GyroRon
01-19-2004, 05:16 AM
I was surfin the net last night and went over to the sparrowhawk site. Started looking at the pictures of the Sparrowhawk under construction. Man all I can say is WOW!
The Cabin looks much bigger and more squared out which should make it considerably more comfortable for bigger dudes like me. Also I liked the instrument pod which kinda makes me think of a rotorway Exec or any other small helicopter instead of the dash the Raf uses.
the only I saw I didn't like was the mast. First it would be nice to keep the Rafs folding mast, Although I wouldn't cross shop the death bubble - j/k ;D - over the Sparrowhawk just over a folding mast feature. But also showing my engineering ignorance, I didn't like the way they made the mast itself. It appears to be no more than a set of very long cheek plates with 2x2 blocks spaced horizontally every foot or so. just looks like everything up there is hanging off the cheek plates , which is two flat pieces, opposed to a typical mast which is a square tube with four flat surfaces.
Either way I wish I had bit the bullet and ordered one of the first kits while they were priced real cheap. Now they are still a good deal, but more than I could afford.
The Cabin looks much bigger and more squared out which should make it considerably more comfortable for bigger dudes like me. Also I liked the instrument pod which kinda makes me think of a rotorway Exec or any other small helicopter instead of the dash the Raf uses.
the only I saw I didn't like was the mast. First it would be nice to keep the Rafs folding mast, Although I wouldn't cross shop the death bubble - j/k ;D - over the Sparrowhawk just over a folding mast feature. But also showing my engineering ignorance, I didn't like the way they made the mast itself. It appears to be no more than a set of very long cheek plates with 2x2 blocks spaced horizontally every foot or so. just looks like everything up there is hanging off the cheek plates , which is two flat pieces, opposed to a typical mast which is a square tube with four flat surfaces.
Either way I wish I had bit the bullet and ordered one of the first kits while they were priced real cheap. Now they are still a good deal, but more than I could afford.