... unbelieveable perhaps, but true ... there are some underappreciated Fliskits designs.
Drake was one I passed over because the web drawing didn't do it for me. Well, we saw one at a recent launch, and me and the kids looked at each other and said "WOW" at the same time, so ran over to the vendors to buy one.
Finally put it together a couple weeks ago. clear instructions, very easy, fun to build. Flew it Saturday on a D12-5. Perfect straight up flight, despite the 7 knot breeze. nice gentle whistle going up. at apogee it slowed down, leveled out, pointed in to the wind, and just floated for a second before ejecting. neat!!
I am not sure how to improve the drawings on the card, the angles are such that it just looks weird in 2-D... photos don't do it right either.
I wonder what other treasures are out there waiting for me to learn to appreciate them?
(we bought a Stingray at the same time. Same story - the pictures just didn't do it for me but seeing the real thing really turned the lights on... haven't built it yet.)
Drake was one I passed over because the web drawing didn't do it for me. Well, we saw one at a recent launch, and me and the kids looked at each other and said "WOW" at the same time, so ran over to the vendors to buy one.
Finally put it together a couple weeks ago. clear instructions, very easy, fun to build. Flew it Saturday on a D12-5. Perfect straight up flight, despite the 7 knot breeze. nice gentle whistle going up. at apogee it slowed down, leveled out, pointed in to the wind, and just floated for a second before ejecting. neat!!
I am not sure how to improve the drawings on the card, the angles are such that it just looks weird in 2-D... photos don't do it right either.
I wonder what other treasures are out there waiting for me to learn to appreciate them?
(we bought a Stingray at the same time. Same story - the pictures just didn't do it for me but seeing the real thing really turned the lights on... haven't built it yet.)