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Pilot-RC 47% 180" Super Decathlon Radio Control (R/C) Aerobatic Model Airplane ARF Almost-Ready-to-Fly


Pilot-RC 47% 180" Super Decathlon Radio Control (R/C) Aerobatic Model Airplane ARF Almost-Ready-to-Fly


$2495
$1795.00
Item# (PRCDECATHLON)

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This planes is over sized and needs to be shipped by motor freight. $229 shipping to a business address. in the Continental US. *Must call for residential quote!

Want to really put on a show? The 15’ Pilot-RC Decathlon is an airshow quality plane! Put in smoke, and its impressive size and outstanding aerobatic ability will showcase even the best pilot’s flying skills. Knife edge flight takes almost no rudder at all due to the massive height of the side of the fuselage. Roll and pitch coupling is present though minimal. As an ARF, it builds quickly. At the field, set up takes only a few minutes to set up, there’s just 4 screws holding on each wing. While one person can assemble the plane, you will always find lots of people willing to help!

The prototype used a DA-170 on canisters with the 90mm drop headers. It has plenty of power for very exciting aerobatics. We made the cowl slightly wider than scale to accommodate the ZDZ-210 (with canisters if you prefer) without any holes in the cowl. We used a Seiko servo on the rudder, though the rudder needs very little power. We used only 2 JR-8711 servos on each aileron and just one JR-8711 on each elevator. There is provision for 3 aileron servos per side and 2 elevator servos per side, but it’s unnecessary with JR-8711 servos.

We ran the JR-8711 servos at unregulated LiPoly voltage of 8v. These servos can take a wide open 2-cell Lipoly or LiIon without a problem. Since each servo can draw up to 5.2 amps, we opted for the TBM 7200 mah Lipoly batteries for high burst amps running through Dean’s plugs to a Smart Fly Power Expander (the EQ-10). We used the Power Expander to set the servos up and we simply plugged both the power and signal (2 separate leads) for both the Seiko servo and the smoke pump (Sullivan Skywriter) into the Power Expander as well. It’s a very simple set up.

The performance is outstanding and so is the fun. You will love flying this plane and much as the spectators will enjoy watching it.

We used two 50 oz tanks for fuel, which gives us 45 minutes of flying time (way too long) on the DA-170, and we used a 40 oz tank which gives us 4 minutes of smoke (way too short).

It’s as easy to fly as a trainer plane, yet can do aerobatics with the best of them. If you want to hover and do 3D, the extra thrust of the ZDZ-210 is the best engine choice.

How ever you set the plane up, it is as good as it gets.

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Wingspan: 180" (4.58M)
Wing Area: 5283 sq in (3408000 sq cm)
Fuselage length: 122" (3.1M)
Weight: 74 lbs (34 kg)
Servos: 6 Aileron, 4 Elevator, 2 Rudder
Minimum Servo Torque: Aileron 1200 oz total, Elevator 800 oz total, Rudder 400 oz total, Throttle Standard
Engine: 150~210cc
A perfect engine for the Decathlon is the DA-200 as well as the ZDZ-210. The 210 has more power and less weight, but the DA has a really nice, scale sound.
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Fully covered ARF
Provision for 3 aileron servos
Provision for 2 elevator servos
(Decathlon with flaps uses one servo per flap)
Cowl is factory mounted
Cowl is set for a ZDZ-210. The 210 is completely enclosed in the cowl. The DA-170 is much smaller and fits very easily.
Canister tunnel is set for 90mm drop headers and fits most standard canisters
Uses 2 wing tubes, 1.75” in the front and 1.25” near the rear, both are CF
Twin CF ½” stab tubes
Includes CF 6” Spinner which is cut for a 2-blade propeller.
Painted aluminum landing gear
CF tailwheel assembly
Beautifully machined aluminum 7” wheels and rubber tires
Axles and wheelcollars
Plenty of room for the two included 101 oz fuel and smoke tanks
G-10 double control horns.
Turnbuckle linkage and ball links
Factory hinged ailerons and elevators.
Rudder hinges ready to glue in place
Pull-pull rudder system
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See the Decathlon soar in the Monster Planes USA 2009 DVD! Also available in Hi def Blu-ray! Click here to order!

Pilot: Gene Payson
Video by Tom Smith




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WARNING - Gasoline and Turbine powered R/C model aircraft are not manufactured to withstand unlimited G's. Any R/C model aircraft can fail, be it a wing folding up or a fuselage breaking in half under too high of a load. Just as any full size aircraft, model R/C aircraft have a maximum G rating. Because you are not in the plane flying it and experiencing the G's and reading the G-meter, it is more difficult to judge the G's on the aircraft, and it is very easy to exceed the limits of the aircraft. Understand that if you perform a snap roll, parachute, wall, blender, knife edge loop, or pull hard on the elevator at almost any speed, you can be putting in excess of 15 G's, even in excess of 30 G's, and most aircraft can only designed to take 10-12 G's. If you perform any violent maneuver, you can break your plane. When I perform hard maneuvers, especially for the first time on an airframe, I am prepared for a failure and am prepared for it as best I can be. This mainly includes performing the maneuver far enough away from spectators that in event of a failure that I am not endangering others. In addition, be prepared for the manufacturer to not pay for a new airframe which is broken during flight. It is common practice for any manufacturer to not replace an airframe which breaks in the air or upon landing. I have only seen manufacturers replace airframes when they have received many of the same failures and the manufacturer determines that there was a design or manufacturing error. If you break an airframe, and you are the only one to do so, then it is probably not the fault of the manufacturer. Please fly safely, and avoid full throttle operation other than at low airspeeds.

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