I do like the carefree nature of EPP wings. Here is a tip for when you start flying with a composite wing -- learn to catch the plane by the nose. Now that I do that I'm much less concerned about putting (more) dents in my composite wing.
I agree that the Goblin and Dizzy Bird wings don't penetrate. It acts like it is a high drag wing. Even at slow speeds it sinks through really light stuff. I recently built a Little Nipper style wing for the Goblin: white foam, SD7003, same span but less chord than the Goblin (less area), 1 oz lighter than the Goblin wing. It makes the Goblin a different plane: much better penetration, won't go as slow, doesn't have as much drag (and decent) in light lift. It's a step in the right direction so I'll change some things and try another wing soon. I wonder if I can find some EPP? > Actually, there was another one where they built full size > man-carrying gliders and launched them off a slope (the idea > being to see how far down the slope you could fly). It was > a bit scary...one of them got hit by a cross wind gust just > as it got a few feet off the ground. There wasn't enough > control authority to over come it, and the glider crashed. > Luckily, the pilot wasn't injured, but he could have easily > been killed if the glider had managed to get higher before > it happened. I recall from the replay of that crash that the "expert" moved the controls into the turn instead of opposite! Keith Watson Wilsonville, OR RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
