Flyzone’s
DHC-2
Beaver By Frank Fanelli
Versatility is the name of the game in flying fun with this new electric sport scale model!
AT A GLANCE Type:
PHOTOGRAPHY: FRANK FANELLI T 40
he de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver has its own unique aesthetic. It is not a graceful plane, more a pug-nosed cross between a pickup or a small dump truck. Its beauty is definitely in the eye of the beholder. But its long lived, con- tinuing service—it was first produced in 1948—and many of the 1,6757 planes built still find very useful employment in the wa- ter and bush areas of the world. When de Havilland first concocted the plane here’s how it all began: “Almost with- out variation, the pilots asked for tremen- dous extra power and STOL performance in a design that could be easily fitted with wheels, skis, or floats. When de Havilland engineers noted that this would result in
poor cruise performance, one pilot replied ‘You only have to be faster than a dog sled’. –from Wikipedia Flyzone’s Beaver offers a lot of the same versatility that the real plane has. This all- foam plane comes with landing gear and the optional floats. So with only a minimal amount of effort the land version can be switched to a float version and the necessary provisions for that have been included in the model. It can be purchased as either the ready to fly (RTF) version, with its own transmitter, or as the increasingly popular Tx-R version that has all the radio gear in- stalled and only needs a transmitter that can operate Tactic Radio’s AnyLink inter- face. More about this later.
Construction: Wing span: Wing area: Airfoil: Length: Weight:
Wing loading: Motor: ESC:
Battery: Radio:
R/C sport scale foam
59.5 inches 430 sq. in.
semi-symmetrical 38.5 inches 3.25 pounds
16–17 oz./sq.ft. 850 Kv
40-amp Manufacturer:
3S 1800–2100 mAh Li-Po 4–6 channel Flyzone
Dist. by: Hobbico P.O. Box 9021
Champaign, IL 61826 217-398-3630
www.flyzoneplanes.com FEBRUARY 2013
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