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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 14:58:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.190621.4619@tin.monsanto.com> lesnyd@monsanto.com (Larry E. Snyder) writes:
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- >You should fly a plane built to FLY, not a plane built to CRASH! A plane
- >that is "indestructible" probably needs to be, since its wing loading will
- >be high and it will fly HOT. The most fragile plane around, the SIG Kadet
- >Senior, is also the easiest to fly. I had never seen one until last summer,
- >when a newcomer brought one out. It was barely rolling when it simply lifted
- >up off the ground at about 10 mph! And although this guy was a natural flyer,
- >within a month he had moved up to a fast low-winger. The Kadet never crashed,
- >and this guy never had an instructor. I'm not saying the Kadet is THE way to
- >go, I'd probably recommend an Eagle or PT40 with ailerons, but I strongly
- >recommend learning on a plane built to FLY, not built to CRASH (I said that
- >before, didn't I?).
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- Oooooohh.. I'll have to agree with this one. I had some stick time on
- Paul Viverito's Kadet Senior and it flew just like a 2 meter glider.
- If I ever get into R/C thats what I would build. He had an Enya .90 FS
- in the nose. Neat airplane! I think I could even have landed it.
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