So I have a little Evolution 10gx that has been in need of a new home after my Phoenix Decathlon met it's untimely death due to a dead stick landing into a barbed wire fence (12 more inches and she would have made it ) So I have been looking and finally came up with this little guy.


http://www.generalhobby.com/skyline-...een-p-359.html


It is a 57" MX-2 with 654 sq/in of wing area. It is advertised to come in at 4.6-5.3 lbs ready to fly. Now I do not know if this weight is fuel or electric, but my original goal was to try to come in at 6lbs or less dry. The 10gx that I have seems to be an unusually strong one for whatever reason, it swings an APC 13x6 at 10,500 with the stock muffler, and it turns 11,000 with the Bisson pitts muffler which really surprised me. This is an easy 500 rpm's more than what most other are getting. According to the thrust calculators this should make about 10.75 lbs of thrust. Now in my experience this is nowhere near accurate, but if I get 8-9 lbs then I think it should be pretty good.


I ordered the airframe on 2/15 and it shipped 2/16 which is good. However, I paid extra for 2 day shipping and it was sent normal mail, something to be taken up with them later. I ended up receiving the airframe yesterday 2/24.


Upon initial inspection I am really I pressed with it, especially for $140. The covering is very good as is the paint. The construction looks to be very clean but I did of course go over every glue joint that I could get to with mostly thin but also some thick ca in certain places.


Here are some initial pictures and the start of the build process. I also took pics of pieces as I was weighing them to estimate all up weight. So far it looks like I will be under 6 lbs which should be pretty good, maybe not crazy electric power, but using a 6.5 oz fuel tank I will be getting 15-18 minute flight times which is nice.


Total right now is coming in at 5.83 lbs which looks to be ok.