ciao steve
i did not realized how Arnaldo here thought about a commercial involvement. looking at your website I instead noticed the free plans . However, thanks to the link found and supplied by arnaldo I now know how to get a proper kit for your plane, which I am going to get. My "home" slope is not on Alps, is near Canossa castle on Appenins, it is low altitude and completely depends on wind, which most of the time is weak. A friend of mine built a very light Fox (although glass fuselage with foam wings covered in balsa) and he was capable of aerobatics at low speed with very little dive, maybe 15meters dive were enough for a loop and 4 points roll. I got that plane. Due to low speed it needs very large excursions. It was (it is) a surprising airplane but nothing comparable with your flight results. Maneuvrability and energy handling of your light fish are absoluyely fantastic; in little sky space and with little wind there is lot of fun, a whole new world to explore. Going from link to link I am now watching a video about VTPR from france.
Tomorrow I will go to Passo delle Radici, I never been there before, with Beppe Ghisleri. I think Giulio Cornia will be there, another glider designer and extraordinary fast builder. He likes to build in wood (but not only) he cuts parts with his own designed and built cnc. He is author of lot of fine reproductions of old timer and also of a very interesting design for a modern aerobatic sailplane named the Byhon or something like that. It is big and light and also capable of some outrageous low speed manouvres.
I hopefully will get one too, this winter I want to do something new, and have an alternative to high wing loads.
I'll google Passo delle Radici, neither me neither Beppe knows exactly where it is
. Anyway, tomorrow at ten he will pick me up, we will find it.
Funny enough, I moved most of my fleet in the hotel of a friend of mine on Alps, where I am going to have my holidays in August, so I am not sure what the hell I am gonna take with me tomorrow. Need to spend few hours tonight programming and setting up old gizmos. Beppe said he will take with him something for me, very kind of him.
Bene, tomorrow dancing in the wind !
Ciao Steve, and keep in touch.
Stefano "manubrio" Cantadori
and thanks for the nice videos.