Vermont Belle 1300

Review
9-Jan-2003 |
Patrick Plawner |
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Motor |
Jeti 30/3 Brushless |
Servos |
4 x HS-81 |
Speed Controller |
NES 40 Amp |
Batteries |
8 cells from CP1700 to
8 cell NiMH 3000-HV |
Channels |
4 + motor |
Flight Time |
4 to 9 minutes |
Propeller |
APC E - 12x8 |
Gear Box |
None |
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Wingspan |
51"
129.5 cm |
Length |
41.5"
105 cm |
Empty
weight |
17.11 oz
485 gr |
Max
flying weight |
48.47 oz
1374 gr |
Wing Area |
535 sq.inch
34.5 dm² |
Wing load |
13 oz/sq.ft
39.8 gr/dm² |
CG location
from wing edge |
3.15"
8 cm |
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Building |
ARF, but someone with average level of experience will need
about 5-10 hours of work to build it. It took me about 8 hours. The Box
comes with all the parts needed to build the plane, except the
electronics. The quality of the kit seems ok. To compare to the JR
Diablotin Mini, the Vermont kit quality is below, as well as the way the
plane is build. On the other side, the plane is very light.
Only the battery compartment needs to be build, and this is not too easy,
but everyone will find it's way.
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Take-off |
Very easy. Just turn on the motor, full speed. Will take-off
in 1 or 2 meters (3 or 6 feet) |
Flight behavior |
Absolutely no bad behavior found. Stalling is just having the plane drop
his nose and go on. No tip stall. Just I could not find anything
wrong until now. |
Landing |
They are easy, slow, smooth. I
used the Flaperon to see if it would help and it did, but they are not
needed in most cases, as the plane can slow down enough. Using flaperons
just reduced even more the stall speed, to land even slower |
Crash Results |
... Knock on wood (or balsa...) |
Repairing |
Balsa plane |
Other comments |
Looks as good as it flies. The Jeti 30/3 Motor is VERY
silent, in this plane. Could almost not hear it. the 34 Amp used by the
Jeti empties the batteries quiet fast, but you can fly at half throttle
without any problem, if you like just an easy flight between stunt
maneuvers. Also, using a 3000 NiMH is no problem and enhance the flying
time significantly. |
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