At 09:09 PM 11/10/2001 -0500, you wrote: >I do not know who wrote this, but, if you feel that RES ships can compete >with Unlimited ships of today, I would reference to Bill Friend. Bill beat >his head against the wall for two years trying and really had nothing to >show for it and all it did was mess up his full house skills to the point >that he is out of the hobby and building an ultralight. Bill was nearly a >level five and a very knowledgable pilot, but there is no way RES can >compete in the long haul with the ships of today. If you go with the slick >airfoil, you do not thermal, you get a great thermal airfoil you do not >penetrate, both cases relative to the full span camber changing wing. I >love the RES/NOS contests, and I fly an ancient one with nothing special, >but those days are past. Even on the day that the air is great, the odds of >an RES ship beating the Unlimited ship even in the circle landing task is >slim, JMHO. > >Marc >
Oh I don't know. I have been flying RES in Unlimited contests almost exclusively for the last 5 years and I feel that I could have done little better with a full house ship. The modern full house ship has evolved into a model where stability and visibility have been compromised to maximize performance. Unless you have excellent eyes and good reflexes, then most flyers would score better with a more stable model even though performance might suffer a little. I have beaten a lot of Unlimited full house ships with my RES model over the last 5 years. Haven't won any Unlimited contests lately but that's not the reason I go to contests. The reason I go to contests is to have fun. When it stops being fun, I will find a new hobby. So far, I've been having fun for over 50 years. He who thinks that second place is the first loser has already lost a wonderful hobby and gained an obsession. :-) Chuck Anderson RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
