Has anyone tried this. I have a starboard 109 Evo fuselage (equivalent to older 115) that I have used with an 880 and 725 front wings. My favourite setup tho is the 560 front wing/ 180 rear wing on the 99 Evo fuse, but only usable with a decent amount of wind. im wondering what it would be like putting the small wings on the long fuse? Front wing position is a lot further forward. I'm wondering if it would help in light winds and/or point up wind better.
let me know your experience if you have tried a similar setup before. If not ill try it and report back. thanks
I've used the 650 and 725 on the 115+.
Usually now I wait for the wind to pick up and use 550, 650, or 725 on the 105+ fuse and leave the 900 on the 115+.
You get a little bit of light wind benefit with the longer fuse but you have to be careful on pushing hard upwind on the small wings as they start to get really squirrely when you try to point hard. I think you get high VMG for a little bit then slow down too much to ride comfortably at 45deg or whatever you can do with a larger wing. You can really go deep downwind with the long fuse on the smaller winds but it's not optimal for high speed reaching. I've only used them with the 255 rear.
Thanks - that's what I figured, the small wing will start to stall on the long fuse being really far forward.
I been using my SB slalom 650 front wing with the 115 plus fuselage and 255 stab without problems. I like that combo better than with the 105 fuselage because I can point upwind. I mainly mow the lawn but I don't like just back and forth in the same spot. I feel that the 105 fuselage requires to be very overpowered to be able to point upwind. Btw, the 115 is longer than the 105 but the front wing is further forward and that is what allows you to point upwind aka more powerful fuselage (I think)
I would like to know the difference in windstrenghts between the shorter and longer fuselages in getting on to fly?...would appreciate it.
@aeroengr - by shimming "+1" you mean adding decolage? (More stability, less speed, more front foot pressure)