Hi rdwooebke, Ed Slobod, who designed the Paragon, built and flew one with electric motor. It flew great. I don't have Ed's E mail address but do have his phone no. if needed. Thermals, art
rdwoebke wrote: > With all this talk of Paragons, has anyone on this list built an > electric Paragon? I'm almost ready to cover my Pierce kit, but I cut > out enough extra parts to make a second fuse with electric conversion > in mind. I'm thinking this would make a good LMR ship. I saw a > photo of one that had been converted on a website, but no info. Any > real world suggestions on motor type, gearbox, controller, prop, > battery, etc? > > Ryan > > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Pierce Arrow Paragon kits are above average. The plane is > excellent. Big, stable, easy to fly--one of the best of the flat > bottom airfoil floaters. Paragon's have probably won more Visalia > Fall Soaring Festivals than any other design. They use to call > Visalia Paragon Country. I believe the plane was originally designed > for night flying. > > > > I flew a borrowed Pierce Arrow Paramount for my LSF 10K and 2 hour > flights--on what was a test flight off a 100 ft launch to check the > thermal sniffler. Only flight I ever made with that plane. > > > > Mike Clancy > > > > 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. > > 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. 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.
