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| View Poll Results: Best airframe for Primarly Freestyle | |||
| 3W 37.5% Yak |     | 28 | 38.36% |
| Carden 40% Extra 330 |    | 7 | 9.59% |
| Carden 40% Edge 540 |    | 7 | 9.59% |
| Carden 40% Extra 260 |    | 11 | 15.07% |
| Dalton 40% Extra 260 |    | 20 | 27.40% |
| Voters: 73. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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06-14-2007, 03:43 PM
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| BAM!!!!!!!!!   Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV Age: 31
Posts: 97
 |  The best 40% for me?
Ok,I am going to get a new 40% plane and I need your help in deciding which one to get .The choices are based on a plane with the best aerodynamic design for both (Freestyle primarly) and IMMAC . Traits I look for in a good airframe are -a powerful rudder (drive out the bottom of a KE loop) -No or very minimal KE coupling from mild to extreme throw. - Must be under 40lbs. - No pitching in a tight flat turns inverted or upright. -Very nimble (not draggy and slow). -Crisp snaps that stop on a dime. -stable in TR and in all hi alpha attitudes. Please only reply if you have had prior experience with one of the 5 pole choices.
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06-14-2007, 07:05 PM
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| BAM!!!!!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV Age: 31
Posts: 97
| Re: The best 40% for me?
 Its so new I didnt think any one would have much experience with that one yet. How do you like yours?Can you compair it to any of the planes I have listed?
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06-14-2007, 07:17 PM
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| BAM!!!!!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Martinsburg WV Age: 31
Posts: 97
| Re: The best 40% for me?
 Do you mean the Dalton Extra 300?Is that .....uh ,Godfrey?
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06-14-2007, 08:28 PM
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| If you can't HUCK it BLING IT!   Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Whidbey Island, WA Age: 34
Posts: 7,326
 | Re: The best 40% for me?
I really like my Aerotech 300.......though it wasn't one of your choices
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06-14-2007, 10:08 PM
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| Bad-ass Super Contributer!  Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Laurel, MD, USA
Posts: 680
| Re: The best 40% for me?
Here's my feelings: From your "wish list": "powerful rudder": Carden 300 has the strongest rudder I have ever flown. I have had the Carden 330 and two 3m Comp ARF Extras, have flown the Carden Edge. The 300 is stronger than any. Knife edge loops are a breeze. Point rolls and rolling manuevers-very, very good. Just breathe on the rudder. "minimal knife edge coupling": I have 4% mixed in- rudder to elevator. This is, of course, also a function of CG. My CG is right on the recommended spot. 4% is, in my experience, not much. "must be under 40lbs" Mine, with ZDZ Super 160 and MTW cannisters, weighed under 37lbs. "very nimble, not draggy"- yes- it is not lumbering "crisp snaps that stop on a dime"- mine snaps very quickly- the fastest snaps on any plane I have flown. Stops very quickly- this is a function of wing weight so keeping the wings light helps too. "stable in torque roll and high alpha"- mine is set up for sequence flying only- no 3D rates so I haven't explored this. I have seen Albert Santiagos and his seemed to do both very well- perhaps he'll chime in. Rob Teseo as well. Bottom line- my opinion- All the planes you list are great flyers. The Edge is probably more of a 3D plane and less of a sequence plane. The Carden 330 and 260 are both great- I would rank them 300 best, 260 right behind it then 330. The Dalton - also very very good. Perhaps other factors will drive your decision- do you want to build or have some pre-fabrication? What plane do you like the looks best, etc.
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