Quintus 7.66m by H-Models

[lenb]

About two years ago Radim Horky, the owner of H-Models in the Czech Republic announced he was in the process of designing and developing the high performance thermal sailplane Quintus. Its a 1/3 scale model boasting an impressive 7.66m wingspan made from Carbon and glass as well as a Kevlar fuselage.
At the time of the announcement we place a pre-order and stood in line. Fast forward a year later when the plane became available to purchase it was discovered that Radim chose to produce the plane without spoilers, mainly for the GPS racing crowd. When I was informed of this, I canceled my order since I'm fairly dependent on spoilers for my style of flying and flying in Cumberland and landing a high performance plane without spoilers is not what I want to do. Besides, Scot said I can't land in his private zone anyway.

Then the call came.
I knew I shouldn't have answered the phone!!! Etienne from Icare-rc contacts me and informs me the Quintus with spoilers has arrived and its got my name all over it. lol
A quick conversation with Scot ( Aka The International Transporter) and I had the Quintus in my grubby little ( big) hands.

First impressions of this sailplane is absolute perfection. The wings are perfectly molded, clean, with large servo hatches for easy installation of the wing servos. The fuse is Kevlar, its light and strong. The retract is upgraded and fitted with a drum brake, there is even the word "Quintus" Laser etched into the aluminum landing gear block inside the cockpit. The large spoilers are finished with red blades, the fuse seam is repainted and it had the awesome orange anti-collision paint scheme. The tailwheel is molded into the rudder and swings through a cutout in the fuse.
As will all H-Models plane ( ARCUS, DUO Discus and ASH31) the plane comes with a fully detailed, very professional cockpit. This one is no exception, the cockpit is exceptional and the canopy is spotless. Very high quality stuff.

Any con's?

The only ONE thing I would like to see different is removable winglets. Since these winglets are huge to begin with, it would be nice if they came off for transportation. I'm going to need to be very careful with these.


Here are some pictures of the build. The plane is now complete and ready to fly.

All in all, it was one of the fastest builds I've done. Everything fit perfectly and no time was spent fixing stuff. It took 8 servos in the wings, and 5 in the fuse.

2 ail
2 tip ail
2 flap
2 spoiler
1 elev
1 rudder
1 brake
1 tow release
1 retract

I ended up adding exactly 3 lbs of nose weight to get the CG perfect at 88mm back.
I'll be using Snap Flap in this setup since its recommended and Steve P has been using it lately too.

[lenb]

Some more Quintus photos

[lenb]

Adding blue vinyl to the bottoms of the wings takes a bit of time.

[stevekremer]

Looks sweet Len, Cant wait to see it at Cumberland!

Steve K

[BobM]

Beautiful Len, should fly really well. Really nice work with your build.....as always.

Looking forward to seeing it fly in Cumberland next week !

[Slappy]

Wow! Very cool plane, Len.

[Steve P]

What happened to the secret reveal at Cumbeylandwood? Too good to hide any longer!?

Very cool.

[lenb]

I forgot it was a secret

[Swiss1]

Very nice Len, can't wait to fly it in Cumberland
I would like to make it official and put my name on the list for when your order your second fresh model as you seem to do

Jeremy and Ben
SCC AAA TT TN

[lenb]

Sorry bud,
It's already spoken for but I will keep it in mind for the next one.

Len

[DennisB]

Len, can you measure the length of the fuselage and as a comparison measure the Antares and tell how long both are? Inquiring minds need to know. I'm guessing the Quintus is about 6 inches shorter than the 1/3 H-Model Arcus.

[Stew2]

The H-model website lists the length of the Arcus as 2900 mm and the Quintus as 2700 mm, the difference being just shy of 8 inches and I would say that is accurate from what I could tell when it was loaded in the trailer for the ride down from Canada.

[ARUP]

That is one pretty glass bird!

[lenb]

Hi Dennis,

I don't have an Antares, so I can't help there, I will get the inch measurement on the Quintus tomorrow.

Len

[Stew2]

Baudis lists the Antares at 2460mm in length. So that's 240mm shorter than the Quintus and I'd say that is accurate, as the Quintus was a touch longer than the Antares when loaded in the trailer, but effectively they all fit in the same hole. The big difference in the Quintus is the length of the tip panels. The main panels are pretty typical in length, but the tip panels are longer and the winglets are noticeably taller, they are like 8 inch knife blades and with them being integral, transportation of them will require care.