Hey, i am interested in building a Dogfighter, i hear they are great in combat. It says to use and engine with a displacement of .30 cu in. I cant find any engines with this. the closest i could find was a .25 engine. Would like an OS .25 do it? What engines are everyone using on their dogfighters? Also do you just use standard servos on it? Thanks

-Matt

Matt the O.S. 25 should work just fine. Standard size servos will work . Also if you want to take a look at some combat come up to the Wasacth Aero Modelers field in Syracuse, UT on July 7th. We are holding an open B and scale contest.

Scott

What OS, the FX or the LA? The LA would fly it, but you'll be more equally matched with folks with the FX.

You can't go wrong with an OS .25FX on it. Standard servo's are OK too.

Thanks with the engine tips, i think i'll go with the OS .25 FX. Oh and thanks for the notice Pathous, that sounds like a lot of fun, i'll see if i can try and make it out July 7th. So the Dogfighter is Open B Combat legal isnt it?

Matt

It is, but you should be aware that there are a lot of Open B designs that dramtaically out-perform a Dogfighter. Now, they are great planes to fly against others of the same basic design, and a lot of fun. But they aren't going to compete against current B-class ships. Now, many guys don't care, and just have fun, and that's great. And maybe no one in your area is flying more current designs. I just don't want you showing up and getting surprised.

Thanks for the heads up montague, but i'll probably be outmatched anyway considering that i've never done any actual combat before, i'm just in it for the fun. I'm trying to find out what kind of combat people do around where i live. So what are some of the newer, better designs that people are flying? Are they SPADS or balsa planes? Thanks. I'm still pretty new to this combat stuff and dont know a whole lot about it, i've got alot of research to do.

-Matt

It's cool, and the whole point is to have fun.

I just hate to see new guys with tons of enthusiasm show up and get discouraged because their planes are out matched and they don't do well.

As for combat planes, "neither". The current combat planes use a reinforced foam wing made from 25 or 40psi, often with an EPP leading edge. Spars are usually fiberglass rods, but sometimes other stuff as well. These foam wings will pretty much go right through a balsa/ply plane with little or no damage.

Fuses are all kinds of things, but generally simple and strong. Wingspans are usually around 64" with a lot of wing area for tight turns.

There are a lot of designs out there, including such planes as the Avenger, Battle Axe, Cobra, Fence Post, and several others I'm forgetting. And a lot of us build our own planes, since they are generally cheap and not hard to build.

Matt, get as much time as you can on the sticks with your Dog Fighter and plan on taking it to Scott's meet. The first rule of combat flying is practice with what you have, know what it will do and make it go exactly where you want it to go. You may be outclassed equipment-wise but if you can fly what you brung you'll get some cuts and you'll have a ball.

There is no other way to learn about combat but to show up and fly and then compare your stuff with everyone elses stuff and go from there. I flew at Scott's meet last summer and they are a great bunch of guys. The cool thing about combat is that all the pilots a really willing to help you out. We all want as many streamers in the air as possible and everybody bends over backwards to help the new guys. We want your streamer [>:]

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