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09-09-2008, 11:51 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Sebart Katana
Thought I'd intro my Katana which I enjoy greatly.
It's a Sebart Katana 30e w/ 65mg servos and now sports a Turnigy SK 35-48 1100kv and 80A speedy flying on 3s1p 30C 3500 packs. AUW of 3.35lbs. Peak power is 930watts & 84amps, and it'll pull 750watts & 65 amps continuous. Pretty much a missile. Leaves the ground in about 5' and goes straight up. It's just been rebuilt from a crash, was hanging it off the prop 40' in the air and the speedy gave up the ghost sudden like. Pretty much dropped it straight on it's nose. It took it really well too. A little fiberglass damage to the cowel, a little bit of balsa here and there and ripped a cell open in one of my 3500 packs . I walked over expecting a bucket of sticks and was amazed how well it took the hit. These Sebart models are tough and fly really well too. |
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09-10-2008, 09:28 AM | #2 (permalink) |
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looks good.. did that picture happen to be taken at the Blue ridge site 2 field?
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09-10-2008, 09:45 AM | #4 (permalink) |
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I used to be a member out their for a few years... like the first year it started up there (98 i believe) up until 2004 when i left for school..
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09-10-2008, 12:58 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Awesome plane! Its funny that you post this today because I was just looking at the specs (red/green) on this one and trying to figure out a motor. I noticed that your setup has a lot of power. Do you think the Torque 2814 on 3S would be good enough for that plane?
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09-10-2008, 04:01 PM | #6 (permalink) |
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I think the 2814 is spec for the plane. Better confirm it though.
I run the hobbycity chinese junk on mine. Turnigy SK 35-48 1100kv and 80A speedy w/ the 3s 3500 zippy packs. Take a hard look at the 3DHS 51" Slick too. I think that'll be my next ship once I recover from all the heli splurging I've had lately. |
09-10-2008, 04:33 PM | #7 (permalink) |
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I started looking at that one too but want something that can use my 3S packs without overloading them. The Slick seems to be the hot ticket but not sure when it will actually be in stock. Its also rated for 4S but I'll bet a Hacker A30-10XL on 3S 4400 would work.
Just got an Outrage 25C 2200 3S for my Trex450 and it has more power than my other batteries and runs cool. If I get a few more of those and run them in parallel, the power should be good with a 900+KV motor. Need to do a few more calculations...
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09-10-2008, 06:37 PM | #8 (permalink) |
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FYI: Atlanta Hobbies is where I got mine, really good shop to deal with.
I found the main gear to be really flimsy, then I bonked it a few times and bent the gear...but no damage to the airframe. Two bolts to take the gear off, put it in a vise, straighten it and it's as good as new. I think there's something to be said for main gear that'll bend. I did upgrade the tail gear and the linkages and the size of the wheels on the mains (for grass, ditched the pants pretty quickly too.) Otherwise, it's pretty much box stock. |
09-11-2008, 03:30 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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Awesome model, I love the SebART stuff I gotta get me one of these its the cost of all those extra Lipos that put me off getting one.
Bruce if you wanna nice setup that flies on a 3cell T-Rex pack get the Precision Aerobatics Extra 260 you wont regret it. Check out their dedicated website :- http://www.extra260.com/ Its a 48" span ultra light weight aerobatic model with a huge wing area. I've just got one and what a sweet bird it is They use a hybrid balsa/ply/carbon fibre structure "Fiberfusion" to make a mega light but super strong airframe. I'm running a PA thrust 30 in mine with a Turnigy 40a ESC, it has ample power and my T-Rex packs last for ages. I'm using 4xHitec HS-65MG servos (again T-Rex spares!) cheap flying with no extra lipo costs. I'll post some pix after if you want a more close up look ? Cheers Glenn
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09-11-2008, 07:17 PM | #10 (permalink) |
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I saw that plane also and it is very nice.
Hmmm, this is getting hard to choose now. I like the look of the Sebart Katana, the Extra 260 is sweet, and now found I could use 3s2p on a AJ Slick 51 with a Hacker A30-10XL.
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10-18-2008, 10:35 AM | #11 (permalink) |
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Ended up getting the Extreme Flight Edge 540 (blue/yellow with 45" wing span) - two of them. They were selling for $100 each shipped since EF was discontinuing it. This plane flies very nice and with a small amount of KE mixing applied will fly hands off in KE.
The other day I totaled it when I got distracted while bolting the wings on and forgot to plug in the aileron servos and do my pre-flight check. Oh well, good thing I have another.
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