Super Sportster 120

asj5547 said:
The Beta model has 1.8 degrees dihedral and it fly's absolutely incredible, love it.
On low rates the model is a great sport flying plane, but flip to high rates and the model really comes alive.
The Cinema cam is positioned just right for me, great viewing angle.
Excellent work Technoid.
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ASJ. Thanks for checking it out for me. I have a 16x10 monitor (1920x1200) so there's a bit more of the wing showing I'll take a shot and post it so you can see what I mean. But other than that the view looks the same. I think the Cinema Cam is a nice view when you're flying around looking at the island.
 
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Here's a picture of what Cinema Cam looks like on my monitor at 1920x1200 a bit more of the wing shows.

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Thanks for the suggestions on my shiny shiny silver chrome CS. It's more reflective now. I made the white stripes black on the bottom for better orientation.
 

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BrokeDad said:
Just curious .. I noticed a grayish distortion around the nose and through the stars on the wings in that photo. What's causing that ?
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That's where you're looking through the canopy, that's why the star on the wing is misaligned too.
 
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A bit more on the dihedral. At first I made it flat because I like it flat but because the real plane has dihedral I added 1.8 degrees which is a bit less than the built-in Sportster which has 1.9 degrees. So I was trying to follow the kit plane and of course the Giant Super Sportster ARF I patterned this plane after has dihedral too. But since I like it flat I wanted to see what everyone else thought which in the past has usually meant dihedral. So this morning wanting to follow the plan but make it look better (to me) I went back and lowered the dihedral from 1.8 to 1.5 which looks better to me because that small change made it look a bit flatter.

Here's a comparison shot, 1.5 degrees on top 1.8 degrees on bottom.

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just my thought on the dihedral , ( low wings to my eye look good with a little dihedral mid wings look good flat )so any place in between on either is good and of course the builder has the final say :) in this case it looks good either way 1.5-1.9 . not much help am i .
 
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Here's my silver/chrome CS for anyone who wants it early. Thanks to technoid for helping out with some issues.
A few changes were made since the posted pic.
 

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1.5 dihedral looks okay, but it is so close to flat not many people would notice the difference, so my vote is for dihedral and no dihedral.!!! (glad I could Help).:)
Ultimately Technoid this is your model and whatever you decide will be perfect. (your models never disappoint).
 
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