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TU-95 (follow-up)
These videos were taken at teh X pad in Muncie during the R/C Scale NATS on August 8th and 9th 2008.

The first flight was uneventful. Davd made a few passes and then does a stall test. he never had to make any trim changes during any of the four flights. He commented that he knew from the get-to it was a flying machine as we can see from his low passes on it's first flight.

The third flight was a demo flight during the noon break on Saturday. On the fourth flight we experienced the right gear hanging up just after takeoff so the gear was lowered and Dave flew for about 7 minutes with the gear down.

Here are some specs:

  • Wing Span: 108.6 in.
  • Wing Area 1365 sq. in. / 9.4 sq. ft.
  • All Up Weight at take off: 516 oz. / 32 lbs., 3 oz.
  • Wing loading: 55 oz./sq. ft.
  • Length 111 in.
  • Radio: Futaba 14MZ 2.4 using 11 channels (2 aileron, elevator, rudder, steering, gear, flaps, and 4 throttles. Will add 12th with lights this winter).
  • Power System: 4x MaxCim MaxN32-13Y brushless motors geared 3.5:1 running a contra-rotating gear box prototype was designed by myself, tested and flown in a Hangar 9 Cub and then the design ws cleaned up and built by Tom Cimato of MaxCim motors. The controllers are Maxu35C-25NB sensored speed controllers. Front prop is 12x10p and rear is 12x12p. Propellers are carbon-fiber and custom built by myself. Each motor is running on a separate FMA Direst "Revolution" 4800 mAh 1p5s lipo pack.

Best regards to all.
George Maiorana

 

Taxi

First Flight

Third Flight
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