Introducing the Top RC Model Aspire - New sport jet - build thread
10-09-2017, 09:10 AM
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The Aspire fly's very well , have now 6 flight with him.
At 50% gas stick it fly of the runway , i have 16 KG of trust max .
I made a little mix for knife edge , rudder stick to ailerons (17 %) in the same direction.
flying start weight is with 4.2 liter (75 % of the tank) is 17,4 KG.
After the fight of 7 min . i have 1.2 liter in the tank.
empty weight is 14.100 KG with the hopper full.
At 50% gas stick it fly of the runway , i have 16 KG of trust max .
I made a little mix for knife edge , rudder stick to ailerons (17 %) in the same direction.
flying start weight is with 4.2 liter (75 % of the tank) is 17,4 KG.
After the fight of 7 min . i have 1.2 liter in the tank.
empty weight is 14.100 KG with the hopper full.
03-13-2018, 11:16 AM
#58
so im probably around 230mm or so as well.
180mm is still way too nose heavy in my opinion.
Here is a video from last Saturday. notice the inverted scrape on the asphalt
12-09-2019, 06:14 PM
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Can someone post the weight of the Aspire? Empty tank with full UAT or fully fueled ready to fly?
I'm trying to understand if this plane is really as heavy as it shows on the website ... much heavier than the Odyssey but the Aspire is smaller wing span?
Thanks in advance
I'm trying to understand if this plane is really as heavy as it shows on the website ... much heavier than the Odyssey but the Aspire is smaller wing span?
Thanks in advance
have no worries at all!
12-10-2019, 05:01 AM
#73
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Thank you
So it looks like the Aspire is heavier than the Odyssey, even though the Aspire has a smaller wingspan. I wouldn’t have expected that.
I was trying to understand why the Aspire seemed to always be sitting nearly flat on its struts whereas the Odyssey sat higher ... I think they use the same struts from TopRC?
17kg wet with 3/4 tank might be too heavy for my 140 Cheetah SP turbine since I fly off grass. I think I may need to get a 160 turbine for this jet.
So it looks like the Aspire is heavier than the Odyssey, even though the Aspire has a smaller wingspan. I wouldn’t have expected that.
I was trying to understand why the Aspire seemed to always be sitting nearly flat on its struts whereas the Odyssey sat higher ... I think they use the same struts from TopRC?
17kg wet with 3/4 tank might be too heavy for my 140 Cheetah SP turbine since I fly off grass. I think I may need to get a 160 turbine for this jet.
12-10-2019, 05:17 AM
#74
Thank you
So it looks like the Aspire is heavier than the Odyssey, even though the Aspire has a smaller wingspan. I wouldn’t have expected that.
I was trying to understand why the Aspire seemed to always be sitting nearly flat on its struts whereas the Odyssey sat higher ... I think they use the same struts from TopRC?
17kg wet with 3/4 tank might be too heavy for my 140 Cheetah SP turbine since I fly off grass. I think I may need to get a 160 turbine for this jet.
So it looks like the Aspire is heavier than the Odyssey, even though the Aspire has a smaller wingspan. I wouldn’t have expected that.
I was trying to understand why the Aspire seemed to always be sitting nearly flat on its struts whereas the Odyssey sat higher ... I think they use the same struts from TopRC?
17kg wet with 3/4 tank might be too heavy for my 140 Cheetah SP turbine since I fly off grass. I think I may need to get a 160 turbine for this jet.
i think 140 is more than enough for the Aspire on grass. 160 is very powerful as you can see in my video.
12-10-2019, 06:14 AM
#75
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I assume you were not near 100% throttle on your flights ! So I guess I can try the JetCentral Cheetah SP 140 and see how it goes. I'll try and keep things light as possible. If not, then it looks like I buy a new turbine,,,
I also noticed in one of your videos that the fin on the top of the fuselage is molded in? I thought the original version of the Aspire had 2 different options: vertical shark fin and a horizontal T canalyzer? Did they stop that in later builds? In any event the knife edge performance obviously looks very good !
It's odd that this plane is heavier with less wing area than the Odyssey but still seems to fly very very well.
I also noticed in one of your videos that the fin on the top of the fuselage is molded in? I thought the original version of the Aspire had 2 different options: vertical shark fin and a horizontal T canalyzer? Did they stop that in later builds? In any event the knife edge performance obviously looks very good !
It's odd that this plane is heavier with less wing area than the Odyssey but still seems to fly very very well.