ORIGINAL: Campgems
CGr, thanks for the links and info on pattern flying. Great stuff.
One of our ex club members has a pattern plane hanging on his wall. I is said to have never been flow. I think it's geting time to make him an offer. I love the looks of them. I think it was the Daddy Rabbit that was on the cover of an Model Avaiaton magazine a year or so back and I said then, gotta get one of those..
Don
Hi Don. You're very welcome. I have been a fledgling pattern type for several years now. I just can't fit in the contest schedule in my normal schedule. Jeech.. and it takes an awful lot of practice, as you can well imagine.
Can you figure out the 'Figure M with 3/4 rolls' maneuver? I know what the figure M is, (vertical M) but where do I put the 3/4 roll? It seems that there would a knive edge in there somewhere. I can see how the K-Factor for this would be 5!! Pucker factor 5 is more like it!!
One of our pattern guys just lost a very beautiful carbon composite 2 meter pattern ship. Completely destroyed it. There goes about $2500 worth of aircraft/engine/receiver/servos. He lost everything. Fortunately, he had a pair.. and won the Intermediate class with his backup-bird. We solo'ed together several years ago.. he is way WAY beyond me by now. But, as mentioned, they do fly straight, are predictable, and are fun to fly. Only they need to be piloted by someone that is prepared to fly such an aircraft. A trainer it ain't!! Definitely fun.
Nathan: That's a great looker!!! And, I imagine it flys great too. 25 years old? Good piloting skills for sure!!
CGr.