On 12/28/05, Daryl Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What you'll probably notice with the bagged version > vs. the molded one will be slightly less cruise > performance - getting to thermals...coming home from > way downwind, etc... My experience is the very slight > low grade ripples that most bagged wings exhibit, and > the less than perfectly shaped LE tends to make the > model just a bit less slippery, without noticeably > hurting sinkrate. You will probably never notice it if > you don't range out side by side with a moldie.
I know that I can't see the difference between molded and bagged wings in flight and generally I can't tell with a stopwatch either. My flying skills are just not that good. The big advantage of bagged wings is that you can change the airfoil and planform easily. This is great if you want to try something out and will only build a few units. As soon as someone is willing to make the molds then molded has several advantages. One of the advantages is the way they look! Many pilots love the look so much that they work at flying better to do justice to the beauty of the plane. :) One plus for molded is I didn't have to build it. OTOH I didn't get to build it. There is something special about specking out a plane that I have built from scratch. Heck, they are ALL FUN! RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
