[LASS Soaring] "2.4 Reasons to Fly an MM Glidertech Marauder!"

[GordySoar at aol.com]

Okay only one reason to fly a 2.4 system in a Marauder...the Marauder is  
made of wood about the only material that seems to be consistently 2.4  friendly.
 
I have the XtremePowerSystem unit in my 9303 (for this model only) because  I 
had the module and RX from Toledo's show., so I installed it. Obviously  
everything works fine.
 
The Marauder was built for me at the MM Glidertech skunkworks shop by  
Merrill and Phillip, after they hooked me on it via a test flight at the past  
Southwest Classic.

For those of you who don't know the plane, its amazing.  Stronger  than 
winches, and prettier too, it has a very thick section yet literally jets  around 
the sky!  It leaves my SuperAva standing in the dust , course  it weighs in at 
about 20ozs more...but you can't feel or see that on the  clock...as usual I 
seldom to never run a flight with out my Talking Timer  counting down from 
10...and today was some of that challenging air...hot, calm  but overcast with 
pretty strong winds aloft.
 
The tow hook location is dead on the mark, incidence is about zero and  
balance is at about 5" from the firewall....which means it doesn't indicate  
airspeed, it shows lift and sink...and it lands smooth and slow.
The Spoilers are pretty wide and far out on the wing, so almost no elevator  
comp is needed to keep the plane on line from any speed when the spoiler are  
opened.

Launches are dramatic...very much like a well tuned Pike..Quick  rotation and 
a very steep climb needing almost no winch pedal to keep it moving.  Course I 
spent some extra time securing pushrods, servo mountings, shortened  arms, 
taped the inside and outside of the hinge lines, anything I could do to  take 
any flex out of the elevator during the launch.
 
It is a beautiful ship and flys fantastic....pretty excited about  
campaigning it some for RES contests...no Freq pin needed! :)
 
 
_http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=571430&page=34#post8143533_ 
(http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=571430&page=34#post8143533) 
 
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_http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1471312_ 
(http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1471312) 

Go to the links to take a look! Volz blue fuse of course :-).
Gordy
 
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