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The Ventus 2a in the FAI-15 m Class is difficult to
top. No sailplane in this class has won so many World and European Championships
. Improving the uncompromised aerodynamic design of the Ventus 2a fuselage was a
challenge. The lower drag of the new horizontal and vertical stabilizer
airfoils, developed by Prof. Loek M. Boermans, was a big step to improve the
performance of the new Ventus 2ax. Together with new developed winglets
from Professor Dr. Maughmer, University of Pennsylvania in USA, it was possible
to improve also the flight characteristics of the Ventus 2ax, especially at low
speeds and with high wing loadings. The result is that Werner Meuser
convincingly confirmed his positive flight results with the first place in the
World Championships in South-Africa 2001 in his new Ventus 2ax.
With a span of 5 meters this 1:3 scale Ventus
2ax is a very fine scale gliders. The cockpit comes finished with control columns,
upholstered seats, and some scale details such as instrument
mushrooms complete with instruments. The
true to scale canopy is hinged sidewise and includes preinstalled working
sliding windows that allow access to the canopy locking mechanism. All that remains for the builder to do is add a scale pilot for
complete realism.
The wings and all control
surfaces are of very accurate hollow-molded construction. The wing joiner is system is scale and interlocking like in our DG-600 (4-4.8 m)
or the Glasflugel 304cz. The well-proven HQ airfoil gives this fine model its smooth and versatile
flying characteristics. This model
is comfortable on a slope and can be winch launched, but is at it’s best when
aero-towed. The neat wing planform gives
it exceptionnal thermalling
performance and the wings are sufficiently strong to withstand
some aerobatics. Like its
full-scale counterpart, the poly brake wing plan with winglets form looks
especially graceful and unique in the air and gives a very smooth handling.
With the level of
completion of this glider, only a few hours of work are required before it will
be ready to take to the air. The
wings and control surfaces are hollow molded and completely finished. Airbrakes
are installed and ready to be connected to your servos. The high gloss, gel coated fiberglass fuselage has the functional
retract and tail wheels installed. A small package of
hardware and building instructions complete the kit.
Radio requirements are two mini servos for the
ailerons, two mini servos for the airbrakes, two micro servos for the winglet
ailerons and four regular servos for the
elevator, rudder, retract, and tow release.
Ventus 2ax (5 m) FG RTF kit, price:
N/A $ US
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