From: Jim Deck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ...the dominant design utilized by the top ten finishers was the venerable "Duck"...
==== A very fine post in its entirety, Jim. 2-Meters is a world unto itself, and when good flyers go at it, it's a very worthwhile event. You have to launch to the moon, then find lift quick, because the little planes come down in a hurry and don't travel well if you hit sink. The dominance of the Duck design seems to me to have some interesting implications. U.S. flyers generally have disdained V-tail airplanes, but the Duck shows that they can learn to love 'em if the tail is big enough. Additionally, the Duck has a fairly low AR wing and is pretty heavy; these characteristics don't match the current fashion, but in this class they seem to prove out to be best in practice. It would be neat to see a resurgence of interest in 2M, just to see what other design tweaks might come along. It seems that there hasn't been much design activity in this class since the Organic and 2M Mantis. Maybe there's a world-beater out there to be discovered. 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
