12-08-2011, 07:59 PM
Yes I did Jason.
Flight weight is 3.2 kg with a Turnigy 4000 5S 30-40C pack.
I only weighed it this afternoon after your post and was quite surprised that it weighed that much, I was expecting more of a 2.8 to 2.9, but it flys like a much lighter aircraft until to slow it down and give it some aileron then it has a very definate tip stall that I was not expecting from an aircraft that is aerobatic/3D.
I think it would bite you hard if you didn't have your wits about you at slower speeds.
I tried slowing it down and it was a real hand full even when the throttle was applied until it built up some airspeed... not a lot of airspeed necessary but it certainly isn't a sebart....really notice the difference the smaller wings make.
I was surprised at how it floated in as long as the wings were level. I set up for a practice landing approach and it just hung around and didn't want to come down so I had to go around again and throttle off a lot earlier.. then it just floated in with a lovely gentle but long roll landing.
The motor I am running is a Dualsky MG5050 it accepts 4 to 6 cell batteries and is designed to accept 40 amps at 1250 watts.
It is 575 kv and weighs in at 285 grams, I was a little concerned that the kv was a little lower than I would have liked but I think the move to the bigger prop with fully sick pitch makes all the difference.
I am running a 14 x 10 APC prop that is drawing 42 amps static at full throttle.
With that said, it took off and climbed out at 60 degrees with barely half throttle.
I flew for a little over 5 minutes and the battery still had 3.9+ volts per cell left.
It was a conservative flight though so with experience I'm sure I'll give the battery a bit of a flogging but certainly nothing to worry about.
Gazz
Flight weight is 3.2 kg with a Turnigy 4000 5S 30-40C pack.
I only weighed it this afternoon after your post and was quite surprised that it weighed that much, I was expecting more of a 2.8 to 2.9, but it flys like a much lighter aircraft until to slow it down and give it some aileron then it has a very definate tip stall that I was not expecting from an aircraft that is aerobatic/3D.
I think it would bite you hard if you didn't have your wits about you at slower speeds.
I tried slowing it down and it was a real hand full even when the throttle was applied until it built up some airspeed... not a lot of airspeed necessary but it certainly isn't a sebart....really notice the difference the smaller wings make.
I was surprised at how it floated in as long as the wings were level. I set up for a practice landing approach and it just hung around and didn't want to come down so I had to go around again and throttle off a lot earlier.. then it just floated in with a lovely gentle but long roll landing.
The motor I am running is a Dualsky MG5050 it accepts 4 to 6 cell batteries and is designed to accept 40 amps at 1250 watts.
It is 575 kv and weighs in at 285 grams, I was a little concerned that the kv was a little lower than I would have liked but I think the move to the bigger prop with fully sick pitch makes all the difference.
I am running a 14 x 10 APC prop that is drawing 42 amps static at full throttle.
With that said, it took off and climbed out at 60 degrees with barely half throttle.
I flew for a little over 5 minutes and the battery still had 3.9+ volts per cell left.
It was a conservative flight though so with experience I'm sure I'll give the battery a bit of a flogging but certainly nothing to worry about.
Gazz
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