I built a Simple Soarer a few days back. My son and I flew it over the weekend. Boy am I impressed! First, let me confess that I have a hard time sticking with stock plans. My Versa Wing was scaled to 133% with the blunt nose mod and flies great. I built the SS with a completely straight wing (no dihedral) and flaperons that run almost the entire length of the wings. I put a 28 mm NTM 1200 Kv motor on it with a 1300 mah 3 cell, 30 amp ESC and 10 X 4.7 prop. It was tail heavy with a standard power pod so I added 2 ounces of lead weight to the firewall. Balance was perfect.
We launched her and couldn't believe the power she had. Not quite unlimited vertical but darned close. A great roll rate with the big ailerons. An easy flier. My son has only flown a couple e-Flites with SAFE technology (Apprentice and Delta Ray) but had no problem in controlling the SS. He did break a prop on landing but after all it is a 10 incher with no landing gear protection. I've got about 50 spares anyway. We're going to build some more of these with varying configurations. Definitely a GREAT design. Thanks Flite Test!!!
We launched her and couldn't believe the power she had. Not quite unlimited vertical but darned close. A great roll rate with the big ailerons. An easy flier. My son has only flown a couple e-Flites with SAFE technology (Apprentice and Delta Ray) but had no problem in controlling the SS. He did break a prop on landing but after all it is a 10 incher with no landing gear protection. I've got about 50 spares anyway. We're going to build some more of these with varying configurations. Definitely a GREAT design. Thanks Flite Test!!!