Topic: Manormodels and Sloperacer Join Forces!

Simon! You're such a tease 

Zim

Exciting stuff Zim, sounds great. I can see myself being very tempted by a D60 later in the year. By
writing this, i'm obviously tempted already...

Cheers

Steve

It's a funny thing - I've been thinking that seeing as I have a D40 and an 80, why would I want a 60? But from what Joe has told me so far, it sounds like this one will have something completely different to offer yet again. I doubt that I will be able to resist having one for myself either!

Cheers

Zim

It's a funny thing - I've been thinking that seeing as I have a D40 and an 80, why would I want a 60? But from what Joe has told me so far, it sounds like this one will have something completely different to offer yet again. I doubt that I will be able to resist having one for myself either!

Cheers

Zim

  Has a 60 flown then yet?

  Has a 60 flown then yet?

My thinking too, Adam.
Don't think one has flown yet.

But on track record.......it ought to be good.

Isn't the order book filled already?

Not the fully moulded one, but of course Joe has been flying this design in the bagged version for a few years now. What I meant by it offering something different is that it so far promises to be unlike any other 60" out there. Should build out to around 50oz unballasted apparently, and Joe reckons it's the strongest built model he's yet done. He's putting together the first off moulded 60 right now.

Re the order book - no the 40's are filled, but the 60's have two left on the first batch, but we expect to have another batch of 40's and 60's following soon after the first.

Oh and the other great news is that Joe is now including the entire hardware kit with the D80 within the price, so we'll do the same, of course 

Zim

I see from that other place that Joe's big mutha didn't make the grade.
Too heavy to get on step and flicked in on the top turn.
Back to the drawing board as he says...

Shame really, that would have been some sight to see in the groove.

Andy

Ouch. That's gotta hurt.  
I wonder if the motivation to build that big again will be so strong with the fantastic speeds coming through that the 80-100 inch planes are logging, especially with the D120/130 now being worked on for production.
Those build threads are a fantastic resource for any would be composite builder.