Revolution Pro

[Troy Newman]

Matt,

Before you guys fly it...contact Jeff Carrish...he has been flying one now for about 2 months...There are some mods that are needed. The motor Mount is one. Also we moved the incidence on the wing.  

Flies much better than stock setup...there were a couple things to check out also....

But have your buddy get a hold of Jeff.....

jcarrish at peco2.com

He has the skinny on it and has probably more time than anyone in the US on them.  

That fuse is a little different to look at but it does look very good in the air. Still trimming.....

Troy

----- Original Message -----
From: Rcmaster199 at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 2:51 PM
To: discussion at nsrca.org
Subject: Revolution Pro

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.

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