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Guys, as someone who has participated in a few of the preorders. It's just best to sit back and be patient. I had to wait for the Bearcat and just missed out on the Tigercat and now waiting for the Avanti. I just think of how sweet it will be when it finally graces my doorstep.
As Beeg says, the real excitement starts when you get the notice that it has shipped, then you can track it and start the count down.
Grossman56Team Gross!
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Originally posted by Beeg View Post
You mean like a Habu32? I've had two and they are excellent models. Just a little expensive to complete the model and the wheels are pretty small. More of a performance machine than a sport jet.
An Avanti in composite of the same size as this foamie, would need to be a high cell plane (8, 10 or 12s or even turbine). I went through that with a composite BD-5, 90mm, 6 cell. There were times I didn't think it would get off the runway. With the arrival of foamie EDFs, I'll never look at composites again. This foam Avanti should get off our runway in shorter distance than even my Stinger 90 and the S90 is already very impressive in its performance - short take off distance, slow flying when required, quite fast when desired. If I didn't have a Stinger 90, this one would be ordered by now.
One thing about my old BD-5 - when I benched it, I hung it up outside as a deck ornament. It lasted way longer in the sun, wind, rain, snow and ice than my foam plane. :wacky
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Originally posted by xviper2 View PostI feel the same way about composites. The Habu 32 is a smaller plane, weighs more and costs the same as the Avanti but in ARF form. Because of their weight, composites seem to need much more thrust just to fly like a foamie of the same size. Composites are lovely models and they are generally very high quality. There were 2 H32's at our grass field. They needed almost ALL of the length we had to get off the ground and landing was like bringing in an arrow. They just kept going and going and many times ran off the end.
An Avanti in composite of the same size as this foamie, would need to be a high cell plane (8, 10 or 12s or even turbine). I went through that with a composite BD-5, 90mm, 6 cell. There were times I didn't think it would get off the runway. With the arrival of foamie EDFs, I'll never look at composites again. This foam Avanti should get off our runway in shorter distance than even my Stinger 90 and the S90 is already very impressive in its performance - short take off distance, slow flying when required, quite fast when desired. If I didn't have a Stinger 90, this one would be ordered by now.
One thing about my old BD-5 - when I benched it, I hung it up outside as a deck ornament. It lasted way longer in the sun, wind, rain, snow and ice than my foam plane. :wacky
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I have the Mini Avanti 90mm powered by Jetfan running on 10s. It is a great flying EDf . The wing loading makes this airframe a very forgiving airplane. This new 80mm version will (should) have the same flight characteristics. It's not a rocket like the Habu 32x but in my opinion it is more fun to fly.
Let's hope we get some news next week on the arrival of the new baby.
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