Another off Topic Thread

[hghost]

I know,I know, keep making another one

Just wondering, I have noticed the Hobby shops and Hobby Plane makers, either make Micro and what they
call Park flyer and Sport, Giant etc etc. BUT, what designates the Title ?

I see Designated Park Flyer as some have a 60+-50+ and even over 80+ inch Wingspan, some that have less than 20" ?

So what designates the title ?

Why I ask is as I explore the many online Hobby shops and what is being put out
I notice most are micro less than 20" inch plane to over 40+ planes.

Seems the in-between lets say 24-36 inch seems to be of very little design ?

That to me is a Park Size Plane. The Super Cub at 48 inch pushes the boundary of what I call a Park Flyer.
I have seen some Park flyers as much as 65-70-80 inch wingspan ?

I am Looking for planes in the area of 24-36 inch range that is 610 -920 mm there about anyway .

Anything under or around 920 mm or 36 inches. Prefer Under 36 inch

So far what i have found is mostly War Birds, but the High wing and such are a little harder to obtain.
I see allot of older style planes ( what i mean is an older foam material ) not the EPO we see mostly now or I see some balsa kits.

Some nice ones like the Decathlon and a few Cubs, but the wingspan always is pretty large or over that 36 inch mark.

So does anyone have the Title designation of what they call Park Flyers, Micro's or Super or Giant ? And what actually designates that Title ?

And does anyone have knowledge of planes ( High Wing )Listings that are in the 24 -36 inch category I am looking for ?
I see a few , but, not many .

And what wing span do you prefer to have. Of course we know the Cub, but would you desire a smaller wing span or larger ?

In my World and place to fly, the Cub is Large and pushes that boundary of the area I have.

The Champ is about 20 inch Wing and it is small and I have War Birds that are at the 800 mm 30-31 inch wing about the right size
but I am not good enough at flight to be good with them yet. So I am exploring some High wing planes in that category to try.
Looking for 3 Channel especially and or 4 channel planes to consider in that wing span size.

What's you take on it ?

[flydiver]

Depending on perspective you are either over or under thinking the problem.
Over - What's a "park"? They sure come in a LOT of different sizes.
- What's your ability? An accomplished pilot can fly in a lot smaller space than a newbie.
- What do you want to fly? Trainers, jets, 3D, scale, etc. There are a huge number of options. (see below)
- How do you want to fly it? Some folks want to fly their Champ (micro) so far away it goes out of range. Why, I don't know, but there you are.

Under - What Kind of plane? A GWS Slow Stick (46") can fly in a LOT smaller space than a Multiplex Funjet (31"). Gliders need a HUGE area due to long glide ratios.

Size is only semi-useful in categorizing plane use.

[jklong03]

Sept 18, 2013 5:23:16 GMT 1 flydiver said:

Size is only semi-useful in categorizing plane use.

And there you have it....another "size doesn't matter" confirmation!

[flydiver]

Yeah, but performance DOES!
Whoops! getting off topic again. I'm spending too much time on line and getting mush-headed.

[jklong03]

Sept 18, 2013 20:50:52 GMT 1 flydiver said:

Yeah, but performance DOES!
Whoops! getting off topic again. I'm spending too much time on line and getting mush-headed.

Ditto!

[hghost]

Sad part is ( as i hang my head in shame ) in this case.....SIZE does matter .