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Re: Side Effect

by kittyfritters » Sat Apr 12, 2025 5:10 am

The Ascender is in kit on my website. The Side Effect is another matter. Although I have gotten prototypes to fly decently it's performance is not at the level of the Skinny Bomber and Ascender. I will not be putting it into kit.
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KF

Re: Side Effect

by kittyfritters » Fri Feb 21, 2025 4:04 am

Here is a video of the Ascender flying indoors at the last OFFC meeting. I had !/8" rubber on it to fly outdoors but no one would go outside to video it for me. (They were busy trimming models for next week's contest.) I had to keep the winds down to keep it out of the lights.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R9hMHe3V0nY

I made a bonehead mistake redrawing the Side Effect for production that's what is delaying it.

KF

Re: Side Effect

by kittyfritters » Sat Feb 15, 2025 6:55 am

The Ascender and Side Effect production prototypes. The Ascender is ready for prime time. The Side Effect needs at least one more prototype.
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Re: Side Effect

by kittyfritters » Sat Feb 08, 2025 9:17 pm

The other three ROG models that were originally designed for the Secret Sky Squadron postal contest, the Ascender, Side Effect and Climber will be in kit in Februkfary 2005.

KF

Re: Side Effect

by kittyfritters » Wed Jun 08, 2022 1:18 am

Staubkorb,

If you fly it outdoors be sure to have your name and phone number on it. Does that answer your question?

KF

Re: Side Effect

by staubkorb » Mon May 30, 2022 5:05 pm

That "Skinny Bomber" really flies nicely and has a very nice slow glide! Wonder how it would do outdoors...

Re: Side Effect

by kittyfritters » Fri May 20, 2022 1:20 am

The name that the twin-tailed one got is Skinny Bomber. The kit is available at my web site https://hjlmodels.com.

Here is a video, https://youtube.com/shorts/giBa3NWKSoQ?feature=share.

KF

Re: Side Effect

by kittyfritters » Thu Dec 30, 2021 12:17 am

I flew the second and third designs at the O.F.F.C. ROG Unlimited contest this morning. I didn't have my revised Side Effect there since I had not finished covering the wing. While they were not competitive against indoor models half their weight (I finished 6th.) I was able to make them to turn inside the room and get consistent 50 second plus flights.

Flown the way they are intended, as outdoor models for newbies, people who have difficulty building with 1/16" sticks and just plain fun flying, they fly very well. I will have all three of them, plus Dave Gee's Climber on my web site in a couple of weeks...as soon as I can decide what to name the ones I flew today. (Note: Dave Gee will be posting a video of the twin tailed one where I didn't quite get it to turn in the room. He called it "The Flight That Will Live In Infamy.")

KF

Re: Side Effect

by staubkorb » Sun Dec 19, 2021 4:15 pm

I feel that all three should be offered. Diversity is always nice, allowing the targeted market to make a choice. My personal fav is the Climber. It shares a Cloud Trampish layout (my favorite sport/general flyer), and looks to potentially be a much better performer.

Re: Side Effect

by kittyfritters » Sun Dec 19, 2021 6:10 am

Here is the third design to come from the discussion between myself and Dave Gee. The working name of this one is Ascender but Dave thinks I should name it after something sharp. I've drawn a printed skins similar to the one that I did for the Side Effect. It flies as expected the only trim required was a slight increase in wing incidence.
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Dave's design is called the Climber and is very much 1930's nostalgia.
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All of these models have an 18" (45.72 cm) wing span. Now the problem is which one to release, or all of them?

KF

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