My Extreme Aircraft 34% Extra with the BME 110 and lithium batts weighs around 24lbs, I just bought a new scale and it reads 23lbs 12 ozs and my old scale reads just a click under 24lbs. I have my throttle set with a little neg expo but need to adjust on it a little more.
ORIGINAL: rcairflr
If a 110 pulls out of hover at 1/4 throttle with a 26 pound airplane it seems that it would be very difficult to hover a 22 pound airplane and not let it just keep climbing. Would I also have this problem with a 105. From one of the posts above that mentioned a ZDZ 80. Is this maybe the best way to go, or would a 80 be sluggish pulling out of a hover? If I went with a 80 I would like to just go with the in-cowl muffler. As a point of reference, right now I fly a 16 pound airplane with a DA-50 and at times I feel I would like more power.
ORIGINAL: Modified
I'll have to disagree about the BME phone service, I've called them three times about different questions and they never failed to answer the phone and were very helpful. I have not had to use their repair service so I can't comment on it. I had the 34%extra w/BME 110 out this afternoon and I really like this engine and airplane combo. Blenders are awesome, the inverted flat spin is so flat that with a little power it will almost stop its decent. Hovers lock in easily and are almost hands off once it locks in, the hardest thing is with the 110 it still tries to climb out at 1/4 throttle. The only problem (so far) is the BME 28/10 prop seems to have little or no down line breaking and the airplane doesn't slow down very fast when landing, I really have to stretch it out or slip pretty hard to get her to slow down.