Originally posted by Brian Dorff
I fly a 25% scale Sig Cap, powered by a Moki 1.35 <SNIP> Now if you think I could compete against 40% stuff that I faced in the Advanced class last year you are mistaken.
Brian, you're right, and I definitely said in a previous post that the manuevers specified in Advanced and Unlimited class do require better "tools". Your Cap is definitely competitive in Intermediate, and Sportsman classes even against the big ships, mainly because the manuevers specified in those classes is well within the flight envelope of your Cap.
I would almost like to see a restriction put on this thing like we see in pattern- a weight limit or something.
A weight limit that does what? Make ALL the planes smaller and the same size? Since you fly a 1/4 scale Cap, what do you think the weight limit should be? If it was made, say 25 pounds, your 12 pound plane would still be small so I'm guessing you'd like the limit to be closer to 12 pounds, right? A weight limit doesn't limit the costs necessarily because I've seen several competitive pattern planes whose total cost is more than I've got in my 1/3 scale GP Extra. Remember, cost was the apparent issue for guys in earlier posts.
I dunno, to my way of thinking, each higher class has more complex manuevers and that's to be expected. Intermediate class manuevers challenge a 1/4 scale aircraft to the end of it's flight envelope. Beyond that, better tools are available to do the job.
You gonna continue flying in Advanced class?