TheHobbyGuy, A beautiful thing seems to be happening! Maybe I am waxing overly optimistic as I am famous for doing, but it seems to me like you are enjoying a win/win situation with your Park Flyer work.

With the object being fun and the model enthusiasts who take opposing positions in posts being fun loving souls themselves as this and a number of other threads seem to be trending, your project could easily end up being a winner that will be lots of fun developing no matter how long it might take to make something "useful" happen. Just efforts to make something happen in and of themselves may prove to be useful in the promotion of a really fun "Park Flyer Crusade." I can't help but be excited about the possibilities here!

Question time - I am noticing how easy it is to get into a dive when trying to fly too high/far away, Is this how most soaring pilots get into the kind of trouble that causes wings to fold? I use a lot of carbon fiber reinforcement especially in my wing center sections in hopes that I can avoid such traumatic events.

Most of my crashes happen when I get the plane in an unusual attitude when trying to do outside maneuvers that my modified planes can't quite perform. Fortunately, so far all damage has been repairable. I am a little concerned though about what might happen if I were to lose my wings at high altitude.

pigg, my wife agrees with you, but I still have hopes that pounding on this keyboard might be worth something someday. As you can probably tell your sig has me concerned since I do enjoy flying light airplanes!

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