Hi Pat, I guess sarcastic humor is not my forte'. As you so aptly note, I have no idea whether 4 ailerons are the next quantum leap forward in performance. I haven't flown one. And I honestly do not think this is a marketing scheme to sell more airplanes and servos. Just thought it was an interesting and humorous viewpoint. Your offer for a test flight is most generous. If I get a chance I'll take you up on it. Rick Orlando At 12:07 PM 1/11/01 -0500, you wrote: >Rick, > >I suppose with that kind of statement that you have already flown one and you >are talking from experience or NOT. I currently own an Escape and find that >the performance gain from having only the small tip ailerons to be very >noticeable especially in light conditions. This is not just a new marketing >scheme to make you spend more money on planes and servos. It is yet another >technology advancement that will take time to take hold, but will become >common place in a very short time. I thought much the same way you do until >I got to fly my Escape the first time, and boy has my mind changed since. >Another thing that the 6 servo wing gives you is an airplane that can be very >docile and smooth to fly when it is needed but yet gives you the control of a >sports car when the need arrises. Jim Bacus said it best when he told me that >the Escape can fly like a big floater and then with a flip of switch handle >like a Cobra. Don't be too quick to criticize something new until you >actually get a chance to try it out. If we are ever at the same contest and >you want to try mine, I would be more than happy to let you fly it. > >See Ya, > >Pat McCleave >Wichita KS >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" >and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
