I have been monitoring comments and questions on the new 55cc Revolver. Much of this conversation had been taking place on the .60 Revolver site so I thought it may be helpful to post information here as well After reading much speculation I thought I would chime in and set a few of the facts straight for you. First of all this plane had the same design goals as the other Revolvers. Make a quick build, good flying airplane and do all you can to keep the price affordable. As with the other Revolvers I think we hit that with this airplane. With a street price of $429.99 I think we have given you a solid value for your money. The kit has a number of impressive features for the money. Carbon fiber wing tube, invisible cowl mounting method (no unsightly screw heads on the outside of the cowl), pre-installed cockpit, pre-installed pilot, fiberglass cowl, fiberglass wheel pants, aluminum landing gear, removable stabs for easy transportation, Robart type pinned hinges pre-installed on all control surfaces except the rudder and an aluminum spinner. The airplane was designed to be a sport aerobatic airplane, not a 3D airplane. With a DLE 55 the airplane does very nice snaps, knife-edge, lomcevaks, upright and inverted spins, etc. The plane is also very fast! We clocked the prototype with a stock DLE 55 and an APC 20x12 with a radar gun and an onboard GPS and had speeds of 125 -132 mph. This engine and prop combination pulls the airplane vertical nearly indefinitely. If you intend to bump up all of the throws and try to use it as a 3D airplane you will find that with the DLE 55 you can hover but pulling straight out of the hover is a bit slower than you might want. Landing the airplane is a breeze. Let me directly address some of the comment I have read on line.

The weight and wing loading: The stated weight of the airplane is real. Our prototypes were less than 20lbs until we set one up on electric. That did bump the weight up but it had no perceptible effect on the performance. The guys who saw the electric conversion at the Watts Over Owatonna electric event and the NEAT Fair will tell you that it was very impressive! Forget about wing loading numbers. This airplane fly’s very light on the wing. It really feels like a much lighter airplane than it is. The stall characteristics are very gentle
Servos: Someone posted that the Futaba 3305 servos would be insufficient. That is not true. This metal geared, 99 oz/in servo is more than adequate. We used it for all of our testing with no problems. For those of you who wish to spend more money on better grade servo, great! At $32.99 each, those servos are very affordable.
Color Scheme: Some of you thought the color scheme looked too much like the .40 size. Since all three sizes are the same airplane family we try to keep the same basic look across the line. This one with the orange accent looks quite nice, better than the photos probably represent.
Larger engines rear exhaust and pipes: We did all of our testing on the DLE 55. As with any airplane if you decide to overpower it throttle management is important. There is no pipe tunnel and though you might be able to fit a tunnel inside you will have to be careful not to compromise the landing gear structure.
The experienced gasser will love this airplane. The new guy stepping into gas for the first time should strongly consider this model. It requires no special equipment to fly, it is easy to fly, easy to see and is no more complicated than any other four channel model. With the removable wings and stabs, transportation should not be much of a problem.

I am attaching some pictures I took to show you the packaging since some of you were curious about this. These airplanes are expected to be here next week. We really think that this size airplane, at this price and with the reputation of the other Revolvers will sell out pretty quick. If you’re a Revolver guy you might want to get that order placed soon.

I hope this is helpful!

Jim