What is the perfect size profile ?
 

What will be the perfect fun fly size ?

RE: What is the perfect size profile ?
 

i say 50-60 because they still have the manaueverabilty but arent so small you can't see em' when they get far away

Fly-guy

RE: What is the perfect size profile ?
 

I think this one would be a good place to start....

;)

RE: What is the perfect size profile ?
 

If you ever flew the OMP 65" Yak, you'd have the answer to this question.

RE: What is the perfect size profile ?
 

I have an Aeroworks 300L and see that, as of this post, I am in the majority group as we are two out of five votes:D[8D]:D for 80".

I know that a few folks will not want to accept that this is good, but the bigger they are the easier they fly is true.

Another thing that might be hard to believe is that it is powered with a FLAWLESS MDS 218. I know there are a bunch of people that remember the early carbs and I guess there is some reason for concern. I have had this motor for quite a while (early issue) and except for a little roughness around the throttle barrel guide slot (yes I filed it clean like suggested in RC Report) there has been no problem and it started on the first flip.

I know that some are worried about a big glow burner for the fuel cost. This motor used three ounces a minute at full throttle, but in this setup this is not a problem as a ten minute flight is right at 10 ounces since the power to weight is good enough that I am below half throttle most of the time and the MDS has a very good transition.

BTW I carry this bird in a Chey Lumina sedan so unless you have a very small car think about a bigger bird when you make the wing removable (not hard at all).

RE: What is the perfect size profile ?
 

What plane is that?? A 50% CAP?? What engine goes in that beast??

I voted 40-50 beacuse IMO that's the span range that most profiles look "proportional". When the size goes up, for me, the level of ugliness and weirdness goes up too. So, IMO again, for bigger planes, it's better to have a scale looking appearance (full fuse). The beauty of profiles is their simplicity. Ability to 3D well with standard servos at 4.8V, and any .46 engine. With bigger ones, this simplicity is lost. You need bigger engines, maybe even gassers, and high torque servos at 6.0V. So, for that, is better to get a full fuse plane. Just my 2 cents though....

RE: What is the perfect size profile ?
 

Agreed, I'm in the boat for the smaller profiles as IMHO the simple factor and the fun factor are really high, but the cost factor and hassle factor are really lowwwww.... :D

J

RE: What is the perfect size profile ?
 

Yep, 50% CAP 232.

My guess is they will put one of the new 4 cylinder gassers in it.

RE: What is the perfect size profile ?
 

What I want to know is how come 205 people hit this poll but only 19 voted ?

Hey guys - WAKE UP :D

I think around the 50" is the best way to go

Peter

RE: What is the perfect size profile ?
 

I kind of like a 40"-50" wingspan profile better. The short wingspan increases rolling rate, and it's also fairly cheap.
--Flying .46