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Title:Welcome To The Radio Control Conference
Notice:dir's in 11, who's who in 4, sales in 6, auctions 19
Moderator:VMSSG::FRIEDRICHS
Created:Tue Jan 13 1987
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1706
Total number of notes:27193

1132.0. "query: astro hog and dragonlady" by KYOA::GAROZZO () Fri Oct 20 1989 13:12

    	As you can see from many of my notesfile entries I am always
    looking for information on kits. I love to build and fly. My note
    (1125) asking for info on the ultra-sport received no replies. I guess
    its just to new or maybe backloged at tower. However If I can't get
    that soon I am also looking at the Sig Astro hog for a winter project.
    I am a proficient pilot and hear that is a good stable acrobatic plane. 
    No one in my area has one so if you do please give your impressions.
    I am also interested in a large ARF called the Dragon Lady. I believe
    its from Modeltec. Any info would be appreciated.
    
    Regards,
    Bob G.
    
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1132.1CURIE::ANKERAnker Berg-SonneFri Oct 20 1989 13:189
        Re:                      <<< Note 1132.0 by KYOA::GAROZZO >>>

        Bob,
        
                One of  the  CRRC  members has a Dragonlady and loves it.
        You need a  good  deal  of  power  to really have it move around.
        Either a small Quadra or a big Supertigre.
        
        Anker
1132.2astro hogRUNWAY::MORINFri Oct 20 1989 16:3721
    hi bob
         a guy named john came out to our club field with his astro
    hog,he asked me to fly it on its maiden flight,i loved it.
    another friend was watching from the pits,he walked out to
    the flight line and asked john if he could fly it too.well
    john didn,t much stick time on that hog because buddy number
    two bought it and the conqust radio for $500.00.must be nice
    to have money.
      anyway i think the hog is a 1960,s desigh,sig started rekitting
    it when the four strokes started to get popular,it has alot of
    dihedril so the wing tips are way off the ground,works out
    nicley when you expriance a brain stall on aproch,it lands
    slowwww.to be honest with you i like my kouger more.the 
    kouger is of course 40 sized and more resonsive,as im sure
    the ultra sport must be!!. sorry about the spelling,i was born
    with good looks instead..............
    
                                      have fun
    
                                        pm
    
1132.3Friend has a Hog !MAMTS7::BDONAGHYFri Oct 20 1989 18:0313
    
    	I have a friend who flies an Sig Astro Hog . He covered it blue
    
    with yellow wings , kind of looks like a Pt40 Trainer WWII . He
    flies it on some English made .60 size , flies great , very
    aerobatic and can fly very slow. He let me take the stick for a
    few seconds , just long enough to lose control . He has been flying
    it for about 10 years never crashed. He clipped the wings . He has
    flown it on a .45 Super Tiger and said it flew good. I fly a Great
    Planes PT20 but like to get a Hog someday.
    
    Good flying
    Bob in Phila.
1132.4Draggonlady is a Very Nice PlaneLEDS::WATTFri Oct 20 1989 18:197
    The Draggon Lady is a Modeltech Semi ARF of balsa construction with
    foam wing.  You have to cover it.  IT flies very well with a 120
    four-stroker on it.  I would not go anything less.  It is similar in
    characteristics to my Sportster 90/120 but much less work to build.
    
    Charlie
    
1132.5dragon lady effortKYOA::GAROZZOFri Oct 20 1989 19:247
    Charlie,
        Would you say that its about 10 hours of work for an experienced
    builder? Do you have to modify it for a four stroker meaning is there
    enough cowl space for a 120?	
    
    Thanks,
    bob g.
1132.6D L - nice kit.41055::CULLENthink twice, ... cut once !Mon Oct 23 1989 07:5215
1132.7It'd take me more than 20LEDS::WATTMon Oct 23 1989 11:0510
    I would say that you would have to be very quick to complete the
    Dragon Lady in under 20 hours or so.  It needs wing halves joined,
    glassing of center section, and covering before you can install the
    radio and stuff.  Consider it about the same as any balsa model that is
    built but not covered yet.  You'll have no problem intalling a 4-stroke
    120 in it.  The one I saw had a cowl from another plane installed
    because the one that came with it had broken.
    
    Charlie
    
1132.8Missing the HogCSC32::CSENCSITSWed Jan 03 1990 02:5814
    Can't say that I know anything about the Dragon Lady but the Astro Hog.
    Now here is an airplane that when I was building it I thought it was
    just another plane.  Wrong, this thing flew great.  Mine was powered
    by a K&B .61, white base color with red triangular stipes on top and
    deep blue and yellow tri stripes on the bottom.  The thing could be
    seen to say the least.  When I build my next one it'll get more power,
    the K&B just doesn't have the needed power for high altitudes.  Yes I'm
    describing it in the past tense.  I lost mine in what I call a death
    spin.  Simply a full power, tight spin towards the ground.  I over
    compensated the controls and ran out of air.  
         I MISS MY HOG-----SOB SOB SOB....
    
    John C.