ORIGINAL: underdw
You're sure providing some tough choices now!
Chip, when you have a few moments, I, and probably others, would appreciate a detailed comparison between the CA offerings. What are their strengths and weaknesses? Differences in snap, spin characteristics? Is one more suited to a certain flying style or ability level? Will any of them be a challenge to make weight with as an electric?
Thanks,
Dan Underkofler
Ok Dan I have had a little time to think about your question and I am going to try to answer as best I can. We basically have 4 choices to choose from.
1. The Onas is a great all around airplane. Because of its design and wing size its a very easy airplane to make weight with as an electric regardless of motor or battery combination within reason. There are many guys flying them down here already and Tony F has been flying his with great success in the US for the past couple months. Its also a sweptwing which is still kind of unique nowadays and can be for either glow or electric.
2. The Passport is a little larger plane then most that until rescently people have had a hard time making weight with it as an electric. I believe that problem has been solved but you cannot just put any motor or battery combination in it. It is a solid design that has been proven over time and is still one of the nicest flying planes for any skill level on the market today. It is also a model that can easily go either way glow or electric.
3. The Visa has been designed for two things from the ground up. The first is to be super strong and the second is to be light. We have accomplished both of these things and other then that its just a little sportier Passport that is only available as an electric.
4. The Envision has a lot in common with all 3 of the above mentioned airplanes. It has the size of the passport, the sweptwing similiar to the Onas, and has been designed to be solely for electric. Because of this weight is not an issue simply due to the fact that we can make the fuses much lighter and stronger without having a chin cowl on them. It is also a sweptwing plane so if you like that look its a great choice.
I have flown all of these planes quite a bit and we have really tried to get all the flying qualities to be the same or close enough so 1 plane does not have any signifigant advantages over the others. All four of these planes have been designed by people with 25 plus years experience flying or designing pattern type models.
In my opinoun it just comes down to personal preference and what equipment you like the most. Glow or electric, inrunner or out runner etc.
I hope this helps
CHip