ORIGINAL: Sport_Pilot
I never said or implied that the Bridi Kaos is not a pattern ship. How did you come up with that conclusion?
You implied that a sport plane is not a pattern ship. I understand the Kougar was good for the novise and perhaps the sportsman catagory. But not sure if thats true now, this was when they had no outside loops and no inverted manuvers. You might have to ad a touch of positive aileron in stall turns, to counter the negative roll from the rudder.
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The Bridi Kaos was indeed a bona fide pattern ship. It is not in the same class as the Sig Kougar, it is a much better flying model. The Kaos was a good pattern trainer and a wonderful model to sport fly. It is, in fact, my favorite R/C model of all time. I bought the original plans from RCM Plans service, just before they went toes up.
No, a sport plane is not a pattern ship. That should be obvious.
Why fly a Kougar and do all the stick contortions to make it behave, when you can buy/build a Super Kaos 40 and fly it like a real pattern ship without all of the necessary compensation? The Super Kaos 40 will kick the Kougars tail every time, with all else being equal. I'm sure there are plenty of other models that will do an even better job than the Super Kaos 40. In fact, today's Kaos ARF offered by Tower Hobbies is an excellent starting point for those wanting to get into traditional pattern flying with minimum building effort. I agree that the Ultra Sport 40 is an excellent model too for learning pattern flying. Too bad it went by the wayside.