Ask Don Stackhouse about why a Duck works. It will fry his cork. Actually,
Mr Reynolds gets very happy with a Duck, and the empty weight is only about
40 ounces and some even less. I think that it fools the air into thinking
it is something that is much larger. And yes, a complete Duck ready to go
is in the $1000 range, kind of nuts, but for those of that taste, it works
well.
Marc
----- Original Message -----
From: "tony estep" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "RCSE" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 6:33 PM
Subject: Re: [RCSE] After the 2006 NATS - 2 Meter Comments
From: Marc Gellart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I would take note that the Organic was "the" 2m ship prior to this year.
At
the Nats, there has never been any ship with greater numbers than the 2M
Duck. The Organic in many areas holds sway cause of it's availablility,
and
it is a decent ship, but Ducks have always had the numbers behind them
here.
==============================
Yep, agreed. The Organic was the best design that was readily available.
But despite the maximum difficulty of getting a Duck (I saw a used one for
sale for $1000), many top pilots have gravitated to it since it first
appeared, because it has the right design to win 2M. That's what's
interesting to me. Its low AR, fairly high wing loading, and high
operating CL are all at the opposite end of the spectrum from the current
fashion in Unlimited, where light planes with long, skinny, thin-section
wings flying at low coefficient of lift are appearing all over the place.
I guess it proves that in theory, there is no difference between theory
and practice, but in practice there is.
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