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Alan_Perse:
If you look at the May 2006 Issue of "Quite & Electric Flight International" there is a review of a 60" EPP Slope Pylon Racer from Phoenix Models, the Rampage. Its a flying wing. It even has compartments in the wing to take ballast.

Wight:
I say it should be "all timber" 60" racing. No foam, carbon or anything else exotic. Just wood. :)

Alternative is to do one class. Then you want the cheapest easy-to-fly model possible. Actual performance makes no difference if everynoe is racing the same machine.

garrykeogh:
Hello again...
I am thinking that 60 mousse, foam, epp or whatever you want to call it may be the way to go.  I am with Fred on the F3F sentiments.  I only have to look at the F3A guys every week at our club (both of whom love to fly epp on the hills) and it really is cheque-book stuff.  Nearly a stigma attachet to old or less high-tech F3A stuff, tut, tut, tut.

I can't help thinking that something as cheap, forgiving and easy to abuse as an epp model is the way to go.  Who knows what will happen to financially challenged individuals like myself if racing got popular.  Just imagine we all had identical hardware...sort the men from the boys!

Bob and the other guys were not flying F3F in wales, sorry if I got it all wrong.  I think they were flying 60" but using all molded machines, I think Bob's is a "carbon blade".  Damned fast whatever it is :shock:

In terms of an other event for the ISR, why not, let's see if we can get the interest going?

Talk soon

Garry

joe:
I'm with the Foamie guys!
They're cheap and simple to put together which means anyone interested could get involved.That's what we want!
If people want to fly molded models thats fine! Maybe we could have two categories one for foamie and one for molded? If we had enough people that is! Maybe is should be 60" and under? so if people want to race there smaller wings they could?
Myself and Fred are putting together a foam cnc machine and we would be happy to cut models for use in racing/combat.Freds got some good designs including ex french 60" winners.We'll try get it up and running soon! Have all the bits it's just a matter of putting it all together!
Joe

Alan_Perse:
If we are going to go the one design root make a good looking one. One that looks like its going fast even when its sitting still  :D  :D .

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