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<p class="MsoNormal">Hal and Art,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">If you guys are still looking for a larger molded model and you're not wanting to spend over $2K to be like Jon, Carl, Greg etc…. then really the best bang for the buck is this one…IMHO.<br>
Peter Thannhauser flew this one at our two day contest.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Shadow II<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.soaringusa.com/Shadow-II-F5J-Xtail.html?category_id=36">https://www.soaringusa.com/Shadow-II-F5J-Xtail.html?category_id=36</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Still once you get all the electronics in it it's not cheap but it's a very nice flyer and has a reasonable weight for low lift days and also respectable in our Montana winds.
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<p class="MsoNormal">The next step up, not sure you'd see a huge difference in performance though, would be the Vixen2. This is available in three different layups/weights.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.soaringusa.com/Vixen-2-F5J.html?category_id=36">https://www.soaringusa.com/Vixen-2-F5J.html?category_id=36</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Ask on HFT what folks think too as these are just my opinions.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hope youre stockings are full of neat stuff this year.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Curtis<o:p></o:p></p>
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