ltc

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Hi
I saw a new BVM Bandit Evo fly this past weekend at a local event and really liked it.
It's about the right size for my next jet, but I can't seem to find a lot of information or reviews online, perhaps since it's fairly new?
I would be flying off grass and not interested in top speed, just a nice flying sport jet in the 2m size (easy for me to transport)
If anyone has any experience with the Bandit Evo, I'm hoping it gets posted here.
Thanks

ravill

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Having flown many bandits, and with the Evo being even lighter, I bet it flies amazing!

And with pretty much all the building is done for you, it’ll be a winner. And it will do 200 mph all day long with likely any turbine you power it with.

The only “funny” thing about bandits is that they like to come in nose level to a little down with a nice and gentle flare for touchdown.

Bandits are the scalpel of the sky. They fly super precise! I love them!

Doug Cronkhite

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I've flown the BVM Blue Angels EVF Evo, as well as a customer's EVO with a Kingtech K-100 in it.. It absolutely DOES NOT need any more power than this.. Fantastic airplane like all Bandits are.. The only place the EVF gives anything up to the turbine power is really the flight duration.. I flew 5 minutes with the EVF, where I can get a solid 8 out of the turbine version. The EVO is a new PNP airplane built in Florida.. Ravi is right.. it definitely flies lighter than the Super Bandits I've owned in the past. Approach is flown in a level attitude, but everything else is the same.. control altitude with power, and airspeed with elevator.. Then smoothly reduce power to idle just before the flare and it'll settle into a nose-high touchdown. Where I see people get into trouble with ALL variations of the Bandit is when they try to land too fast and force it on the ground.

Here's a link to the EVO's page if you want to see more info..

BVM Bandit EVO

Dave Wilshere

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Dave Wilshere