Another way to look at it is if you throw enough ducks at a problem,
you'll find one that works. I'm happy that everyone else likes to fly
Ducks.
tony estep wrote:
From: Marc Gellart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I would take note that the Organic was "the" 2m ship prior to this year. At
the Nats, there has never been any ship with greater numbers than the 2M
Duck. The Organic in many areas holds sway cause of it's availablility, and
it is a decent ship, but Ducks have always had the numbers behind them here.
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Yep, agreed. The Organic was the best design that was readily available. But despite the maximum difficulty of getting a Duck (I saw a used one for sale for $1000), many top pilots have gravitated to it since it first appeared, because it has the right design to win 2M. That's what's interesting to me. Its low AR, fairly high wing loading, and high operating CL are all at the opposite end of the spectrum from the current fashion in Unlimited, where light planes with long, skinny, thin-section wings flying at low coefficient of lift are appearing all over the place.
I guess it proves that in theory, there is no difference between theory and
practice, but in practice there is.
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