MTT
Jul 26, 2003, 12:56 PM
Hi, guys, last weekend I finally got to try the torcman outrunner I showed you at the field.
I had it installed in my Robbe Calibra ( 2m hotliner ), and made several flights with it, all very nice, the torcman on 10 cells, with a 14x10 would make the Calibra climb almost vertically !
Unfortunately, the Calibra did not survive, on the last flight, while pulling out of a dive, the wing folded and that was that...
Wing in 2 pieces, fuselage in 3, and the horizontal stab is a jigsaw puzzle... not repairable.
I suspect the wing had some previous damage, because the dive wasn't very steep & long, and I didn't pull all that hard.
I'll probably get a Nike from Esprit models as a replacement.
Anyway, I then decided to try the torcman in my Cumulus. It was atight fit, but I got it in there, and I am using it witht the same 8-cell packs I was using before, as well as the same prop.
It seems to have a little more power than the Kontronik drive 502, but what really amazed me, was the difference in noise !
Once Launched, after 50 feet or so, you can't hear the thing anymore !
Apparently, with the Kontronik geared motor, the gearbox is responsible for most of the noise.
Anyway, for all who are interested in these motors, here the link to torcman's english section : http://www.torcman.de/index_e.htm
I will be travelling to Germany in October, so if anybody wants me to bring something , let me know.
Michael
I had it installed in my Robbe Calibra ( 2m hotliner ), and made several flights with it, all very nice, the torcman on 10 cells, with a 14x10 would make the Calibra climb almost vertically !
Unfortunately, the Calibra did not survive, on the last flight, while pulling out of a dive, the wing folded and that was that...
Wing in 2 pieces, fuselage in 3, and the horizontal stab is a jigsaw puzzle... not repairable.
I suspect the wing had some previous damage, because the dive wasn't very steep & long, and I didn't pull all that hard.
I'll probably get a Nike from Esprit models as a replacement.
Anyway, I then decided to try the torcman in my Cumulus. It was atight fit, but I got it in there, and I am using it witht the same 8-cell packs I was using before, as well as the same prop.
It seems to have a little more power than the Kontronik drive 502, but what really amazed me, was the difference in noise !
Once Launched, after 50 feet or so, you can't hear the thing anymore !
Apparently, with the Kontronik geared motor, the gearbox is responsible for most of the noise.
Anyway, for all who are interested in these motors, here the link to torcman's english section : http://www.torcman.de/index_e.htm
I will be travelling to Germany in October, so if anybody wants me to bring something , let me know.
Michael