Originally posted by Alpha
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Well, I have to confess that the Be-200 is smaller than it appears. I was going for a bit of "fool the eye" to make it look bigger that it actually is with internal linkages and a clean build to help hide the actual size. Pictures have fooled a number of folks. It is about 39" in span, weighs about 18 oz. Twin GWS EDF-40s with 12mm Feigao inrunners on 3S 1300-1600 lipos. All balsa and a little ply, finished in Monokote and Aerokote. No foam structure, no plastic, no fiberglass, nearly no CAD, no laser cutting. Old school modeling, mostly from butcher paper plans...:)
Finished and flew it in 2010 at the SMALL Steps event in Little Rock. Here is a link to a video of the maiden flight. Launching it is none other than Keith Sparks (Sparky) of Parkflyer Plastics fame. A great flying little model and a very satisfying project. I still have it and fly it several times per year. It will barely ROW if the conditions are right, but not 100% of the time.
Have always though about a scaled up 72-80" version on 70mm fans, but have never found time to do it.
A link to the maiden on Youtube, with many comments from the peanut gallery:
Now, back to whats next from Motion RC!
I think Motion needs to just go for the Vulcan...:)
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