ORIGINAL: ianjdixon12345
Everybody,
if i were to get my first low wing plane what would you suggest?
i have heard of these models: Yak 54, Extra 300 and 330s, the Giles 202...
are there any other models you would suggest?
does anyone know if one model i have listed is better than another?
Ian
As a beginner, lean toward straight wing models for awhile. No matter where the wing is, if it tapers, it tip stalls. The planform of the wing is the major feature that decides where it stalls. Non-tapering wings stall from the root out. Wings with tip chord that''s shorter than the root chord naturally stall from the tips in. Twist ''em and they don''t suddenly start stalling from the root out. They just stall from the tips at a very slightly greater AOA, one that most modelers can''t begin to judge.
One of the bestflying low wings is the Tiger. TigerII, Tiger40, Tiger60, or Tiger120, all are excellent fliers.
The Calmato Sport in either 40 or 60 size is basically a ripoff of the Tiger. They''re lighter and much more ARF than the ARF Tigers.
Here''s my TigerII with my Calmato. Both had OS46AXs in them at the time. The Calmato was a bit friskier, but the Tiger left nothing to be desired. Other than it was a bit harder to snap roll as it has appreciably less elevator area proportion of the horizontal tail. (Which makes it even less apt to stall from too much elevator.)