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Title:Welcome To The Radio Control Conference
Notice:dir's in 11, who's who in 4, sales in 6, auctions 19
Moderator:VMSSG::FRIEDRICHS
Created:Tue Jan 13 1987
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1706
Total number of notes:27193

1353.0. "1/2A kits" by CSC32::F_MICCIOLA () Thu Aug 29 1991 15:51

    What 1/2A kit would be good to build, and has forgiving flight
    characteristics. My 3 year old is showing an intrest in model planes,
    and thought it would good to build a kit together.
    I have build and flown before.
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1353.1What is you selection criteria? Do you have the engine?ZENDIA::REITHJim Reith DTN 226-6102 - LTN2-1/F02Thu Aug 29 1991 16:298
    I had very good luck in the past with the Carl Goldberg Junior Falcon.
    I built several over the years and they all flew well. One nice thing
    is that standard size equipment fits in it. I'm almost done with an Ace
    GLH. This is a 1/2A pylon racer and looks like it will be a nice
    performer. Good quality kit. An 05 electric might be another option.
    The ElectriCub is usually discounted in Tower Hobbies and they have
    combos with everything included. There's also a PT Electric which has a
    good reputation
1353.2Try FlylineDENVER::BEATTYSun Sep 08 1991 21:4410
    Flyline Models out of Fairfax, Virginia has some neat 1/2A kits.  They
    use the older style of building by built up frame etc.  I am working on
    their Great Lakes Trainer.  You must have a dremel tool or a small
    power jig saw since the balsa parts are printed on sheets.  
    
    Have you thought about putting an .049 on a glider??  The House of
    Balsa 2X4 and 2X6 are both great with a pylon mounted 049, very slow,
    forgiving and tough too.
    
    Will
1353.3Couldn't find 1/2 A in the dictionary... :-)FRIGID::DFONSECAI heard it through the Grapevine...Mon Sep 09 1991 11:035
This has probably been answered somewhere else, but what does
1/2 A stand for?  I'm just learning all of the in-n-outs of RC lingo
thanks!

-Dave
1353.4Want to talk dethermalizers??ZENDIA::REITHJim Reith DTN 226-6102 - LTN2-1/F02Mon Sep 09 1991 11:1910
    From back in the good ol' days of free flight, the planes were broken
    into classes by displacement. .60 size is D, .29 &.35 are the boundry
    between classes (put a .35 on a .29 class plane and fly in the next
    higher class) and finally at the low end .049 is class 1/2A and .051 is
    class A where you can fly in the next class by sticking on the .051
    (and this explains why Cox has two engines so close in displacement)
    
    I don't have an AMA rule book in here but I suspect that the class
    designation is broken down by the cc of the engine since a .60 is a
    10cc engine and a .30 would be a 5cc.