ORIGINAL Olympic 99 glider

[Crashin Mike]

Hello,
I found an Olympic 99 glider for sale on Ebay. I had an Olympic II years ago, but what is the difference between the two? Has anyone every bought kits from the auction site? I am a little leary about it.

Thanks,
Crashin Mike

[TThroop]

The Olympic 99 as I remember was the predecessor to the Oly II. The main difference is that the Olympic 99 had an undercambered airfoil and the Oly II was flat bottom. The Oly II was a much easier to plane to fly.

Terry Throop

[Ollie]

The highly cambered airfoil of the Olympic 99 has little or no wind penetrating ability. The Olympic II is much better.

[Crashin Mike]

Hello,
OK thanks, how would it be on calm summer evenings? I was looking for something I could possibly convert to electric and teach my grandson how to fly. With the undercambered wing, it should fly nice and slow.

Crashin Mike

[ken troxell]

crashing mike. i learned to thermal on this plane after my hobie hawk nightmare. taught two of my sons to fly on only two calm evenings. it will not penetrate.a oly 2 kit would be a better choice. try www.skybench.com ....ken

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[Tim Wolff]

Go with the oly II.

I learned Sailplanes on an Oly 99 (and 88). The Oly II is a much better flyer with a MUCH stronger wing.

[Ric Duley]

I agree with all of the above comments. The Oly II kit from Skybench would be an excellent choice, or find a NIB OLY II kit that someone is selling.

Consider placing an ad in the For Sale/Wanted forum here on RC Groups, such as "WTB Olympic II Sailplane Kit". Someone may have one they'll part with for a decent price.

BTW, in answer to your question about buying from eBay, I've bought a number of kits and have had fairly good luck with all of them. Unfortunately the days of finding a good deal are few and far between. You also don't always know what you're getting.

[TThroop]

Another is if you are starting from scratch, is to consider a Paragon. There have been a few articles recently about electrifying a Paragon. The plane fits all of you criteria -- easy to fly, a good trainer and recent articles to help in the conversion process. The last process is an inferred criteria. Good luck and keep us informed on what you decide to do.


Terry Throop

[kjkish]

Try:
http://www.skybench.com/