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First plane i will put my hand on is new Vanquish , neat looking pattern and 3D ARF . Basically it is small these days pattern plane with big control surfaces, that sure will give plane crazy performance. Here is first view right affter i open box:
Technical spec's:
Wingspan, 48inch ( 120cm) Fuselage lenght 52.5 (131.25cm) Wing area 425 sq/in Weight with battery 43-46 oz (1200-1300g) according by EFrc.
Here is what come from box. Quality is amazing, modeller that ever build ARF, know all small details that always takes some time to finish, and most of them here are already done! First thin i notice clean covering, when we open box covering on most ARF wings and other surface is usualy not tight and wrinkled, and it require at least half hour with sealing tools, till it become good looking and strong... i don't know why but Vanquish don't have this problem, maybe i get new kit that was just covered ore maybe EFrc use good film, but i really like fact that i don't need spend any time with sealing tolls here!
First look at very impressive fuselage, notice all plywood parts are cut with laser and glued together nicely, with closer look, i must say it is almost not ARF, more like RTF:) Most details that take hours of measuring and preparing are Done here, this save many hours for flying, and this is important for me!
Weight:
Plane is buildet wisely, with many lightening holes in its wooden construction. Material for most of plane construction is hi quality balsa and 2mm plywood. First thing i want to know is weight of each detail, so here it is:
Big, good looking cockpit with magnets for easy and fast attachment to fuselage, weight is only 61g.
Motor mount with side reinforcements 34.9g.
Nice painted fiberglass canopy, 58.5g.
Stabilizer and elevator 46.9g, notice place where you need to add glues and attach it to fuselage is not covered, so no worries of making damage by cuttin unwanted film with knife.
Fuselage, 234.3g.
Carbon wingtube 17.7g
All hardware, including wheels, bolts, etc, 54g.
Airboss ESC, 42.3g, it come already with motor connectors soldered to wiress!
Landing gear, made from light aluminium, it is very strong and light only 44g.
Even if plane is so light and look fragile it is very rigid and have no looseness in any part, i hope it can handle small crashes ore bad landings well.
Building:
As manual suggest first step is landing gear. It is good point to start with it, since that way you will keep plane on wheels during building time, an will not damage film by leaving chance to hit some sharp stuff on table. Put it together like it shown in picture.
When you done with both parts ( landing gear wheel and wheelpant is in one place), attach them to fuselage, i apply small drop of "ProLok" gluess for metal, to keep it in place for long time.
Both landing gear installed, i notice wheels are not exactly perpendicular to each other, i suspect this is done, to make taxing distance after landing shorter, when landing gear placed this way it really make plane movement on ground harder. We will see how it work in real flight, but im sure this will not give me any problems, since most of my landings and take off's will be made from hand:)
Both landing gear installed, i notice wheels are not exactly perpendicular to each other, i suspect this is done, to make taxing distance after landing shorter, when landing gear placed this way it really make plane movement on ground harder. We will see how it work in real flight, but im sure this will not give me any problems, since most of my landings and take off's will be made from hand:)