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Old Nov 06, 2009, 08:53 AM   #1
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E-Flite 38" Piper L4 Grasshopper

This little guy really caught my eye.. small, very light with a very small power system. Pretty neat. It built really fast and is a real sweetheart to fly. Not as aerobatic as some of my other planes, but looks great puttering around the sky.

AUW: 10oz

Static test: 70 watts

E-flite:
L4 Grasshopper
10a Pro brushless ESC

Turnigy:
2211 brushless motor
2s1p .8aH 20c LiPo

Hextronic:
(4) HXT-500 servos (rudder, elevator, ailerons)

GWS:
6x5 slowfly prop.

Futaba:
T12FGA transmitter
R6004FS receiver
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