ORIGINAL: ChuckW
ORIGINAL: HighPlains
The numbers on the Escapade indicate it will be a flying brick.
I wonder if the advertised numbers are correct? A 52.5" span and 483 square inches? That would mean a 9.2" wing chord. I plugged those numbers into the cube loading calculator on flyrc.com using a weight of 5 pounds and it comes out to a value of 13, the same as many warbirds. Definitely not good. Hopefully it is just inaccurate specs. A few guys in the ARF forum have their Escapade. I'll ask there to see what the chord and span actually are.
I'm not sure how you are doing the math, but 5 pounds = 80 ounces. 483 square inches=3.35 square feet. 80/3.35=23.88 oz/sq. ft.
This is the same value that they list in the manual for this plane.
I am also looking forward to Ken's review. This looks like a nice little plane for $100, and I currently have two .46LA's gathering dust.
Edit: It would appear that in my ignorance, I have confused cube loading with wing loading. To be honest, in two years of flying, I have never heard of cube loading. I think you folks are just being nice and don't want to call me stupid
Anyway - I still want to see Ken's review. I am anxious to see which engine he puts in his test plane.