Product Spotlight, Modeler's Mall — 2015/04
New products from the Modeler's Mall
Flyzone INUM Indoor Flyer RTF
Price: $39.99 + S&H From: Hobbico, 3002 N. Apollo Dr., Ste. #1, Champaign, IL 61822; Tel: (800) 637-7660; Website: www.flyzoneplanes.com
Indoor flight with a micro ultralight airplane just became as easy as it gets with the Flyzone INUM.
The INUM has everything you need for exceptional indoor flights. Delivering slow, smooth flights with good control authority, the INUM is simple for novices to fly, but still entertaining for advanced pilots.
Features and included items:
- 8.5-inch, 0.3-ounce ultralight, preassembled
- Spare propeller
- Rechargeable 3.7 V, 35 mAh LiPo battery
- Interference-free 2.4 GHz transmitter with built-in LiPo battery charger
- Four AA batteries
- Ready to fly: charge, plug in the battery, and fly
30cc MXS-Bach
Price: $369 + S&H From: Redwing RC; Tel: (636) 675-0047; Website: www.redwingrc.com
Unique to Redwing RC, the 30cc MXS-Bach blends flying characteristics and beauty. Combining elements of the MXSR and Sbach, the MXS-Bach creates a versatile airframe that pleases pilots of varying skill levels.
Design highlights:
- Tail moment, wing size and shape, and fuselage optimized for both high-energy snap maneuvers and slower, choreographed sequences
- Generous control surfaces for precision and 3-D maneuvers
- Fuselage reinforced with carbon-fiber stringers
- Wings with carbon-fiber spars and composite retention pins (minimal weight impact)
- Stabilizers with fiberglass on last formers to prevent flexing or damage when bolted in
Recommended power and gear:
- Mates well with DLE-30, DLE-35RA, or equivalent electric systems
- Includes carbon-fiber landing gear, turnbuckle hardware, ball links, fiberglass horns, and more
- Recommended: 3-inch spinner and 18x8 or 20x8 propeller
Available color schemes: black & gold, red, or ghost. Red Deal Combos available on Redwing RC website.
NEXT Generation PA Series XR-52 ARF
Price: $239.95 + S&H From: Precision Aerobatics; Tel: (770) 292-9122; Website: www.precisionaerobatics.com
The XR-52 is an addition to the NEXT Generation PA series, balancing precision flying with slow 3-D capabilities. Larger than the PA Bandit, it features custom-designed airfoils and a longer fuselage for improved performance.
Performance and construction:
- Lightweight and rigid construction; materials cut by laser and CNC machines
- Tested power setup delivers extreme responsiveness
- Preassembled by Precision Aerobatics staff
Recommended power setup (iPAs Xtreme):
- PA Thrust 45 motor
- PA Quantum 45 Pro ESC with switching BEC
- PA V3 2,200 mAh, 14.8 V (4S) 30–60C LiPo battery
- Propeller options: Vox 13x5 (low-and-slow 3-D, sport, small fields) or Vox 13x6.5 (freestyle maneuvers)
Power Board PRO SERIES Power Expander Boxes
Price: $99–$135 + S&H From: Redwing RC; Tel: (636) 675-0047; Website: www.redwingrc.com
Redwing RC introduces Power Board PRO SERIES Power Expander Boxes to improve wire management, voltage tracking to servos, and provide redundancy.
Three models:
- Red Power Board
- Input voltage: 5–13 V
- Working load: 0–20 A
- Yellow Power Board
- Input voltage: 7–13 V
- Working load: 0–30 A
- Adjustable voltage selection via dial
- Supports high-voltage servos and provides a clean 5 V to receiver
- Black Power Board
- Input voltage: 6–13 V
- Working load: 0–30 A
- Adjustable voltage selection
- Supports high-voltage servos
- Battery balancing and short-circuit protection
Common features:
- Dual-battery redundancy for safer flying
- LCD display showing real-time voltages in and out
- Built-in regulator supplying clean 5 V to receiver
- Integrated CDI remote cutoff (OPTO-KILL) switch to kill the engine
- Eight channels in / sixteen channels out (plus ignition)
- Electronically isolated for interference-free operation
- Receiver wires preinstalled
- Includes XT connectors; accepts batteries with Deans-style connectors
P-51 Mustang Sport Fighter .46/EP ARF
Price: $139.98 + S&H From: Hobbico, 3002 N. Apollo Dr., Ste. #1, Champaign, IL 61822; Tel: (800) 637-7660; Website: www.greatplanes.com
Modeled after the full-scale P-51 Mustang, Great Planes’ P-51 Mustang Sport Fighter ARF offers superior sport flight characteristics, a realistic trim scheme, and easy assembly with a large magnetically attached removable hatch.
Requirements (not included):
- Four-channel radio system
- Four servos (electric) or five servos (glow)
- Engine: .46–.55 cu. in. (glow) or motor: 42–50–800 kV brushless outrunner (electric)
- Minimum 45 A ESC
- 4S 14.8 V, 3,800 mAh LiPo battery (for electric)
Hardware included for either brushless or glow setups.
Blade 360 CFX BNF Basic Helicopter
Price: $499.99 + S&H From: Horizon Hobby, 4105 Fieldstone Rd., Champaign, IL 61822; Tel: (877) 504-0233; Website: www.bladehelis.com
The Blade 360 CFX is an advanced pilot’s grab-and-go mini-class helicopter that feels like flying a larger unlimited 3-D machine.
Design and components:
- Optimized servo geometry platform to minimize mechanical inefficiency (swashplate links nearly vertical)
- Oversize hardened main shaft with triple ball-bearing support
- CNC aluminum head and frame members; single-stack carbon-fiber side frames
- Spektrum SPMAR7200BX Flybarless Control System: seven-channel receiver + BeastX three-axis MEMS stabilization in one unit
- High-torque 1,800 Kv brushless outrunner motor
- Spektrum digital high-speed metal gear servos
- Castle Creations Talon 35 ESC
- 360 mm carbon-fiber main blades
- Airbrushed fiberglass canopy with high-gloss finish
Required to complete (not included):
- Six-channel programmable transmitter with Spektrum DSM2/DSMX technology
- 1,300 mAh 6S, 22.2 V 30C LiPo battery
- AC- and/or DC-compatible LiPo balance charger
XF UAS Universal Battery Eliminator Circuit (UBEC) 22A+ Series
Price: $58.95 + S&H From: KDE Direct; Email: [email protected]; Website: www.kdedirect.com
KDE Direct’s XF UAS UBEC 22A+ is designed for electric multirotors and helicopters to power multiple electronics and high-power systems where linear BECs are insufficient or when OPTO-isolated ESCs are used.
Features:
- Compatible with 2S to 8S LiPo battery systems
- Provides clean, voltage-regulated power for flight electronics and peripherals, including 12 V aerial photography and high-end sUAS equipment
- Eliminates need for external battery pack
- Adjustable regulated output voltage for direct compatibility with electronics
- Three standard power-output leads to avoid extra harnessing or soldering
- Supports up to 10 A continuous and 22+ A peak currents
- Four selectable output voltages: 5.0 V, 6.0 V, 8.0 V, and 12.0 V
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