Flat Land Trends

[Konrad]

Haunting some of the European forums I noticed a trend towards electrifyling the small fuselage F3B and F3F models. For example the Aeroic Corsa 108 in this thread. I have to ask what is driving this? Is it that cliffs are getting harder to find with the land lords willing to allow us to fly off them. I know that F3B is a dying event with all the work it takes managing the winches. This is why F5B and F5J are so popular.

So what to do with your old strong (read heavy wing) winch launched F3B type ship. Add a narrow (geared inrunner) and extract a bit more life out of the airframe?

 

[Tahoed]

Stick a motor in it. There's a lot more flying days available with a propulsion system. (by the time you dig out all the lead in the nose, the motor probably weighs less)

 

[Hill Hobbit]

Folks are probably getting too old to climb up hills! In the UK, there are very few slope sites that are park and fly. One of the best coastal sites has just been closed to flying, although I’m not surprised at all about that as it didn’t comply with many regs and the terms by which we get our insurance.