Ace Sim RC
proudly presents -
the
Carbon Kestrel TM
The CARBON KESTREL is the baby
brother of the Carbon Falcon. It's smaller, lighter and more
maneuverable for indoor or outdoor flight.
Control is mixed pitch and roll
via true wing warping without any control surfaces.
This indoor or light wind park flyer is very efficient and performs well with just the little GWS brand LPS motor and a pair of small LiPoly cells.
It is stable in flight yet offers exceptional controllability with its exclusive Warperon (TM) wing shaping system.
FLIGHT
The Carbon Kestrel is a very
stable wing yet due to its small size is still highly maneuverable.
The slow speed flight
characteristics are very solid since the controls add more washout at
high angles of attack just when you need it most.
The wing holds its airfoil shape
at all times from the exclusive pre-tensioned wing bows without the use
of ribs.
The washout is varied for complete control by directly twisting the
wing tips.
CARBON KESTREL SPECS:
Span = 30
inches
Area
= 246 square inches (1.7 square feet)
Length
= 14 inches
MAC
= 8.5 inches
AR
= 3.5:1
RTF
Weight = 4 to 6 oz
Wing
loading = 2.5 to 3.5 oz/sq ft
GEAR:
Micro Receiver - GWS R4P or better
ESC - GWS
ICS-50 or Castle Creations Pixie 7 for brushed motors
Castle
Creations Phoenix 10 for brushless
Servos -
Hitec HS-55s or equivalent
mixed
as elevons
Requires 3
channel radio with delta or elevon mixing preferably with
programmability
(but
an inexpensive Hitec Focus III or Neon works just fine!)
POWER OPTIONS
Used with a pair of light LiPos you can easily get the W/L below 3 oz/sq ft.
With a GWS IPS 1S or light brushless motor the CK becomes an aerobatic wing for in close or big sky stunts.
(LensRC.com - 17 turn spindle mount motor shown)
Even with an IPS motor it can be looped from level flight plus do some amazingly tight turns, wingovers, rolls and even inverted.
Add a light CD-ROM style brushless motor and you can get almost unlimited vertical performance.Use 2S 1200 LiPolys with the IPS or CD-ROM motor and you can expect very long flight times.
Here's a MOV clip of with the IPS S1 drive in 10 MPH wind!
Here's a MOV clip with LensRC brushless CD-ROM motor.
The Carbon Kestrel is constructed
from strong, lightweight coated ripstop fabric with a carbon fiber tube
and rod frame.
It can be collapsed in a couple minutes into a skinny bundle for
convenient transport.
THE KIT:
The sail is complete except for a couple holes to cut and some reinforcing tape to add.
All tubes and rods are precut to length and all hardware and about everything else you'll need is included.
If you can handle this assembly
operation, you can build this kit.
No special tools or skills are needed to build, just some thin CA and a
couple easy evenings to complete.
OWNERS MANUAL in PDF
format:
See what others are saying about their CKs on Ezone:
CARBON KESTREL - TRUE TO IT'S NAMESAKE!
And if you are just starting out in RC electric flight, be sure you read the excellent FAQ section there that will answer all your pressing questions:
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