Walter Lynch wrote:
>
> Never flew a foamie before but can already see a person can have a blast
> w/them.
I have a blast with my Zagi THL, it is light (10.5 oz), fairly easy to fly
and almost indestructable. The other good thing is that it is very unlikely
to hurt anything even with a direct hit.
Great plane for learning hand catch!
> I found for flat field launching putting two fingers behind trailing edge
> between elevons
> and thumb forward of cg, you can launch hard and very steep, of course in
> wind/slope dont think this will work too well.
You are correct, in the wind it becomes very hard to controll the launch angle
with fingers on trailing edge. I often end up either throwing straight up or
right into the ground. Not good.
Look in the May 2000 issue of "Model Aviation". In the RC Soaring section
there is a story on foam wings and it has mods for better throwing of the
Zagi. He put in a plywood brace at the CG and a small thumb hole forward
so he can get a good grip on the plane and the thrust is right at the CG.
> I won this thing at the
> Davenport ISR and was disappointed as I was really hoping to win the
> Millennium. But you know, I am not so disappointed now as I can see the fun
> factor w/ this little wing is way up there- cant wait to fly it on the
> slope. See you all later, Walter
I am still looking for a slope here in central FL.
Some fair slopes on the coast but that is a bit of a trip for daily flying.
michael N6CHV
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