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This beast is 3/4 HP, pure vertical and over a hundred MPH! In case someone wants to see it fly:
http://www.yourzagi.com/wagmax.htm
Have since this, reduced wing area, new thinner profile with articulable NASA Lead Edge droop with an all up weight of 80oz! Not bad for a model that was original designed to be 10oz. Gives one building an aeroplane one will fly in great confidence of a fixed wing craft made out of foam.
Click on highlighted words for videos.
Look at just how close this plane is to the flying part of the Europa logo!
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Notice two parallel wires and two connectors, reliability goes up astronomicaly. Notice 2 small caps on left, and 1 small cap and larger one on right (missing battery spacer). Protectors and strain relief turned from McMaster Carr solid glow orange plastic rod. Completed package as you see here is 26.5 oz!]]> rparigoris photo Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:13:31 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album258/album266/Total+loss/IM003496.jpg.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/Begin-06-2003/album258/album266/Total+loss/IM003496.jpg.html
Second panel, lots of electrical stuff going on here, including hacked together 2.2 amp 13 cell total loss NiMh battery. It can start plane. If smoke in cockpit and suspect electrical problem, Flaming River Master off, battery direct plugged into fuel pump #2 and motor running in under 5 seconds! Can also pinch hit for airstart when main battery fails after soaring, and many other things.]]> rparigoris photo Thu, 10 Mar 2011 00:13:31 +0000