Absolutely absolute. I live in an older country home with 7' ceilings, so for the most part, hanging aeroplanes from the ceiling is out. As wall hangings, they are superb. My Zagi resides above the TV and my mantle gets an HLG (Summer only, I worry about the heat in the Winter). Even back in the '80's, before I got indoctrinated into R/C, I had a silkspan-covered Thermic 50 on the wall.
--Bill >From: "Scobie Puchtler or Sarah Felstiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "RCSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [RCSE] sailplanes as art >Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 16:04:49 -0700 > >Sailplanes as art? absolutely. > >I have a lofty 2 story high entrance in my very open-plan house here in >Seattle. Hanging fairly high from the peaked ceiling is an all-white molded >mini-Salto. Just white with black canopy, all numerals and logos removed. >It >hangs from a single strand of 30lb test spectra at a nice bank angle as if >frozen in a turn. Occasionally the air currents in the house will get it >rotating very very slowly. When visitors look up (SO many people never look >up) and see it, they invariably think it's quite beautiful, and I get this >sentiment from folks who don't really even know what a glider is, much less >a molded model RC glider. When the sun comes through the clerestory window >and bounces off the glossy wing, it can cast these amazing patchy light >reflections that move in slow motion across the wall. And when the sun >shines through the skylight above, you can see the spar construction >outlined in the wings. It brings me as much visual pleasure as any other >art >in my home, while reflecting my passion for flight and lift. My wife and I >hung it together, and we BOTH love it. > >Lift, >Scobie. > > > > >RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and >"unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
