Post by thevon on Feb 28, 2009 11:41:03 GMT 10
Now that I've got the Vector I'm selling my Slope Ricochet.
Anyone who's been there when I've been flying it knows how much I love this plane! The Rico is an "old school" design, with a very solid fibreglass fuselage and the wings are balsa sheeted over foam cores, with Monokote covering. You can see the details at: www.southernsailplanes.com.au
It has a huge pedigree - a plane that people rave about as the benchmark for a high performance slope aerobat. It really is a flawless performer and I enjoy flying it so much that it led me to get the Vector which is a more modern (and more fragile!) ship.
This Rico and a Tbird were bought from a mate who was a meticulous builder and did a perfect job of covering etc, but the Rico was flown twice, then we both quit flying and it was stored for 6 yrs! I bought them when I got back into flying a few years ago.
Alan built it exactly as per spec, but never tweaked it. The flap and ailerons were too sloppy, so I made some modifications, the most significant being
1) direct pushrods to the flaps - the original flap mechanism was sloppy and I changed to a top-driven system with a shock protection linkage for the flaps, and
2) HS-65HB servos for ailerons mounted in the wings - originally it had one servo in the fuse with golden rods and heaps of slop. The flaps and ailerons are fantastic now (only one channel for flap). and as a result you can use crow and full-span camber.
It's never had any significant damage or repairs. Wings are perfect. I put some basic coloured tape stripes on the underside for visibility. But my workmanship was sloppy and I got epoxy and CA smears on the Monokote and fuse. So it’s strong and perfectly functional, just not beautiful!
It is in totally flying trim, and only takes 5 mins from unpacking to flying. It flies absolutely beautifully. Lovely aerobatics. It’s a heavy-ish model with a wide speed envelope, so it launches well in anything except light breeze. It flies very smoothly and holds a lot of energy, and while cruising you can pull a loop at any time. Absolutely no bad habits.
The Rico is made so you can fit 3 different types of wings to the one fuse. (Thermal, Sport too). It also has a unique spring-release wing joiner system, which works really well.
$275 with all servos, ready to go - but no receiver or battery.
Anyone who's been there when I've been flying it knows how much I love this plane! The Rico is an "old school" design, with a very solid fibreglass fuselage and the wings are balsa sheeted over foam cores, with Monokote covering. You can see the details at: www.southernsailplanes.com.au
It has a huge pedigree - a plane that people rave about as the benchmark for a high performance slope aerobat. It really is a flawless performer and I enjoy flying it so much that it led me to get the Vector which is a more modern (and more fragile!) ship.
This Rico and a Tbird were bought from a mate who was a meticulous builder and did a perfect job of covering etc, but the Rico was flown twice, then we both quit flying and it was stored for 6 yrs! I bought them when I got back into flying a few years ago.
Alan built it exactly as per spec, but never tweaked it. The flap and ailerons were too sloppy, so I made some modifications, the most significant being
1) direct pushrods to the flaps - the original flap mechanism was sloppy and I changed to a top-driven system with a shock protection linkage for the flaps, and
2) HS-65HB servos for ailerons mounted in the wings - originally it had one servo in the fuse with golden rods and heaps of slop. The flaps and ailerons are fantastic now (only one channel for flap). and as a result you can use crow and full-span camber.
It's never had any significant damage or repairs. Wings are perfect. I put some basic coloured tape stripes on the underside for visibility. But my workmanship was sloppy and I got epoxy and CA smears on the Monokote and fuse. So it’s strong and perfectly functional, just not beautiful!
It is in totally flying trim, and only takes 5 mins from unpacking to flying. It flies absolutely beautifully. Lovely aerobatics. It’s a heavy-ish model with a wide speed envelope, so it launches well in anything except light breeze. It flies very smoothly and holds a lot of energy, and while cruising you can pull a loop at any time. Absolutely no bad habits.
The Rico is made so you can fit 3 different types of wings to the one fuse. (Thermal, Sport too). It also has a unique spring-release wing joiner system, which works really well.
$275 with all servos, ready to go - but no receiver or battery.
