Not so scale, but very neat stuff. I've been so happy flying my RCRCM Strega during the last two trips to Cumberland/Highpoint that I decided a stable mate was in order. So, I've added a PIII to the mix.
My gorgeous Strega after a long fun flight at Highpoint...
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I was able to custom order the PIII with a clashing color scheme, orange and black on top, black and yellow on the bottom. No worries about telling which side is up! (From order to delivery was 4 weeks and w/ EMS I was able to track it from the shop, across China to the airport in Beijing, and here to my door.)
3 meter span is a good size and at first glance this plane appears quite similar to the Strega, but has a different wing shape, a small bit more area, bigger flaps that extend all the way to the fuselage side, less of an angle in the center joiner and slight up turn in the outer section for very minor dihedral. The Strega is essentially an elliptical straight wing with some center dihedral only. The fuselage and tails are near identical between the two.
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I just started this afternoon and this will be a quicker build than the Strega simply because I have one under my belt. The servo drives are the fussy part, all else is pretty standard stuff. For this air frame, I went with the new KST X10 wing servos sourced from AMain Hobbies as both KST and MKS fit the supplied frames -- X10 = 104.16 oz-in @6v | 131.93 oz-in @7.4v | 149.98 oz-in @8.4v
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And... a bit more motor in this one via a 35mm 920 KV Leopard outrunner sourced from Altitude Hobbies. Power will be 4S 1800 mAh turning a carbon 13x7 just like the 780 KV Strega. It's really just to get the plane out over the slope.
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Its purdy...
My gorgeous Strega after a long fun flight at Highpoint...
I was able to custom order the PIII with a clashing color scheme, orange and black on top, black and yellow on the bottom. No worries about telling which side is up! (From order to delivery was 4 weeks and w/ EMS I was able to track it from the shop, across China to the airport in Beijing, and here to my door.)
3 meter span is a good size and at first glance this plane appears quite similar to the Strega, but has a different wing shape, a small bit more area, bigger flaps that extend all the way to the fuselage side, less of an angle in the center joiner and slight up turn in the outer section for very minor dihedral. The Strega is essentially an elliptical straight wing with some center dihedral only. The fuselage and tails are near identical between the two.
I just started this afternoon and this will be a quicker build than the Strega simply because I have one under my belt. The servo drives are the fussy part, all else is pretty standard stuff. For this air frame, I went with the new KST X10 wing servos sourced from AMain Hobbies as both KST and MKS fit the supplied frames -- X10 = 104.16 oz-in @6v | 131.93 oz-in @7.4v | 149.98 oz-in @8.4v
And... a bit more motor in this one via a 35mm 920 KV Leopard outrunner sourced from Altitude Hobbies. Power will be 4S 1800 mAh turning a carbon 13x7 just like the 780 KV Strega. It's really just to get the plane out over the slope.
Its purdy...
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