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Wing Area= 685 sq. inches
Flying weight (16 cells) = 6 pounds
Motor = Aveox 1406-3Y
Controller = Aveox M60
Prop= APC 12x6 (turns at 9400 rpm)
Full Throttle current = 28 amps
Batts = Sanyo RC2000 From B&T matched for 393secs @5amps
Radio = JR (is there any other?)
 This
is my first truly successful electric. It does most all of the aerobatic maneuvers
including knife edge, snaps, Cubans, stall turns etc. It ROGs in about 40 feet and lands very
slowly and gently.
My *real* first electric was a "Tigra" (Robbe I think) bought
from Aveox. It's a European one design pylon racer which I was told was fully aerobatic. The Tigra lived up to its reputation as a Pylon racer and flew very fast but I never had a chance to test it's claimed aerobatic capability because of an unnerving stall characteristic. It seems that with 480 square inches of wing and 16 cells, the very, very thin airfoil was always on the verge of a vicious stall at anything less than full throttle. I like to do throttle management between maneuvers and was flying at about half throttle preparing for a loop. I made the mistake of pulling up *BEFORE* applying full throttle. The Tigra snapped so fast it was on the ground before my brain could tell my fingers they needed to do something to help!!!!
Oh
well live and learn. My initial pack for the Flame was 16 RC1700 matched to 340 sec yielding
reliable 6.5 minute flights. I've recently added a second pack of RC2000 matched to 393
secs and now can easily achieve 8.5 min flights -- a substantial and impressive improvement
over the RC1700.
The "flames" on the Flame were *VERY EXPENSIVE*
and *CUSTOM MADE*!!! Actually I cut them free hand with a scalpel from the Ultracote neon
colors. They're just small versions of the plane old fashion "hot rod" flames
you'd see on olde timey cars! The only decal that came with the Flame was the Robbe
logo!
A Bit More From Tom:
To make recharging more convenient I made a DC adapter card for
the charger with a cigarette lighter plug at one end. However I found that I had about a
2v drop through this connection and if the car wasn't running the
input voltage to the
charger fell below it's automatic cutoff point -- direct clip connection to car battery
works just fine. Have you heard of anything like this before?
Absolutely! If you want to do in-car charging, you need a setup like Bob Kopski has
written about several times in his column in Model Aviation. Don't use a cigarette
lighter socket with any charger. Even the ones that come continue
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