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- From: ntaib@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Iskandar Taib)
- Subject: Re: Beginner questions (again!)
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- Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 14:54:33 GMT
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- In article <BzH2qr.3IE@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jtg0707@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jui Tien) writes:
-
- > 1. Among the engine recommendations I received, I get the most recomm.
- > for O.S. FP , follow by others such as Royal, Magnum...
- > The one thing that stands out is the fact that there seemed to be
- > just as many people that are for O.S. as there are people against
- > such brand as K&B and FOX. In fact, the dislike for either one
- > of these two brands is a little shocking!
- > (More like hatred sometimes!)
- > Is there a good reason for this? What had either one of these
- > two brands did to earn such bad reputation?
- > I went down to the store to check out the engines, the K&B and FOX
- > do look less *polished* than the O.S. engines. Are they really
- > such bad engines?
-
- My personal experience with Fox and K&B engines has been good,
- but I don't have a throttle on my engines. I also haven't tried
- the latest K&B Sportsters.
-
- OS and Enya probably make more refined carbs. I must admit that
- after taking lots of engines apart the OS's look beautiful out-
- side _and_ inside.
-
- > 2. Question of durability vs. flyability.
- > Many people suggested that I should get planes such as U.S. Aircore
- > or something called *Duraplane* as beginner trainers. While others
- > suggested Balsa planes such as PT40 and the like. The prevailing
- > opionion is that Balsa planes fly much better but are very fragile.
- > The question is: how fragile is the Balsa planes? How much
- > flyability do I give up by going to the *industructable* planes?
-
- While not as robust as the Aircore airplanes (what is?) the balsa
- planes aren't any more fragile than any other airplanes. They do take
- a while to build, though.
-
- (I remember two years ago I built a pair of .09 powered balsa profiles.
- I'd forgotten how much of a pain it was to put these things together
- even with the benefit of Hot Stuff. I'll have to start cutting ribs for
- that Road Runner soon though 9-) )
-
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