Pilot Comments on VISTA HP (small selection to share with you)
----- Original Message -----
From: Ott Maaten
To: Apco Office
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 3:00 PM
Subject: Re: New Order Thrust HP Estonia
Dear Anatoly, Adam and APCO team, We have flown with my collegues yesterday with Vista HP and will continue today. Yesterday we didnt fly accelerated , today I'll do. You did ask me not to write long letters but I do have write something. Yesterday we have flown/interchanged with 3 wings : Dudek Reaction, APCO Thrust HP, Vista HP Measures done with Digifly Leonardo (especially looking ground speed and sink rate at the same conditions) First impressions:
Launch - very good, easy.....Enormously more simple than Reaction launch.
Run and Takeoff - very good, raises the pilot at very slow speed,
Trim speed ie. slow speed - slower than Reaction/Action and Thrust HP, but i liked it a lot - explanation below at the end
Trims open - equal to Reaction / Thrust HP , very good speed difference trimmed/untrimmed
Steering - requires power but more precise than Thrust HP, wing acts as a "entire block" without "accordeon moving". Quite similar to Reaction.
Glide ratio - better than Reaction, noticeably better than Thrust HP.
Combine this glide with low speed possibility - you get a very good combined wing for motor and free flight. Much, much better than Thrust for exemple
best regards,
Ott Maaten
----- Original Message -----
From: <info@prop.se>
To: "Apco Office"
Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2008 1:14 AM
Subject: Testflight of proto Vista HP
Hello.
After one week with heavy rain and windy conditions it finally was a nice
evening today and I made a few flights with the proto.
The launch felt good and take off as well to my opinion it felt very much
alive, very nice for the pilots who are much into flying experience.....
My personal opinion is that it feels great,.....
I flew with a rocket engine (quite moderate power static thrust 45kg).
Best Regards,
Fredrik
----- Original Message -----
From: Ott Maaten
To: Apco Office
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2008 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: New Order Thrust HP Estonia
Hello Anatoly and APCO,
Total 3 my fellow pilots (not beginners) who usually fly with Dudek (Re)Action, have flown Vista HP and all have finished flights with thumbs up.
All liked:
-very easy launching
-precise turning
-general stiffness, homogeneity of the wing (not accordeon movings like Thrust)
-good speed trims open
I made couple of flights
- accelerated
- in weak/medium thermals
I liked in addition of above mentioned:
- good flat turning (not surging forward like usual motor wings)
- good difference of speed trims closed/opened
- when accelerated not requiring so much power as Thrust HP, Action
best regards,
Ott Maaten
