Would it be possible to refrain from using subjective statements such as "plenty of power?"

How do you decide what is "plenty" for people? Plenty for one might be considered "marginal" or even "inadequate" to some people.

Could you use more objective terms like "unlimited vertical," "2:1 thrust to weigh ratio," or thrust in terms of force?

I think that most if not all manufacturers claim that their plane has plenty of power so the term is almost meaningless to me. It almost sounds condescending to be frank. "It's more than enough....for YOU."

Oh, it has plenty of power...trust me!

All one has to do is watch the vids to see GOBS OF POWER.....LOL

My first RC boss, Jim Martin of Hobby Lobby, would not like me saying this but I would venture to say that it has "tons" of power!

After over 50 flights with my EC-1500, I would say "tons of power", is a pretty good description.
GOBS OF POWER pretty much covers it to.

I have a friend who really likes sauces at fast food places. He said he would ask for a "handful, a lot, a bunch," etc and would never get enough. Once he started using "buttload," he would get enough.

I would venture to say it has a buttload of power.

LOL I think that would depend who's butt you are talking about.

Thanks for the review Jim. I have never flown an electric twin, but now I think this will be my first!! Do you and or Jason plan on attending SEFF this year?

We won’t be at SEFF, but are planning for Joe Nall as usual.

This is a great flying plane. As a matter of fact, I have two. One I repainted and detailed as an Italian Air Force C-27J, which I think this plane resembles a lot;-) The other I am still flying in the factory applied scheme, with some minor modifications.

Flying with a four cell battery it has way more power than needed for any kind of scale flight. On the other hand, there are some pretty cool videos of Italian C-27J Spartans doing some neat stuff at air shows, so maybe aerobatics are not that far fetched for this plane.

I'm not a big aerobatic flyer, I prefer scale like planes and flying. E-Flite has taken some liberties with some aspects of the plane to greatly enhance the flight envelope. However, from a couple of feet and in the air, I am very pleased with the appearance of the model.

And, if I ever decide I want to learn to hover a plane or knife edge from one end of my field to the other, I already have a plane capable!

By the way, for anyone wanting to have their plane look more like a Spartan, Callie Graphics has the windscreen decals to help make it happen.

JB

These buttloads of comments are great!

Nice review and flying but I would have rather seen it go into the already running EC-1500 thread.
Now I have another thread to chase


I don't care what or how someone describes the power.
On 4 cells mine definitely has enough for my type of flying which is mild aerobatics with long steep climbs after a quick takeoff mixed with lower throttle scaleish flying to drop parachute men.
I've flown it once on 3S and it flew but I had to be very careful as it didn't feel like I would have enough power to get out of trouble if I did something dumb.

Just curious if anyone has used the ec 1500 as a tow plane for glider launching. I plan on attempting with a dpr rare bird and then possibly a bot. Also considering a piggyback set up... Any thoughts or input would be appreciated! This Will be an all new adventure for me.

Love it!