Fusion Glider

[Brian Kloft]

Anyone out there have any feedback on this one? It is a design from Daryl Perkins. Looking for a good plane for the slope that will fly in lighter air conditions and it will be flown on a shallow slope.

It is currently available from NSP.

Any help and comments are welcome!!! :)

[atjurhs]

nuevo had one for several years and he would routinely spec it out. Send him a PM, I'm sure he'll tell you all about it.

[Bill Henley]

I have had one for several years. It is a great light lift sailplane easy to speck out and can fly on the lightest lift on the slope. It is an older design but still a fun and easy ship to fly. But It only has one speed range and that is fairly slow. . You can't camber up effectively and run to get out of sink. Save up your money and get a Shadow or any of the latest ships and you will be much happier. Just for the record, I crashed my Shadow (Shot :censored: down) and will be flying my Fusion at Visalia this year! Still gonna kick :eek: ! :D

[Daryl Perkins]

I might be a little biased, but any decent TD glider will work light slope lift well. I probably have more time on slopes with a Fusion than flat land time. I used to fly one at a very light lift slope near my house in Chino Hills, near the water tower. I think they've since built a house there... Of course, I spent most of the time behind the hill thermalling....

I used to slope all my TD models either there, or at Temple in Pomona. I enjoy sloping TD models. It's fun to thermal around behind the hill - it freaks your friends out.

D

[Daryl Perkins]

Just read Bill's response. I'm not real sure about his concerns about it being a 1 speed model. My Visalia winning Fusion weighed 59 ounces. With the sections of yesteryear, you had to be a little more decisive and drive the model around the sky if you needed to get somewhere. Of course, it's over a pound lighter than most of the models of today. Ballast it up to 80 ounces like a Shadow, and you'll haul a@@ around the sky just fine. I used to carry 1 and 2 lb slugs with me at all times for sloping. I get bored flying dry....

The section is a popular JW section used on one of the most popular of US molded TD models. it's about 8.5% thick, and 2.36% camber if I remember correctly.

Bagged models are also easier to fix once you tag those rocks...

Btw - I don't receive any royalties or benefit from a sale from NSP in any way.

But like I say, any good TD model will make a good light lift sloper

D

[allanp]

You might have a long wait trying to get a Fusion from NSP. Last I heard they hadn't delivered one in almost 2 years ! Same is true for all of their "bagged wing" planes.
Try Soaring USA,you can get an Onyx-L for $850 or as a previous poster mentioned a Shadow
Allan

[atjurhs]

One year ago NSP told me they'd have me a 2M Laser in 2 months, let's see 12 - 2 = ..... :rolleyes: I understand they no longer have a wing builder. Just ask if the item is in stock or not, that will tell you what to do.

[glidrgidr01]

Speaking of Fusions....

NEED REPLACEMENT RIGHT WING PANEL...

IF ANYONE HAS ONE FOR SALE OR KNOWS WHERE I MIGHT LOCATE ONE...

Please let me know...

[rdwoebke]

Yeah, I'm not so sure that the Fusion is really "available" from NSP...

To the guy asking for the Fusion pannel, I think somebody recently started bagging wings and selling just the wings for these '90s style 2 piece wing models. I want to say the guy is somewhere in the midwest.

Ryan

[atjurhs]

To the guy asking for the Fusion pannel, I think somebody recently started bagging wings and selling just the wings for these '90s style 2 piece wing models. I want to say the guy is somewhere in the midwest.

Ryan

Dan Borer does them in So Cal. His website is http://www.tdwings.com/wings.htm

[rdwoebke]

That is it. Dan is the dude I was thinking of. For some reason I thought he was in the midwest.


I still suggest that the thread starter post a pic of the damaged wing though. No reason not to get that one going again, if nothing else to serve as a backup.

Ryan