[RCSE] Re: 2 meter Spectre reports??? - You may want to also consider the 2M Dartar

[Don Stackhouse @ DJ Aerotech]

Sal DeFrancesco writes:

>...Once you drop in area you need to have a...(big snip)... The high
aspect ratio and small chords will just not pull hard enough on a typical
contest winch...(etc., etc....)<

Seems like we have a number of folks here (mostly our competitors) who seem
to have all sorts of opinions about why our Spectre series "can't possibly
work", even though they've never actually seen one of them fly yet. I think
that if you check with folks such as Rob Glover (who actually have them),
you'll find a different opinion.

Let me tell you all a little story about Sal and our products.

Back in late '92, Joe and I had just frozen the design of what became the
original Monarch HLG. We developed it for ourselves, because we'd been
disappointed with the other RCHLG's we'd tried. We originally hadn't even
considered the possibility of making kits, but after the amount of time and
effort and expense we'd invested, and the indications of interest from some
of the other DARTS members, we thought about making a few kits just to try
to recoup some of our investment.

Then we thought "Well, as long as we're doing that, maybe that NSP company
up in Vermont be interested in selling a few?" We called Sal, and he
replied "Send me one and I'll let you know you if I like it."

We finally got one finished for him and sent it to him a little after
Christmas. He was of course tied up at the time and didn't have time to put
a radio in it just then, but he did call us, with all sorts of advice &
questions, like "I think there's too much dihedral", and "What's with the
weird airfoils?" and "Why that strange flat fuselage" and "That tail moment
is too long." We replied "Sal, just FLY it, and THEN tell us what you think."

A couple weeks later he had a chance to put a radio in it and give it a few
tosses. He was immediately back on the phone to us, with the message "DON'T
CHANGE ANYTHING!"

In all fairness to Sal, he isn't shy with his opinions, but he is willing
to be open minded and see for himself. He does have a 2-M Spectre on order,
and I fully expect that when he flies it he will be very pleasantly
surprised. As usual.


Don Stackhouse @ DJ Aerotech
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