Hi Dan,

Back in the early 1980's I was the president of the Florida Pattern Association and I put out a newsletter tracking contest results and reporting on pattern activities. I saved my old newsletters and they make interesting reading now. In May 1982 I was lecturing at the University of California, Riverside and had the occasion to attend a pattern contest at Mile Square Park in Fountain Valley. In my report I mentioned a nice chat with Joe Bridi who was flying his new XLT with a prototype K&B 61 rear exhaust which performed very well. I had a long conversation with Dave Wilson who was flying a modified Deception in Masters. Dave practiced with Jim Kimbro and so was well versed on the Deception design. He made two modifications - 1 1/2 " anhedral in the stab which reportedly balanced the up and down elevator response (others have reported that Jim Kimbro didn't like the anhedral version as well as the original.) Dave also widened the fin to 1" where it faired into the fuselage as in the Curare and Tipo designs. He reported better rudder response and that he could do a knife edge loop with it!
Troy Allen was selling a design called the Exception. This was basically an all fiberglass Deception. All fiberglass in this case meaning that the foam wing and stab were glassed - not covered in balsa. As I recall, Rick Sunderland in our club bought one and it flew well. But the "all glass over foam" construction tended to soften in the Florida sun.
I don't know about the Superception, but I thought that these recollections would add to the growing lore surrounding the Deception design.

Jeff

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