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Dwayne

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The greatest stunter ever
« on: September 23, 2006, 11:23:22 AM »
What's the name of the greatest stunter ever?!! Nobler? I Beamer?
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Re: The greatest stunter ever
« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2006, 11:59:29 AM »
WOW!!! Thats probably one of the toughest questions I've ever seen posted here. Most of it has to do with piloting/ building skills. It probably hasnt been built yet....
There's going to be multiple opinions; I'll start as the Nobler's reputation is well time proven. Definitely one of the greatest!!
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Re: The greatest stunter ever
« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2006, 12:25:02 PM »
 Without a doubt, in my mind at least, it would have to be the Nobler,
with the Veco Chief in second place.

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Re: The greatest stunter ever
« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2006, 12:30:24 PM »
Actualy I have a pic of the Cobra on my desk top,. I love beamers!!


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Re: The greatest stunter ever
« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2006, 01:08:35 PM »
Well,

If you go by the number of Nationals won then it is a tie between the Trivial Pursuit and the Impact.  If you factor in World Championships then I would say it's the USA-1.  However, if you just want to factor in major contest wins then it has to be the Nobler, with the Thunderbird being second.

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Re: The greatest stunter ever
« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2006, 01:44:17 PM »
I was hoping some more Beamer fans would chime in, The USA 1 is a Beamer as is the Genesis!..Then Bob went foam or do I have it backwards

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Re: The greatest stunter ever
« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2006, 02:06:46 PM »
Bob Hunt was a major proponent of foam. He was making wings for people at that time. Of course,  he has come up with the Lost Foams jigs.

To my knowledge none of Bob's Genesis airplanes were I-Beamers.
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Re: The greatest stunter ever
« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2006, 02:21:35 PM »
Thought I had it Wardbacks   f~ y1 n~

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Re: The greatest stunter ever
« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2006, 05:18:59 PM »
Impossible to answer!

For decades it was the Nobler.  Mainly because almost every plane to win any major contest was either a Nobler or a Modified Nobler.  Many, many guys built Noblers with different shapes and named them Olympic, Gypsy, Venus, Sabre, and such.  One great pilot down in the Lone Star state drew around a Nobler rib, changed the tips and all a touch and won the WC with it and his pipe (which wasn't the CF tuned variety).

I doubt that any single design will ever be able to overcome that record, but a "Nobler" is not competitive today at the top levels of stunt.

So far the very best flying (all around) stunt plane I have flown was my USA-1.  Billy Werwage did close to 30 years of damage with his and his derivatives of it (Junar, Geo XL).

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Re: The greatest stunter ever
« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2006, 05:57:51 PM »
Depends on how much history you want to cover. I'm sure the Nobler and all it's variations would be at the time. If your looking at the most capable package, I'd say the Impact with the Trivial Pursuit being a close second.
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Re: The greatest stunter ever
« Reply #10 on: September 23, 2006, 07:56:35 PM »
If you were to factor in the original and ALL of it's derivatives, it would be hands down the Nobler. Not aware of anything else close.  A Nobler just won classic at the 2006 Nat's!
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