My E-Flite Opterra arrived yesterday, and it's now ready to fly. The most difficult part was actually getting the inner styrofoam box out of the outer cardboard box. Glue spots held it tight in place and I ended up cutting the outer box to get to the model.
The model is well packaged and it would be difficult for the contents to become damaged through normal handling. However this can happen on occasion, but mine arrived perfect and ready to assemble.
The model have been designed as a flying camera platform and it is possible to fit a wide variety of camera's and FPV equipment. For those who haven't seen it yet. The Opterra is a flying wing in a pusher configuration. The motor is fitted in the center section of the fuselage and it's equipped with a folding prop. it has a wing span of 2 meters and it is made from the normal E-Flite foam. The model has been designed for hand launch, so no undercarriage is supplied or available.
My model is the BNF version and the RX is already configured for the model. If you follow the simple steps in the instruction manual for setting up a Spektrum TX, you are not required to mix or adjust anything. It has all been done for you in the RX.
Assembly of the model literary takes around 10 minutes. The model is made up of ten major components and these are as follows.
Fuselage, left and right wing panels, wing tips, wing center fins and two carbon fiber tubes to join the wings to the fuselage. Oh, yes, fuselage hatch cover.
The wing tips fit into the wing panels and are secured in place by a plastic pin which passes through the wing and the tip and a half turn of the pin locks it in place. The carbon tubes slide through the fuselage and the main wing panels together with the wing fins slide onto the tubes. They are secured by a simple plastic pin the same as the wing tips.
Basically thats it. All that is left to do is balance the model, bind the TX to the RX and go and fly it. Very simple indeed.
You will have to add some nose weight if you are not fitting a camera. However various weights are included with the model for balancing purposes. Also included are different nose cones designed for use with various cameras and FPV systems.
If you are looking for a dedicated flying camera platform, or something a little different. Then this may well be the model for you.
I will include photos and the flight report in due course after I have flown the model.
Martin.
The model is well packaged and it would be difficult for the contents to become damaged through normal handling. However this can happen on occasion, but mine arrived perfect and ready to assemble.
The model have been designed as a flying camera platform and it is possible to fit a wide variety of camera's and FPV equipment. For those who haven't seen it yet. The Opterra is a flying wing in a pusher configuration. The motor is fitted in the center section of the fuselage and it's equipped with a folding prop. it has a wing span of 2 meters and it is made from the normal E-Flite foam. The model has been designed for hand launch, so no undercarriage is supplied or available.
My model is the BNF version and the RX is already configured for the model. If you follow the simple steps in the instruction manual for setting up a Spektrum TX, you are not required to mix or adjust anything. It has all been done for you in the RX.
Assembly of the model literary takes around 10 minutes. The model is made up of ten major components and these are as follows.
Fuselage, left and right wing panels, wing tips, wing center fins and two carbon fiber tubes to join the wings to the fuselage. Oh, yes, fuselage hatch cover.
The wing tips fit into the wing panels and are secured in place by a plastic pin which passes through the wing and the tip and a half turn of the pin locks it in place. The carbon tubes slide through the fuselage and the main wing panels together with the wing fins slide onto the tubes. They are secured by a simple plastic pin the same as the wing tips.
Basically thats it. All that is left to do is balance the model, bind the TX to the RX and go and fly it. Very simple indeed.
You will have to add some nose weight if you are not fitting a camera. However various weights are included with the model for balancing purposes. Also included are different nose cones designed for use with various cameras and FPV systems.
If you are looking for a dedicated flying camera platform, or something a little different. Then this may well be the model for you.
I will include photos and the flight report in due course after I have flown the model.
Martin.
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