Mini Drak, Dart XL Enhanced, and Aggressor Comparison. Forwards swept wing designs.
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Steve Petrotto of Horizon Hobby
In terms of the Mini Drak, you can turn it into a loafer with extended wings and a tail boom. I’m a couple of weeks away from having one in the air. With a 5200 mah 4S, she’ll stay in the air for an hour plus, so I’m told. Great FPV cruiser.
nice comparison and just shows that 3 similar wings fly very different, would of been nice to see the Rambler in the mix, but 3 are enough
I have a question for you Sir Andrew, but it’s a lengthy question for a quite likely short answer….
The whole reason (well, excuse) for me getting interested in the hobby is/was that I wanted to scan terrain for use in 3D modelling car racing sims…
Until recently it looked like I was going to need to spend thousands of dollars on software to do this, once having captured the photos….
Recently I found that the name of what I wanted to do is called Photogrametry & that there is fee software out there thanks to a trio of clips from Un burro Volando FPV…
So, my question is, what would be the most suitable plane, in your opinion, for a job like this, that can be set up on the ‘cheap’, please?
(Well, cheaper than a ready-to-fly commercial unit!)
Also, what camera would you suggest would be best?
I had though one of the RunCam Splits- possibly either of the 4K options….
I already have a ‘spare’ Sky Hawk with a single pusher which should have enough internel room for a flight controller & a belly camera, but Im wondering what other options that might be more suitable that Im probably missing due to lack of knowledge gained so far in the hobby…
Attached are the links to videos on the subject but you will need to enable closed captions as it might as well be in Espenola for all I can understand of it 3:) 😉
Thank you for your time & I hope this might even spark an interest for you too!
Ordered the Agressor and will be modding it with a Alloy 70mm EDF?…edit.
Any advice on thrust angle Andrew?. Any pushers I’ve made in the past have been neutral with the wing
Thanks for the reviews and comparison. I like the look and size of the Aggressor. I just didn’t know if it’s quality was on par with the Zohd.
Now that I know it is of good quality and is most suitable for endurance flying I know this is the plane I want.
I’d love to see a comparison between the Albabird, Binary and Dragon
I like them all!
good and bad? in anything, fast is good, slow is good, depends on how you feel at the time,
but wings are the best…..for me anyway,
great vid as always Andrew..
The Drac is for the whiny prop fanboys with deep pockets…Personally, I think the Aggressor has the best all round flight characteristics. This was best demonstrated when you initially flew it LOS.
Was mention made of price comparisons ?
You put on your fpv goggles only when the plane is high in the air? Same for landing? I have never tried one, and was always wondering.
The one bad thing I can say about all those beautiful planes: I don’t have any of them! Now, which forward swept wing to choose from? No idea! Thanks again and keep flying.
lol the ending
Hello.
One of my friends at my RC group recommending you when I asked for help finding a “decent” RC seaplane that can fly at a Lake. Got any good plane that are still in stock that you can recommend to me?
Thanks heaps, stay safe 🙂
Wow you have a lot of planes
Huge fan if the forward swept wings that have made a resurgence! Couldn’t say no to this video, based on the epic thumbnail! Unfortunately my wallet has kept my collection to only the ZOHD Dart – fine with me, she’s my favorite on iNav and 3s Li-ion. Can’t wait to build an Aggressor with a simple panning FPV cam
You need to get a full sized Drak now. The density of the foam in these models are insane
Had my mini drak cruising around at 100 mph, and faster when really trying. It really is a fun plane
I think talking about efficiency, the mini drak is probably the most efficient when speaking in wh/km! comparing the consumption from those 3 flights, you can fly them all around 6-7 amps on around 50kph. Just the mini Drak was consuming less and its throttle was low in the 15-20%. seems the mini Drak has a very wide band of flying speed with very low stall speed as well …
As I stated seven videos’s ago, my preference, and you have just proven it..
Just needs to be made from dense EPP though!
Thanks..
Unbelievable! Just got my Agressor! 4days!! That’s a record. Well boxed, no damage, my kit has the fuse in 2 bits. Will make it easier to fit my edf.
Any plans to do a DIY forward swept wings plane?
Why do you think the mini drak would be a terrible slope soarer? You don’t go into the reason.
Thanks