Quote: Sparky Sheep,
Just competed in a scale contest using the AeroTow (KA-8 ARF) as one of our scale maneuvers.
Dennis,
Welcome too!
Sparky
Are you talking about the Parkzone Ka-8?--or the Phoenix Models Ka-8?
I started out with the Parkzone several years ago and we towed it with a FunCub. Then I got tired of the flim flam landing gear on the FunCub and rigged a Dynam Agwagon with a tow release. Lots of fun. There is intermittent availability on the Phoenix 3.5 meter Ka-8 and a while back I grabbed one, but it's still in the box. Either way, as long as you have a buddy you trust flying either your sailplane or towplane it's a ton of fun. I meet up with a gang for slope soaring once or twice a year, and where we go here in western Colorado I've flown that Ka-8 in slope lift that makes the wings flap like a bird (I keep waiting to snap a wing).
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