It can also be said that flying a woodie well is an art, requiring patience to commanded inputs. Agile they are not when compared to a moldie. One usually progresses to more sophisticated airframes offering better manuverability in short order.
It could also be said that a woodie does not make for a good first aircraft given the above lack of maneuvering prowess, again compared to a ful-house ship. In hindsight I would have enjoyed soaring much more if I had started with somehting that included ailerons. In fact my very next ship had just that and made it much more interesting. If it were meant to survive more than it does at the moment, the fun factor would have to be greater... Quoting Michael Lachowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Ray Hayes wrote: > > No one builds woody sailplanes anymore ? Don't believe it. > > > The unfortunate part is there are very few woody sailplane designs to > build. There is some old nostalgia stuff, that's about it. > 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are > generally NOT in text format > Simon Van Leeuwen PnP Systems - The E-Harness of Choice Radius Systems Cogito Ergo Zoom 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. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
