Vbortone, Divesplat:

Thank you for your answers; almost everybody agrees that we’ll see more electrics in the future in pattern Flying.

I think that everything has a limit, and I do not see how the current widebody design can be improved; I think that you can only push a design so far and then everything has to be changed.

For example, when in the near past we started to see biplane pattern planes poping up from the top pilots in Pattern it looked (to me at least) as if it was going to be “the way to go” for pattern in the future since the speed in downlines could be more in control with all that drag, but then they disappeared sooner than they appeared.

I also agree with Divesplat when you say that everything is an attempt to fly more gracefully and smoothly and my question is toward where to go once everybody has the best widebody design coupled with the best powerplant and radio equipment, do you foresee any different design in the future?

The only possibility that I foresee would be as I mentioned a pusher propeller design similar to the Jet Bobcat (not a canard vbortone) but with the right momentums for pattern flying incorporated to the design and it would probably have the advantage of smoother flying since the aft-fuse and tailfeathers would be far from the prop’s vortex; those Jet Bobcats sure fly smooth and as if on wires, don’t you think?

Just a guess, nothing serious.

Negus.

Pd.
Unfortunately I was not in town for the IMAC at el Paso Divesplat, was it good?