OK guys here it is. I know a quite a few of you have been ëmailing about the status of the Cation. I am sorry it took longer then expected to get this project ready for production, but it has a lot of new production tech. that came with it. As I mentioned before it will be an all composite plane, well almost (the rudder is built up). We have been flying a proto type here in Ar. for the past 3 months tweaking and fine tuning.
As I mentioned before I was very impressed with the slow downline speeds even with an outrunner. The reason for this is the shape of the fuse itself. You will be able to see what I am talking about when you see the top view photo. It is actually an airfoil and it is very wide back in the fin area.
Mariano, Marcelo, and myself have been working very hard to get everything ready for this plane so there will not be any signifigant delays once it is made available for sale. Our goal was to make this a less expensive airplane then the Visa and De Ja Vu´s, however it is very difficult and these are the reasons why. Even though it is an all composite wing and stab the cost just kept adding up to get it lite. It is very easy to make a wing that is 410 garms ea. and a stab that is 120 grams each (white unfinished) for very little money. However where we have ended up is wings (per panel) 370 grams (6 colors and clear) and the stabs at an amazing 104 grams each finished.
I am not sure of the exact price for the Cation however it will be less then the other planes. I am thinking someplace in the neighborhood of $3000.00.
Once again I cannot thank Mariano enough for all his help down here to develope this new wing, stab (For that matter the Cation in general) and for having faith in myself as far as bringing this plane to market. Hope you guys like the pics and I am sorry a couple are a little fuzzy. The only thing missing from the plane is the SFG´s.
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This is a new plane I have been working on with a good friend here in AR. It started out as a plane Mariano built only for himself. He is a incredible craftsman and super intelligent when it comes to designing planes with Auto CAD. I was able to see and fly the proto-type a few months ago and was very impressed buy the slow downline speeds. You will see why in some later posts. Anyway he made the original mold very light to just make one or two planes. I asked him if we could work together to further develope this plane and he agreed.
This will be the first all composite pattern plane that I know of from AR. We have the first wings and stabs now and they are really nice. The weights are absolutely no problems. This is just a sneak peak and I will update more as time nears the release. If all goes well we are easily inside the one month mark so keep checking back.
Oh yeah and by the way it is pronounced (Ka-ti-on) and means positively charged atom.
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