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I've gotten a lot of help from, and had some extremely interesting
talks with, Dick Hanson. A couple of years ago, a professional builder
of my acquaintance, (and a competitor of Dick's when Dick was building
kits,) said to a group of us: "The pattern flyer of today will
probably never know how much pattern owes Dick Hanson for what he has
done." And, this guy is not given to throwing around compliments!<br>
Bill Glaze<br>
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Bob Richards wrote:
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<div>I agree about the Hanson models. </div>
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<div>I flew a Runaround in Masters at the '93 Nats. An FAI flier who
was scribing for one round told me that I would never get the scores I
deserved flying an "outdated design". I won that round!</div>
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<div>Which reminds me! I can't remember his name, but I'd also like
to really thank that Appalachian Monk that sold me that small can of
whoop-ass before I left for the NATS. :-) </div>
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<div>That Runaround also had a 20 year old set of Violet retracts --
which became B&D as I recall. Bulletproof. As long as you remember
to plug in the retract servo. :-( </div>
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<div>Bob R.</div>
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<b><i>Ed Miller <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:edbon85@charter.net"><edbon85@charter.net></a></i></b> wrote:</div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I have to second Dave Lockhart's
mention of Dick Hanson Models. The best flying planes I ever owned or
flew came from him. I currently own and fly 3 of his designs, a
modified EMC per Dave Lockhart, an Elan and a 26% Dalotel. I've had
numerous others and they were great flying planes. </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">I'm happy with my Litco Alpha 4.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">OS makes the best 2 strokes IMHO.</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">S&W fuels</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">B&D retracts ( my Elan and
Dalotel have retracts )</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Futaba </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Central Hobbies</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Radio South</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">ES Composites</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">With the exception of 2, they are
all US based companies. Hmmm, wonder why</font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Ed M.</font></div>
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Wednesday, February 02, 2005 1:26 PM</div>
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Re: Composite-ARF Impact question</div>
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<div>I always loved the offerings from Hanson (Dick and his son
Gy) and probably have more flights and success with Hanson stuff than
anything else. The EMC (now available, I think, from Rich Lee) was way
ahead of its time, and with a few simple mods will still fly with the
current day stuff.</div>
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<div>In almost 20 years of pattern flying, 2004 was the first
time my planes were not of US origin. I am currently flying a pair of
Vivats - full composite (FG / balsa / FG) with substantial amounts of
prefab. I closely inspected 2 before shelling out the dough for mine,
and have closely inspected several others since. The entire structure
is extremely rigid and the flying weight is 9.75 lbs. The flight
performance and craftsmanship are the best I've seen. It is obviously
a very well refined design and has proven to be very durable (500
flights and counting). It isn't cheap, but for the level of quality, I
wouldn't expect it to be cheap. Independant of cost, I think the value
of the plane is good.</div>
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<div>Regards,</div>
<div><br>
Dave Lockhart</div>
<div><a href="mailto:DaveL322@comcast.net">DaveL322@comcast.net</a></div>
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