RE: AVIA by Topmodel
<font face="Verdana, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height: 14px;">I saw one today, turns out one of the guys purchased it from Espirit. He added dowels to the TE of the wings and drilled holes in the fuse to keep the wing from moving. I will probably get one soon since I have enough parts to finish it. I will use the</span></font><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:" new="">SK3-2830-1020/18154 Turnigy Aerodrive 1020kv motor whichis $17 at Hobbyking. The Aerodrive is their new motor series; for some reason the tried and true gold Turnigy motors are not available. For servos, probably six of the HXT900 which are $ 2.69. I have some to try but they should be fine. Might have to spluge and get $10 servos.
As you said, the construction is excellent.
Now as for setup, neither one of us knows how to set up the flaps for thermaling, or landing. Since we have a 600 ft field we don't need precision landings.
That motor pulls 20A on 3S in the Phoenix which has a 10x6 folding prop. I don't use full power to launch. Just FYI</span>it pulls 12A on 2S but I saw no advantage to running 2S.<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:" new=""></span>