My personal opinion more F3A Artistic Aero designs.....The little 46 sized 3d planes down't fly as well as the F3A designs. You need only look at Quique's Excellence fly to ask the question why anybody would ever build a 40% Extra in order to fly 3D....The F3A plan form offers so much more in terms of cost savings and performance.

Not to get off on a rant about it.....but I have been playing a bit with them and the F3A planes have lighter wing loadings, less weight and energy to manage and with the YS DZ and 140 2 strokes we now have the power...if setup properly....to handle an 11lb plane doing the ultimate in Artistic Aero......or FG1 aerobatics


As for strictly F3A designs.....Bipes are next! We now have the power to haul them. Bipes present a couple problems is complexity in trimming and setup.....but they offer huge advantages in drag, and slower speed flight. The designs have come around to where a 9.5lb composite bird could easily be turned into a a sub 5kg Bipe. I would expect a major competitor to have one out in the next few years....Frak took one to the worlds a few years ago and it performed well...but today we have the horsepower to haul it.....I bet there will be a very good design coming..

A new Pattern guy said to me recently he was going from flying Unlimited IMAC to Sportsman-Intermediate level pattern. The Technology was like changing from NASCAR to Formula 1....I think the F3A designs will continue to push the technology envelope and be a leading contributor to model design and development.

Troy