[NSRCA-discussion] Anyone use a Brio 10 (little electric) to practice pattern?

[Keith Hoard]

Try an EV Foamy from Scott Anderson. . . His web site is: www.rcfoamy.com
The EV is a 1 meter foamy that flies very much like a pattern plane.  The
kit is CNC cut and is VERY complete. . .

On 10/18/06, Amar Shan <shan at telus.net> wrote:
>
>  I bought one of these to enable flying closer to home, and I expected
> that it would fly somewhat
> akin to a 2m pattern plane.  It does not!
>
> - the wing loading seems very high.  The glide characteristics are more
> akin to a winged brick
>   than a pattern plane ... it really seems to need to land with power (or
> at least very nose down
>   until the flare)
>
> - Flying it with a Speed 480 - this seems quite inadequate to the task.
> Uplines are only
>   100-150 feet before it runs out of steam, and you simply cannot pull
> into a vertical slowly
>   and expect the motor to "tractor" you upwards.  It also seems slow, but
> I'm new to these
>   little electrics, so perhaps that's normal?
>
> - no braking on the downline at all.  Pushing the nose downwards causes it
> to accelerate
>   at approximately 9.8 m/s/s  (32 feet per sec squared for our American
> friends) ... :-)
>
> Any suggestions?  Has anyone found a way to lighten it?  I'm using a 2150
> mAH pack, micro
> servos, miniature rx ... can't think of any obvious way to decrease
> weight.   I don't have a spinner
> on the plane, will that reduce performance?  Would an AXI 2808 give better
> performance?
>
> And lastly, if I'm expecting too much of this airplane, does anyone have
> any good recommendations
> for a mini (ie, school yard flyer) size pattern plane?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Amar
>
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Keith Hoard
Collierville, TN
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