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Radio controlled Valkyries


valkyrie_cadman

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Those are incredible! I was thinking the thrust to weight ratio would be terrible but it appears to have more than enough for straight up vertical climb. And the control services implementation is just brilliant - roll rate is good and manoeuvrability looks more than sufficient.

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These Macross profile models are just too cool! The latest brushless motors are powerful and lightweight. Running times are great too! Back in the day we had cobalt magnet motors and two pounds of nicads and got like 5 minutes out of it. God help you if it landed hard: 2lbs of gear eats a lot of dirt! They also flew like a dog! The LiPo - brushless systems can even do things that the glow engines can do. Some of the 3D racers can just sit there and hover (they have variable pitch props too). The down side, gotta watch charging and battery temperatures so they don't burst into flames. LiPo batteries are best charged in closed ceramic containers.

I especially like the YF-19 profile. It looked totally manueverable and getting a design lilke that to fly is tough. - MT

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