I have only owned two modern day TD planes, a Mantis and the Compulsions, both bagged. Just recently I got the molded bug and bought a Sharon 3.7 and a ExtremeDP cross tail. I never thought there would be that much of difference between bagged and molded. But I have to admit the molded Extreme may be the best thermal plane I have ever flown, I was surprised by its performance to say the least. BUT, will I fly it at Visalia- NO WAY! Too much chance of damaging it,too hard to replace, getting shot down, etc. It will only go as a back up to the Compulsion. And to me that is the biggest drawback of flying moldeds. Maybe I made a mistake purchasing them, if you're afraid to fly em, why have them! Walter --- GG
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:52:33 GordySoar wrote: >.... so now you guys realize that I may know a few things about this hobby, I >have flown foam for a reason, you just figured it out. > >I had moldies, recently had two for about 2 weeks too.:-( > >I had over 1,000 flights on my first Addiction and many on my Compulsion and >ConpFusIcon. Beat up and broken and not refinished, people still pass by and >say how nice it looks, and of course they fly just fine for TD work. > >Delamed in a bad landing? No problem, fixed that nite in a motel, ready for >comp in the morning :-) A little more Krylon, some car wax and some rubbing >and away it flys again. > >Are they the same as a moldy? Nope, not even close in any way, but they do >manage to go up in lift and stick at the spot. > >Don't count out NSP's Fusion, it's wing is maybe the best two piece I have >ever owned. >Can't wait to try the Sage FS001, which I hope is very similar. > >And now a word about Phils wings, Live skin hinges, great leading edges, very >stable trailing edges in the heat, very light. > >Gordy > ____________________________________________________________ Get 25MB of email storage with Lycos Mail Plus! Sign up today -- http://www.mail.lycos.com/brandPage.shtml?pageId=plus RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
