>Dude, to really soar needs no high tech stuff. A poly, gas bag floater is
But as an artist and designer, I love good design, and high tech laminates and smooth flowing gel coat surfaces ;-) And as a guy with no patience, I do lots of damage to monocoat (shrink wrapped planes) by puncturing the monocoat etc. So I'd like to stay away from the coat covered planes. From my motor gliding experience, high-tech designs and more costly planes DO perform better. Sure they all fly, but my 1000.00 Nobody setup peaked my interest back into sailplanes after a couple of (lesser performing planes made be go to motored sport plane only flights for a year. I had given up on powered sailplanes (after having two low end, low tech planes) I received the 1000+ Nobody setup in a package deal and didn't want it. When I flew it, I felt what wasn't possible in the previous birds. Watching the local soaring club a few days ago showed me that less weight (no motor or 10cell battery) is even slower, smoother and more rewarding (and certainly more challenging). However I also noticed the high tech ships were going up while the lower end planes were launched and came down. There is a reason for high that these planes are offered with "high tech stuff". And I'm one that appreciates technological advances thanks to people like Burt Rutan. >Plus, these planes are simple and cheap. The epitome of elegance for me. Which is why we're all different. I'm just the opposite. I love to learn why the high tech applications are better and I love expensive well built gear. I've been there with simple and cheap, but I lost interest. ;-) thanks 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.
