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Cessna 185 (RC)

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  • 03-06-2013 12:07am
    #1
    jma
    Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭


    Hi! Looking for some opinions on this plane, the "Cessna 185 Skylane":

    http://i00.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/902/719/270/1286867728876_hz-myalibaba-web8_10925.jpg

    I think the manufacturer is Riccs, and I think I can get it for roughly about €245.

    Specs:

    [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Wing span: 1500mm
    Length: 1138mm
    Propeller: 1060/3-Blade
    Height: 300mm
    Weight: 1622g
    Battery (LiPo): 14.8V / 2200mAh
    4-Ch fully programmable remote (Mode 2)
    6-Ch Receiver RC-RX6
    4 Highspeed Servos 9g
    3715 KV BL Motor
    ESC: 50A    [/FONT]

    It's an RTF model, and comes with a set of floats and wheels.

    Is it an OK price, or is there better for that kind of price range? Also, do ye think it might be possible to mount a small but decent enough camera for taking stills?

    Cheers!


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    desodon
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭desodon


    jma wrote: »
    Hi! Looking for some opinions on this plane, the "Cessna 185 Skylane":

    http://i00.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/902/719/270/1286867728876_hz-myalibaba-web8_10925.jpg

    I think the manufacturer is Riccs, and I think I can get it for roughly about €245.

    Specs:

    [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Wing span: 1500mm
    Length: 1138mm
    Propeller: 1060/3-Blade
    Height: 300mm
    Weight: 1622g
    Battery (LiPo): 14.8V / 2200mAh
    4-Ch fully programmable remote (Mode 2)
    6-Ch Receiver RC-RX6
    4 Highspeed Servos 9g
    3715 KV BL Motor
    ESC: 50A    [/FONT]

    It's an RTF model, and comes with a set of floats and wheels.

    Is it an OK price, or is there better for that kind of price range? Also, do ye think it might be possible to mount a small but decent enough camera for taking stills?

    Cheers!

    Looks pretty nice. Are you new at this? If so I would recommend a land plane first as bad landings in water could cause a lot of electrical damage. It's also pretty big and heavy for a first timer.

    I think at a weight of 1622grams it should carry a 200gram camera handy enough., but be careful to put it somewhere that it wont affect Centre of gravity too much.


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    #3
    jma
    Registered Users Posts: 714 ✭✭✭jma


    desodon wrote: »
    Looks pretty nice. Are you new at this? If so I would recommend a land plane first as bad landings in water could cause a lot of electrical damage. It's also pretty big and heavy for a first timer.

    I think at a weight of 1622grams it should carry a 200gram camera handy enough., but be careful to put it somewhere that it wont affect Centre of gravity too much.

    Hi desodon! I'm definitely no expert, but I used to have a smaller Cessna many years ago, in my teenage years. I only got a couple of decent flights out of it as it was not very stable even in a breeze.

    The handy thing is that this model comes with both floats and wheels, which means I could start off with wheels, and then progress to floats.

    I was looking at this camera:
    http://translate.google.ie/translate?hl=en&sl=de&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.de%2FFlycam-Kamera-Spycam-Minikamera-USB%2Fdp%2FB0049A80MC


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