NEW from Donuts Models SUltimate V2 and Deluxe V3 kits !!!
Sunday, 11 October 2009
I'm really happy to make this announcement, Donuts Models (top F3P plane manufacturer from France) release my two most successfully F3P planes, Sultimate V2 and Deluxe V3 as kits. It was really long way since my first electric flight with brushed motors and two channel planes, till today top F3P airframes. In these planes i put 5 years experience i gather in top competitions in Germany, Netherlands, France, Belgium and Czech rep, together with Donuts models know how and new technologies in printing and kit cutting, i dare to say this is one of the best (if not the best) F3P kits available today.
Ignas Matulevicius and my models prepared for German F3P championship.
This is what i call mass production!
Sultimate V2:
Sultimate is my aeromusical plane for last 3 seasons, first debut for this plane was well known competition in France Carvin 2007, i won Aeromusicals class competition with this plane. Since then i made some changes and won many more top Europeans competitions, Donuts release version 2, with latest painting scheme and new fancy printing technique. Building Sultimate is real easy and fast, there is not much aerodynamic devices, only one thing i recomend to do for you is to use same amount of carbon that you see in pictures to have really rigid and long living plane. CG i use now is 95mm from leading edge of wing.
Kit content, all parts are cut with water CNC machine, material ussed for Donuts kits is not regular Depron, its is special made lighter and more flat, these two factors are reall important in F3P models!
My Aeromusicals;
New 2010 year routine.
2009 year routine.
2008 year routine.
Elevator instalation, hole in control arm is 8-9mm from reinforcement plate.
Motormount reinforcement, if you are beginner and tend to crash from time to time, use little bigger pieces. My favorite AM motor AXI 2203/RACE.
See how reinforced carbon joins with hardply triangle , this is also real important to have very powerfull and not flexible rudder.
Rudder servo mounted slightly higher than original cut by CCN machine. This allow you to use 45 degree support, that is VERY important to keep this part stronger.
Aileron throws, 10cm from horizontal fuselage.
Elevator throws.
Deluxe V3 F3P:
Deluxe is much more complex plane than Sultimate, it take some time and building skills to build it right. Next step is fine balancing of all aerodynamic devices and CG. At the moment i use two CPLR canard one on top second on bottom of fuselage, only one on top give small coupling in KE and plane tend to roll to landing gear. I suggest you use AXI 2203/52 with GWS 9x4.7 propeller, this is best setup i find for this plane, since nose is quite short and distance from stabilizer to wings is long (to increase stability) you need to move all equipment in front of the plane to have right CG. Right now center of gravity on Deluxe is 260mm from motor mount.
Box for battery, its much better to select battery you want to use, and build depron box for it, instead of using velcro. With light and fragile plane it does not make sense to use battery fixing method that require force for removing it.
CPLR canard, work well on indoor model and improove KE, rolling circles characterystics.
Second one, exacly in same distance from front as top T canard.
Throws of ailerons, 8cm.
Delux radio setup;
I don't think any F3P pilot did this, and share his all setup with customers and oponents, but i want to see happy flying pilots that bought my planes. So here you go little F3P pornography;)
Dual rates and expo for Deluxe. Ailerons are controled by one JR188 servo, two Dymond D47 for tail.
Thro curve.
Rudder to Aileron mix to eliminate tendention to roll out of knife edge flight.