Revolution Pro

[Rcmaster199 at aol.com]

This the Fiber Classics, painted in the mold, Pattern Model. My friend just 
got one for Christmas and he brought it over for inspection.

It is a full 2mX2m plane with a very deep fuselage, yet moderate (about 6") 
width. It is, of course, state of the art composite construction. The wing is 
basically  a main spar with top and bottom skins. There is only one rib where 
the aileron servo installs, and one root rib. Each wing panel weighed in at 
13.8ozs, very light and strong.

The fuse is constructed similarly, with minimal internal structure, yet it is 
also very light and strong. Including stab, rudder, carbon fiber fixed gear, 
carbon fiber spinner and engine mount, it weighed 3 lbs, 10 ozs. All these 
components are included in the "kit".

The engine mount, which I found refreshingly different, was quite a clever, 
very simple and light set-up: Basically it is two 1/2" fiberglass rods, 
extending from the firewall to the nose ring with an area machined  to accept 
the YS or OS motors. It looks like both ends of the rods are soft mounted, 
with the nose ring ends onto rubber grommets and the firewall ends onto a 
phenolic like material. No nose ring is needed with this set-up.

Model should not weigh more than 10 1/2 lbs, finished. That is light for a 
model this large ( it is larger than my Alliance by a bunch).

Really neat plane with some very thought provoking ideas incorporated. 
Considering what the ZNLIne and PL Products kits cost, or the Zen 140 and 
Angel Shadow for that matter, this model is a bargain at 1850$. Gary said he 
got his in a week.

Matt Kebabjian

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