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satinet · Feb 07, 2008, 05:09 PM

Check out the MPX website for more info on this 1.3m elapor hotliner.

looks cool eh?
more info here:
http://www.rcmf.co.uk/4um/index.php/topic,48469.0.html

should be a nice plane if the easy glider is a yard stick. seems like mpx are pulling out the stops in '08. not sure what the PCM thing is about though.

Doubletap · Feb 07, 2008, 05:12 PM

HAAAAHH! HAAHHH! HHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

Tom! Great minds think alike

...Look at the thread I JUST posted; exactly when you started this thread!

Too funny...

Doubletap

satinet · Feb 07, 2008, 05:15 PM

lol, spooky!

Looks very nice for the money. I think i might get one.

Doubletap · Feb 07, 2008, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by satinet

lol, spooky!

...

mate...you sure you're not my long lost twin brother?

satinet · Feb 07, 2008, 05:18 PM

slope twins maybe!

Doubletap · Feb 07, 2008, 05:20 PM

I closed the one I started and in case anyone is wondering what all the giggling is about, they can see it here:

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=814982

Doubletap

satinet · Feb 07, 2008, 05:22 PM

oh i was gonna close mine, as you got there 1st!

Anyway, the plane looks funky doesn't it? I hope is can match up the the EZ glider.

Doubletap · Feb 07, 2008, 05:23 PM

We'll see what the price is; hopefully it's similar but not more than the Easy Glider. It would be great to use something like this as a "one design" racer; either this one or the Windrider Fox as they are both very inexpensive yet they should have pretty spirited performance even when built stock.

Doubletap

Doubletap · Feb 07, 2008, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by satinet

Anyway, the plane looks funky doesn't it? I hope is can match up the the EZ glider.

I think it's unique looking but still nice and streamlined. Obviously, they had to beef up certain areas for stiffness because it's made of Elapor (tail boom) and the nose is a bit blunt by today's standards, but that's OK with me; I still like it.

Doubletap

Doubletap · Feb 07, 2008, 05:33 PM

here...I went ahead and posted the photos from that other thread so us lazy people don't have to keep clicking on the link.

Doubletap

slopetrashuk · Feb 07, 2008, 06:27 PM

Will you two get a room!

mr_editor · Feb 08, 2008, 03:44 AM

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Originally Posted by slopetrashuk

Will you two get a room!

If they did could you imagine the twisted planes they'd build? They'd better take sensiblenick so we could be sure nothing would actually be finished...

skirmish · Feb 08, 2008, 06:25 AM

Would the glider version be legal for BMFA 60" racing?

Phil.Taylor · Feb 08, 2008, 06:39 AM

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Originally Posted by skirmish

Would the glider version be legal for BMFA 60" racing?

Good question - looks like it would - unless the glider version also has a hard nosecone. Could probably easily be modded to make it "legal" - could also of course add reinforcement for "ding proofing". already has ballast provision cos of the battery pack space.

n-tropic · Feb 08, 2008, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by skirmish

Would the glider version be legal for BMFA 60" racing?

That would depend on a few details like the first 1.5" of the fuz being foam etc. but I imagine there's a good chance it will.

Moulded EPP (/Elapor) models are great. The outer skin seems to work wonders for stiffness and of course the aerofoil will be true as long as the moulding is good and there's no reason to expect that it won't be.

Can I ask where the ballast goes?

Maybe there's recess under the wing.

Steve

EDIT OK - Right you are Phil.

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Feb 07, 2008, 05:12 PM	#2
Doubletap Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: PRC (People's Republic of Commiefornia) Posts: 5,794	HAAAAHH! HAAHHH! HHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!! Tom! Great minds think alike ...Look at the thread I JUST posted; exactly when you started this thread! Too funny... Doubletap

Feb 07, 2008, 05:15 PM	#3
satinet Don't milquetoast me! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Warwickshire, England Posts: 3,672	lol, spooky! Looks very nice for the money. I think i might get one.

Feb 07, 2008, 05:18 PM	#5
satinet Don't milquetoast me! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Warwickshire, England Posts: 3,672	slope twins maybe!

Feb 07, 2008, 05:20 PM	#6
Doubletap Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: PRC (People's Republic of Commiefornia) Posts: 5,794	I closed the one I started and in case anyone is wondering what all the giggling is about, they can see it here: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=814982 Doubletap

Feb 07, 2008, 05:22 PM	#7
satinet Don't milquetoast me! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Warwickshire, England Posts: 3,672	oh i was gonna close mine, as you got there 1st! Anyway, the plane looks funky doesn't it? I hope is can match up the the EZ glider.

Feb 07, 2008, 05:23 PM	#8
Doubletap Si Vis Pacem Para Bellum! Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: PRC (People's Republic of Commiefornia) Posts: 5,794	We'll see what the price is; hopefully it's similar but not more than the Easy Glider. It would be great to use something like this as a "one design" racer; either this one or the Windrider Fox as they are both very inexpensive yet they should have pretty spirited performance even when built stock. Doubletap

Feb 07, 2008, 06:27 PM	#11
slopetrashuk Who? Me?....Nah! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: The Naughty Corner.... Posts: 4,746	Will you two get a room!

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skirmish Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: West Yorkshire, UK Posts: 1,310	Would the glider version be legal for BMFA 60" racing?