07-07-2016, 10:06 PM
The Kraken, from what I'm reading on rcgroups and on the various Facebook groups, is a really good frame and it's designed in Oz.
A lot of people are transiting across to "X" frames at the moment however the guys at the very top are still flying Aliens, Vortexes and Lumeniers (eg. FinalGlideAus, Mr. Steele, Ummagawd, Charpu). The Alien is a hybrid frame as its arms are "X" shaped but not perfectly symmetrical, and it has a standard fuselage. A good compromise in my ill-informed opinion.
There's racing on this Sunday at Western Sydney Uni which I might check out, it'll be interesting to see how many x frames there are.
The benefit of the X/Pod frame is that the centre of gravity is slap bang in the middle so they should handle better.
Pilot skill will always win out anyway. Watching Chad Nowak (FinalGlideAus) on his YouTube channel racing around leads me to believe that people at his level could fly a cardboard box and still outfly an X frame.
A lot of people are transiting across to "X" frames at the moment however the guys at the very top are still flying Aliens, Vortexes and Lumeniers (eg. FinalGlideAus, Mr. Steele, Ummagawd, Charpu). The Alien is a hybrid frame as its arms are "X" shaped but not perfectly symmetrical, and it has a standard fuselage. A good compromise in my ill-informed opinion.
There's racing on this Sunday at Western Sydney Uni which I might check out, it'll be interesting to see how many x frames there are.
The benefit of the X/Pod frame is that the centre of gravity is slap bang in the middle so they should handle better.
Pilot skill will always win out anyway. Watching Chad Nowak (FinalGlideAus) on his YouTube channel racing around leads me to believe that people at his level could fly a cardboard box and still outfly an X frame.
FrSky Q X7 Mode 2, Turnigy 9XR Pro and Evolution. Multirotors, planes plus a couple of heli's. Too many to list.
Aaaaand if the wife is reading this: "The club made me buy these planes, I had no part in it, honestly!"