Woody 51

Anyone had any experience with the Scorpio Condor 2.9?

dccuser1

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I'm in the process of finishing one as I speak. The kit is great and has a few inovative ideas. I gennerally build, test fly and sell, so watch my adds for the price and opinion.
Dave

Woody 51

Hi dccuser,
Any further progress reports on your Condor?

cagey

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i have one not yet built. my friend has one we flew 3 weeks ago one time. it flew very nice . we are going to take it out this afternoon for some more flights. it is stock.this our first glider so we do not know what to expect. but it seeemed to be fast and then slow down nice for gentle glide back down. we were little concerned if we could slow down to land but we got it in very nice. will let you know how today ends up

Woody 51

Do you have the original flapless version, or the new "Voodoo" version with flaps?

cagey

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it is the flapless version. we have ailerons set up for crow. we flew sunday but did not use the crow setting. it flys nice but one must be easy on the ailerons in turning as too much it will stall out.

Woody 51

Sounds nice.

So keep turns gentle huh. About 30 degrees bank?

Would cutting the aileron throws back help?

What motor/ battery pack/ESC are you using?

cagey

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i think we will cut throw back on ailerons and maybe use some exponential.it is a stock set up per hobby lobby
motor 4120-14
prop 14x7 fold
controller 70 opto
batterys 2x6-2600

Woody 51

Have you coinsidered Lipoly packs to cut back a tad on weight?
A buddy and I were discusiing this recently when talking about the Condor.
2 x 2S2P 2600 Ma/H Lipoly packs would give the same voltage and 5200 Ma/H, (for double the duration) at nearly 40 % less pack weight than the NiMH cell packs recommended by Hobby Lobby.

cagey

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we had not considered lioly packs on his but i am going to try with mine when i get it ready. just not sure about the balance of the c g

Woody 51

Please let me know the results.