Originally Posted by
Dave Harmon
Not really......
I have a BJ Craft Essence that weighs 4860g ready to fly and is a fully competitive airplane in FAI as well as AMA schedules.
I also have a BJ Craft Nuance that weighs less than that.
These two airplanes do not have a scrap of carbon fiber or in-runner drives.
I did splurge a bit though and use a Mejzlik 3 blade prop.
I am not the only one....there are many guys that have these airplanes and I would guess that they are all well under the 5kg limit.
You would be amazed at how well they fly compared to almost anything else....properly setup though....setup is everything.
Dave
So the Essence is a 2M Plane made by BJ-Craft. At $2200.00 its not exactly cheap, and the cost to outfit the plane with new components from F3A-Unlimited WITHOUT the Transmitter and SHIPPING is around $4000.00 I know there are more expensive birds out there, and that this is a great airplane, but I'm just wondering if making the 5000g weight restriction is the reason the sum of the parts are so costly.
