Sport - Electric

Sport - Electric

And sport flying isn't just on the IC side. One of the most rapidly evolving aspects of the hobby is electric powered sport flying. This is driven by a recent proliferation of model designs, and the coming of age (and affordability) of brushless motors -- offering a new level of performance.

Colin Kahn's new Lightning is now making regular appearances at the field and he is now working on a very large electric P51 Mustang. This looks like eclipsing his Lancaster and will be a very impressive model fitted with retracts and flaps.

Colin Kahn and Lightning

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Wingo on floats

Martin's Beaver

And then there are the foam construction, rear engine ME163s.

Sport Electric Gallery shows more models (here)

*** 10 January, 2010 10:27 PM +1000 ***

Last updated 10 January, 2010