ORIGINAL: Angus Balfour
Looks very nice.
I personally feel that my Euphoria has an advantage in the air.
Even in high winds compared to a monoplane with a smallish wing? With their lighter wing loadings I would imagine that these 5kg bipes will be affected by turbulence a lot more than a 5kg monoplane.
Actually the Euphoria is very good in the wind. Its definitely not a kite.
My higher scoring rounds from the Nationals Prelims were on the day we had 15-20mph right in our face. I think the plane handles the wind better in many aspects than my mono planes. Especially in turbulence...its very solid. More solid in rough air than some of the mono-planes I have flown in recent years.
The design of the bipe plays a huge role. The experience and expertise in design play a much bigger role in the bipes. There are factors like the interference between the two wings and also the fact that the Euphoria doesn't have much more wing area than some of the large wing mono planes.
Quique designed this model to fly in the wind. He knew Argentina was going to be windy and designed the model to handle the wind.
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