are in existance today. There are several "basic" versions of the S-300; the "D" model, the "GS" model, and what I call the "straight" 300, because it started everything. The latter version(s) have a 25' wingspan and have 300 hp. The beginning two have shorter wingspans and were specially designed for Diane Hakala and Michael Goulian also to compete in the WC. The S-600 is a two seat variation of the "straight" S-300 and there are only about three of those in the world.
Lastly, the Sukhoi is a 400 hp. variant of the 360 hp. Sukhoi SU-26. There are also subtle differences in the airframe design and I believe that they are about the same weight.
There are many companies that produce models of these airplanes and the best thing to do is just to do a search on the internet for the airplane model that you want to find out about. I hope that this cleared up some confusion for you
