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EPP-CF FPV 1.6M R/C Plane (PREORDER)

Posted by CrashingDutchman on August 24, 2010 at 7:34am

Designed especially for FPV (First Person View) camera flight!

Specifications:
Fuselage length: 1150mm
WingSpan: 1600mm
ARF Weight: 700~900g
Battery compartment size: Approx 200x105x22mm

ETA: Sep 19

Pricing: US$ 44.99 (might be cheaper depending on your membership at hobbyking)

More information here by clicking this link

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Brian August 27, 2010 at 12:32pm

That will be very cool. Just for reference, look at the pics of my Sky Fly Max, it is just a hair under 9 cm at it's widest point (outside dimentions). This sucker is going to be a big ol' blimp, w/tons of luggage room... Part that always gets me about HobbyKing is the shipping.
CrashingDutchman August 26, 2010 at 1:43am

Hobbyking has put the following text in the product description:

Note: Production plane will have a wingspan of 1.82m and fuselage internal width increased to a total of 9cm width. Photos will be updated upon arrival.

I guess that will make this plane more suitable for the gear we want to put into it.
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Brian August 24, 2010 at 6:48pm

I think you are better off piecing together a Sky Fly Max (below), but if you could get the main wing as a spare part, I think it would work great on the Sky Fly Max fuse.
ionut August 24, 2010 at 1:16pm

I think this link makes more fuss that the small foamie:

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=...

With this motor you can make your bathtub UAV
ionut August 24, 2010 at 1:13pm

What the heck is this?FPV gone wild...Crazydutchman you are more crazy than dutch
Javier Robaina August 24, 2010 at 12:37pm

Hello, someone has set the little interior space that has this plane?
If things are not mine, but I think that this airplane has skywalker quality or space, I think the skywalker is the ideal platform for a UAV, just a little more size would be good but not so soon after the EasyStar and sales success, the skywalker.
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Sgt Ric August 24, 2010 at 10:24am

Sounds fine to me... the more hobby news the better!
CrashingDutchman August 24, 2010 at 10:12am

I don't mind sharing... if you want I can let you know my salary too.

I have been posting affiliate links since about a year now (I think). Most of them on my own blog (which can be very time consuming) and when a product shows up that can be relevant for DIYdrones, I also post here. Those links generated probably a little more than 100 dollars. That is also pretty much what I spent on hobby parts in the same period since my salary - cost of living unfortunately doesn't leave much to spend on the hobby.

Today I made a pre-order for this plane, only because I crashed the plane that I used for FPV until recently.

I am not Hobbyking, but I make use of their affiliate program which is open to all their customers.
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Sgt Ric August 24, 2010 at 9:13am

Actually, I had always assume Crash was HobbyKing!
Angus Peart August 24, 2010 at 8:57am

I'm just curious, out your 12 blog posts on DIYDrones, 11 of them contain affiliate links. How much have you made so far from these affiliate links, if you don't mind sharing?