| As a favour for doing his website, Mark gave me a hand
in building the 'Maj' and it is built to the highest standards
using the best products available today. Those of you who
know me might have spotted my company (4VisMedia)
logo in the design.
This is a big model and a very expensive model. I didn't
get much change out of £2,500. No expense has been spared
in finishing this model.
I purchased most of the bits including a YS140L engine and
Hyde engine mount before I was made redundant from IDEC. I
bought the kit second hand as an untouched kit.
The fuselage is made from Kevlar and Carbon Fibre and only
weighs 750g!!
I luuuuuuve this plane, it flies beautifully, no vices at
all, 'knife edges' are so easy with virtually no corrections.
Ample power from that YS140L, it even makes a mediocre pilot
like me look good. I was rather nervious flying it at first,
but as it flies so well, I don't think twice.
UPDATE - APRIL 2006
I have now converted this model to electric power - Yes Electric
power!
It now has more power then the YS140L i took out
Motor |
Hacker C50-14XL Acro 6.6:1 |
Prop |
21" x 14" APCE |
ESC |
Schulze Future 32.8F ESC (04.04 V10) |
Batteries |
FlightPower 10S2P 5,000mAh (2 x 5S2P 5,000mAh) |
Volts under Load |
32.14 |
Amps |
58.87 |
Watts |
1892 |
RPM |
5475 |
Prop Tip Speed |
342 MPH Well within the noise problem range |
I now love this model even more!
Here is the price and weight comparison between electic and
glow power
Description |
Weight |
Price New |
|
Description |
Weight |
Price New |
YS 140L |
937 |
£365.00 |
Hacker C50-14XL + Mount |
413 |
£290.00 |
Header + Support |
53 |
£62.90 |
Jeti 77 OPTO ESC |
38 |
£122.95 |
Pipe |
174 |
£109.95 |
Battery |
139 |
£19.56 |
Remote Glow |
8 |
£13.95 |
2 x Flightpower 5S 5000mAh |
1230 |
£390.00 |
Fuel Tank and dots |
118 |
£16.05 |
|
1820 |
£812.51 |
Soft Mount |
143 |
£119.95 |
|
Battery |
139 |
£19.56 |
Nose Ring |
6 |
£12.75 |
Misc screws |
6 |
£1.00 |
Servo + linkage |
30 |
£15.00 |
|
1614 |
£739.16 |
|
