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2006: Article 07 XS Prototype #08 flying off Mirasol
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espanol aqui]
I recall that
Articles are NOT the main activity of Aerial Creatures & Cognitive
Integration. Articles are sold to finance the main
R&D activity
Description
| Article
07 is a R/C wing designed from ZERO by Aerial Creatures
& Cognitive Integration. Features oversized flaps and
elevons. Servoes embedded in wing trailing edge sheeting,
are directly linked to elevons. Foam structure, plastic
LE renforcement, special shock absorbing features (head
and loop wire)
Mechanical bird appearance AND flight behaviour: flaps allow
to hover on spot at any point in ridge flying, perform bird
like landings with full flap deflection. Allows brisk control
for extreme reactions and energic flying (see video)
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 configuration
with flaps full down
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This wing is designed to
play being a bird. The product is addressed to users willing to
fly for sensations, no matter the practice level in R/C flying.
(You can fly the wing in classical ridge or thermal soaring)
Technical specs
- R/C 3 channels:
elevon mix (AIL+ELEV) + flaps (THROTTLE)
- Wing span 80 cm, Wing
surface 13.5 dm2, Weight 195 gr [with design hardware], Wing
load 15 gr/dm2
- Control surface vs Fixed
surface: 1/2, Elevon range -45°, + 45° [HS-55 125% EPA],
Flap range -15°, + 75° [HS-55 125% EPA]
- Controllable alpha range
~ -50°, ~ +70° [CG 1.5 cm FWD NP]
- Wind speed <10 km/h
to ~40 km/h
ARF kit
(Almost-Ready to-Fly kit)
ARF kit (see photo) assembles
in 1 hour, needs no glue or tools of any kind. Includes assembly
instructions and flight manual. Must be purchased separately:
- >= 3 channel R/C transmitter
with elevon mix (or add elevon/v-tail electronic servo mixing
on board)
- >= 3 channel R/C receptor
[suggested GWS R4PII72/F pico (+cristal)]
- 3 feather servo [suggested
Hitec HS-55]
- Battery [suggested Electrifly
GPMP0950NiMH, 4 cell 4.8V 350 mAh]:
Buy
ARF
kit sells for 25.000 CHP (Chilean pesos), 48 USD, 40 EUR,
+ shipping all over the world. Every wing is granted e-mail
support/assistance for a lifetime. Write to ask or order:
xmrk@karenfuxia.com
N.B.: remove the x
at the beginning of the address when sending the email (spam
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Dealers
Dealers welcome. Write to
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Manuals
Download the flight manual
here
Kit ARF (Almost Ready to
Fly) assembly manual comes with the solid wing. Consists of 10
pages with B/W photos (same quality of photos in the Flight Manual)
showing the assembly sequence in any detail, as well of carefully
written side notes. Not available for download
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Video |
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video shows some specific repertoire of the Article: flaps
usage (hovering/backwards flying), overall bird flight behaviour,
brisk control and energic flying. A must
Este video ilustra
halgo del repertorio del Articulo: utilisacion de los flaps
(hovering, vuelo marcha atras), estilo de vuelo posible,
controles a maxima defleccion y vuelo energico. Bajar absolutamente
This
video has been flown and filmed at the expenses of the relation
between Muriel and me. An impossible crosswind most of the
time, and very turbulent (wind was actually coming down
from the left hand hills), it was basically a nightmare.
I was dead determined to get a video that day -needed to
sell the wing- and i was fighting a last resort battle against
the whole world. To add, Muriel, doing the filming -THE
FILMING-, had a hard time to maintain visual contact with
the crazy bee flying all over the place, and getting all
the stress i was shitting around me at the same time. We
have been arguing for weeks, as the situation was practically
the perfect analogy for the 50% of our overall relation.
I edited the video the same night riding the same spirit,
and so here you have it. It turned out pas mal
after all. Muriel did an amazing job in keeping the beast
centered and grabbing some remarkable action. There is a
remarkable soundtrack too i mixed on the spot featuring
Muse Stockholm Syndrome, some Matrix and other crazy stuff
on the background
[DOWNLOAD]
a7xs.wmv (low quality)
[DOWNLOAD] a7xs.avi (as
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Muriel portrayed me
on that day, apparently i was smiling. I don't recall. She
does a lot for me, but me too take wonderful
portraits of her
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