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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Steve,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Do you like the Epsilon better than your
Quest?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ken</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=patternrules@sbcglobal.net
href="mailto:patternrules@sbcglobal.net">Steven maxwell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=discussion@nsrca.org
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 23, 2004 2:50
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> CA model Epsilon</DIV>
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<DIV> If your thinking of buying a 90 size pattern plane, which I like to
use in the winter as a sport practice plane and learning new maneuvers like
the rollers in F-05, the Ca Epsilon is perfect if you like to build, and no
I'm sure not sponsored.</DIV>
<DIV> Took me about 5 weeks to build fairly simple build it is a kit so
no hardware is included which I really liked.</DIV>
<DIV> Setup was an OS 91 FX, Perry pump, 14X8 apc prop, Coolpower 15%, Jr
4131 servos, finished weight was 7lb 91/2 oz. including 2 1/2 oz tail
weight,</DIV>
<DIV> The flying is great, snaps that stop instantly and dead
on heading, knife edge is perfect NO mixing, I did have to reflex ailerons to
get the up and down lines right, rolls very axial, stall turns was little
harder than some planes I've had but just a timing thing, flat rudder turn are
dead on, landings and take off are easy as they get surprisingly needed to
keep a little power on for landing, no tip stall tendencies.</DIV>
<DIV> If you do build one of these I would shorten the ailerons down
at the root by at about 3 to 4 in. the throws they give you are way to
much for pattern or at least for me, I have them set at 11 degrees the manual
calls for 20 for sport pattern.</DIV>
<DIV> I only have 4 flights on it now so there is still some trimming to
do probably moving the cg even farther back could help, will probably move the
rudder servo to the tail to remove the weight I have now then the battery if
needed. </DIV>
<DIV>YS guy's if you have a old 91 laying around I would think this would be a
good project for it, I'm not a YS person but would think the 110 would be way
over kill, the OS 91 FX has more than enough.</DIV>
<DIV> One of my goals last year was to find inexpensive but great flying
planes for beginners, I feel that one of the problems we have getting
more people involved in pattern is expense and the sportsman or intermediate
or even higher classes really doesn't need a $2000 plane to be competitive, I
have flown the Swallow, Excelleron, Quest, I feel that in the right hands and
their trimming this plane could be very completive in any class. The Epsilon
is an exceptional plane.</DIV>
<DIV> Steve Maxwell</DIV>
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