Hm, I forgot the name of my first RC glider that I got in the late 80's. It was an Ace 1.5M all foam wing glider with a power pod on top, powered by a Cox .049, all fished out of the hobbyshop's bargain bin together with a $30 Futaba 2-channel AM system. It never flew all that well - although that may well have been my fault, this being my first RC glider. It died a slow death by expoxy: it would break and I'd fix it with expoxy, this would make it heavier and fly worse and break more, etc. I didn't have much luck with the Cox either and remember visiting the hospital with a chopped finger.
All this made me think that I needed something bigger and lighter, and I got myself an Olympic II. Given my earlier experience with tow-line gliders, it was first launched with a son powered stretch of fishing line. Probably best of all, I also found myself some flying buddies who actually knew how to thermal and who had high starts! Well, after that flying became easier and more fun. After that I got myself a Spirit 2M and attended the 90 NATS, and this taught me more in three days than I'd learned in the years before. I figured I needed a better plane yet, and got myself a Quasoar, 2 eventually, mostly because the designer (Paul Carlson) lived in the same town as I did. I liked the Quasoars, as these flew really well, but both crashed eventually (one drowned in a basement flood). I then quit the hobby for about 8 years for various reasons, to return 2-3 years ago. Although it has been flown hundreds of times, the Olympic never had a serious crash (monokote tears only). I still have it and it still has the old Futaba AM dry-cell system. I bring it out for interested beginners to fly. Even though it is now over 15 years old, I even thought to enter it into RES contests, but I haven't done so yet. I never seriously crashed the Spirit either and I eventually gave it to an acquaintance to learn how to fly. --- Rense Lange --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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.
