ORIGINAL: Nathan King
ORIGINAL: gaRCfield
It sounds like you guys don't suggest the smaller planes, and to be honest I don't really want a small plane. I'm gonna play with setups in my civic and plan a way to get a bigger plane stuffed in there. Maybe even try someone elses (fit) at Jackson.
Smaller aircraft don't present as well and tend to be more 'fidgety' in the air. Will anybody at your club be willing to buddy box you on a large airplane? You'll feel the difference immediately. A large airplane is not always
the way to go; especially for those starting out and/or those on limited budgets.
I guarantee that you can fit at least a 120 sized airplane in that Civic. Get creative. I've fit a 33%'er in a Ford Focus.
That's amazing!!! I'll check it out tomorrow. Right now I've got my focus on the CMPro Swallow 90 for my larger size pattern plane, as it is quite a few inches shorter than the Venus II (and looks better to me and is $100 cheaper!) This is mainly due to size restrictions in my car though; I don't want to risk damaging anything trying to stuff a big plane in a small car (along with all the extra crap a glow plane needs to go with it).
Would an OS 91 FX ringed be enough to pull the Swallow (like enough to have FUN with?
) It's a half pound lighter than the Venus II, and people seem to like the 120 AX on the Venus.