KIWI RC

Here is a repost from the Parkflyers website. The Zero has been reviewed and is part of a give-away competition to help promote their site and raise the awareness of the Budget Rc kitsets in New Zealand.

The full review is Here and I have re-posted below.

“Well I’ve had this plane for a few weeks now and flown it alot. The kit arrived in a card headed plastic bag (Mat actually sent it in a box with the built kit). The instructions aren’t included, as you download them off the net. It was a pretty straightforward build which is covered very well in this review The difference is I picked the zero. I wanting to see how light I get make this kit, so Matt sent me a 10g, 16g and 20g HK motor. I emailed Budget RC and asked if you really needed to paint it (trying to save weight), got a reply within hours saying yes. So I built it up in one evening and and painted it the next day. Just a note - this is an aileron elevator plane that can be build with rudder as well (not sure why, maybe if your into aerobatics)

I went for the white paint scheme as green isn’t very good for orientation where I fly. Matt provided 5 gram hextronic servos and a 2S 500mAh 20C battery. The ESC is a SS from Hobbyking ( more about this later).

The test flight happened early morning with no wind. I choose the 16g motor and adjusted the CoG to the front of the spar as per instructions. Everything went well, just a bit of up trim needed, lots of power but not alot of vertical with the 16. Flew 3 batts that morning to get the feel, then in the afternoon I tried the 20 and 10. 10g isn’t suited for this model, but man does it perform on 20, down side is flight time is short.
The 16gram with the CoG on the back edge of the spar is the best settup I found for handling and alround fun.
This is a easy build model that is great fun to fly, would make a great second model, can be slowed down and flown in close. I’m loving it, just need to get a few of these together for some dog fighting.

Things I’d change - use carbon flat instead of rod to join elevator halves (easier to keep them aligned), also make it out of 8mm EPP instead of 6mm, would be more durable and make a great trainer.

Things I like - easy build. The way the flying surfaces are hooked up (simple and clean) So much fun to belt around with.

Heres a short video of the Arrow flying in a Workshop in Auckland - perfect for a bit of rainy day flying

The motor is the TURNIGY 2204-14T 19g Outrunner on an 8 by 3.8 prop, the throttle never wnt over 60% fo the whole flight !

Here is a link to the original posting on the Park Flyers website

Phone Number NZ 021 441043, Intl +64 21441043
Email mathew@kiwirc.com
Address 16 Argyle St, Hawera 4610, Taranaki, New Zealand

LightRc are sending a couple of kits over for review, with the object to have them available for sale in New Zealand.

Sam has kindly decided to send a YAK 3D Style Slab and a ERA racer

Here is the Yak

And the ERA

Will update when these kits arrive :-)

Allright ! the SR71 is on sale. Will be getting one of these over for review shortly.

Video of the prototype

This weekend a few of us are making the trek to Tokoroa and the South Waikato Model Aero Club to visit Bruce Simpson and his fellow clubmates.

This whole meeting has been arranged over at the Parkflyers NZ website, after a bit of general banter, and we came up with Queens Birthday weekend. the official thread is HERE

Hopefuly the Auckland boys make it down :-)

I plan on taking my BudgetRC RF22 and ULD, as well as my PA ElectricShock and Scratchbuilt YAK54 (based on Gene Bonds plans).

As a side note - Bruce has a terrific website called RC Model Review that is well worth a visit, to avoid buying the wrong gear !

The latest mailout has been sent, full of great pricing on kits and electrics.

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Kit Prices

ULD Aerobatic Trainer $125.00 NZD

Arrow Precision aerobatics $115.00 NZD

LiLMoe Sport Flier/3D $75.00 NZD

Warbirds $75.00 NZD

RF22 Raptor EPP Jet $88.00

RF18 EPP Jet $98.00

The Review/Flight report is in for the BudgetRC RF22, tested by DUP on the Parkflyers Site

The Flight report is an independant and un-biased one, the full post is Here

And cut and pasted below

Quoted from the Post by DUP

“Flight Test

Setup
I set up the elevons with full throws and dialed in 30% expo for both aileron and elevator. C of G was set at 50% between the front and rear recommended points.

Flight Basics
Always a bit nervous about “maidening” a plane, I got my trusty launcher to toss the RF22 into the air. It’s a bit awkward to launch, and I’d recommend you epoxy a small ply tab or piece of epp under the wing behind the prop, to assist here. But with the 7×6 prop and 165 watts, it’s not really an issue. The take off then was easy, the RF22 really just flying out of the launchers hand at around 45 degrees. Climb outs can be vertical if desired.

The plane has a nice speed range and remains quite controllable even at slow speed.

Stalls are not possible! The RF22 just performs a high alpha descent. Gliding is not this planes forte, so don’t hit the LVC when you are too far away!

At full throttle, it picks up speed quickly, but hits a bit of a “drag wall” and probably goes no faster than 40mph or 60km/h. Going fast is not what the Rf22 is about. This jet is a real pussycat! In fact after a few minutes I handed the radio over to my (relatively inexperienced) brother who was watching and he was fine flying the RF22, such is the confidence it inspires.

Duration on the 1250 mah battery was 10-12 minutes.

Aerobatics/Special Flight Performance

The RF22 can climb vertically – I flew it to around 150m straight up with ease :)

Loops and rolls are easy as well from level flight. Rolls take around 1-2 seconds per revolution. But what the RF22 really excels at is high-alpha flight. You can fly this plane at walking pace with the nose gracefully pointing to the sky. The mid mounted prop really comes into it’s own here: even at very high angles of attack, it remains completely controllable! The elevons remain effective at very slow speeds, which is very reassuring and quickly builds confidence.

One thing I did notice at full throttle was a bit of Dutch Roll – not major but definitely there. More tail area would help but would spoil the scale outline somewhat.

Ground Effect
If you are fast on the sticks, you can fly the RF22 around at around 20-50cm off the ground. It gets into the ground effect and kind of floats and floats. Very nice to do.

Slow Flying Tricks
You can, with very carefuly throttle management, fly this plane at “very high” alpha - i.e. more than 45 degrees angle!!!

Also I found I could fly this plane in the space of 1/4 of a soccer field with little difficulty, making it a the most friendly of park flyers :)

Inverted flight works. On my very first parkjet I built, a F-18, the tilted tails caused it to want to flip right back over. No such issues with the RF22 :)

Is This For a Beginner?
Actually it could be! It flies so slow, and is so docile you could teach someone to fly this as their first plane.

Summary
A great little model, which builds fast and flies very well. An excellent way to get into jet type models without the worry of having something too hard to fly :)”

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Index Page
Budget RC Warbirds EPP Combat/sport Flyers
Budget RC ULD Aerobatic Trainer EPP/Depron Aerobatic Trainer
LiL MOE 3D capable Sport Flyer