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 Richard`s
1/4 chute flying over Calgary
"Around 100 flights so far no problems."
Richard Barauskas
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"Over 500 flights now, still no problems"
Richard Barauskas
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"I purchased a Giant scale about 1 year ago. I have carried
about anything you could possibly think of on this machine.
When I bring this thing out at the field everyone stops to see
it fly. I was flying at an airshow shooting some still photos
from the sky when the transmitter batteries went dead. I thought
it was all over. The unit circled for about 10 minutes then
began to drift away. It flew a total of about 20 minutes on
its own. It landed about 1 1/2 miles away with no damage at
all. I could not believe it. Great machine."
Rob Lawrence
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"It Flies it really flies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My 1/4 "Electric"
flew yesterday for the first time, It's great!!! 8 minutes and over
150 feet height. with some touch and goes. It tends to turn left,
should I make the left lines longer or the right lines shorter?
Thanks for the video that help a lot, the handlaunch is the clue.
I'll be more than happy to share with you what I have done to convert
it in electric."
Respectfully,
The Office of Michael Rosenfeld, Architects Derick R.Veliz M.
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have been flying radio controlled airplanes for about 30 years.
In the last couple of years I have had trouble seeing the machine
in the air. I hoped the powered parachute would be easier to see
and fly .It has let me keep flying without worrying about getting
disoriented or not being able to tell which way it is going. One
thing I would suggest is to let people know it will fly on a smaller
engine if they want to. I have a OS 32 on mine and it will stay
up about 50 minutes. My kit is now 2 1/2 years old and I love it."
Mike Nelson
Dominican Republic
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some pics of my parachute I bought two years ago. I have purchased
the 1/3 scale and hope to be able to send pics of it soon. Great
Kit."
Greg Lewis
Pensacola Florida
 "Great
kit I built it in about 1 hour and can not believe how scale the
unit looks. This is my first R/C kit and I now have over 15 flights
with only a few scrapes to the machine. "
Frank Gardiner
Dallas Texas
"I have been flying my 1/4 scale chute 5 months with the
Thunder Tiger 46 and always R O G it off the grass . If I am alone
I lay the transmitter by my foot and hold the chute up and open
the engine up with my foot . As long as I'm headed directly in to
the wind - no problem . I ran the receiver battery down once and
the chute slowly climbed and circled for 35 minutes and went into
some low clouds. I followed for 6 miles and it finally came out
and landed in a tree with no damage. I'm thinking about a back pack
chute now. The chutes are people pleasers."
John Kelley
Hermitage Ten
Jim was one of my model flying students a couple of years ago.
Jim has a vision problem and never was able to keep a fixed wing
craft in one piece very long. In time he became discouraged trying
to learn to fly a model airplane, but never lost the desire to fly
something. I think he now has that something he can be flying with
the rest of us fellows. Also we all enjoyed helping him getting
his Powered Parachute in the air. He flew it for a short time, and
did quite well. Now all we have to do is build his confidence, and
he will be doing just fine. Feel good that you have played a part
in helping someone get in the air. I know we all will enjoy having
him in the crowd, enjoying the sport with us.
Marlin Hutchison
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"I bought a 1/4 scale powered parachute from you at
the end of June with the idea of electricifying it. I left
the seat off and fitted a 3mm ply plate in front of the servo
tray to take the cells. While wondering what motor to fit,
I built a delta mixer from a PIC microcontroller as I liked
the idea of being able to flare to land. I usually fly fairly
low powered models using geared Graugner S400s so I was at
a loss as to know what to replace the 40 gas guzzler with.
I could have fitted a Astro C 40 but the cost of the motor
and the cells would be very expensive especially if it did
not work well or was over powered. I thought of writing to
you to see if you had any advice but I didn't see anything
mentioned on your web site so I wondered if it might be too
difficult.. Eventually I guessed and fitted a Graupner S700
motor with 2.7:1 gearbox and a 12x7 prop connected to 10 cells,
I tried just the trike unit - it trundled around on the grass
but I guessed that it needed more umph! I went up to 14x7
and 12 cells and that seemed to show some real power but as
the cells were only 500mA it gave quite a short motor run.
The only other problem was that the prop was now bigger than
the protecting ring. This evening was calm so I fitted the
12 - 500mA cells and gave it a try on the field behind the
house. The trike unit would track straight for a time and
then it would turn off as it picked up speed so I went for
a hand launch. Once the canopy was above my head I hit full
power and with a gentle dip it was away - turning to the left.
I managed a wide circuit to the right at about 40 feet before
the motor started to sag so I lined up for a purfect first
landing ( even though I forgot to flare). Now I think I am
ready to try some larger, heavier cells like 1700mA. These
should give me more duration and due to lower internal resistance
a better climb rate. I was very pleased with my first flight,
I just need to sort out some sort of bigger ring for the prop.
Has anybody else reported using electric power in you machines?
Can you tell me what the maximum weight of the 1/4 scale machine
can be? Many Thanks for a great kit with a very good quality
canopy."
Christopher Rose
Edinburgh Scotland
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