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Albion · 05-08-2007

A few days ago a fellow on rcgroups.com posted this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FqjWbygAhI
Its a 1/4.6 scale Sea Fury, and extremely impressive. If you watch this video and then compare this rc plane to the video of a 1/7 scale F4U Corsair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF9_Y0BCuRk, I think the differences between the two sizes of planes is quite obvious. One of the many characteristics I think important in a plane (at least for my purposes) is in flight stability. The "Big Iron" Sea Fury, at 50lbs, doesn't get buffeted around nearly as much as a smaller plane, which is an important trait to consider when selecting a plane to land onboard a ship.
Therefore, I have decided to investigate increasing the scale to 1/5 and using a modular approach to building the ship.

05-08-2007	#69 (permalink)
Albion Scale Model Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Maryland, USA Real Name: Edward Visit Albion's Gallery Posts: 31 Images: 1	A few days ago a fellow on rcgroups.com posted this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FqjWbygAhI Its a 1/4.6 scale Sea Fury, and extremely impressive. If you watch this video and then compare this rc plane to the video of a 1/7 scale F4U Corsair http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oF9_Y0BCuRk, I think the differences between the two sizes of planes is quite obvious. One of the many characteristics I think important in a plane (at least for my purposes) is in flight stability. The "Big Iron" Sea Fury, at 50lbs, doesn't get buffeted around nearly as much as a smaller plane, which is an important trait to consider when selecting a plane to land onboard a ship. Therefore, I have decided to investigate increasing the scale to 1/5 and using a modular approach to building the ship.