Upgraded 50CC Wildhare Sukhoi

[flyerfreq]

I went on the Wildhare site last night, and noticed that they have added two more color scheems, and changed it from an 85" bird to an 87" bird. I know it may sound strange that 2" would make a difference, but with everyone else making their 50CC birds 87", it was a limiting factor in my decision to buy the Wildhare. Can anyone fill me/us in on the upgrade??? Were there any other changes to the plane??? Any information would be appreciated!

Andy

[pupmeister]

According to this post http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6214670/tm.htm in the WH forum on RCU, the only other difference is that a strap has been added to secure the wheels better.

Tom also says in this thread http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_6360764/tm.htm that the increase in wingspan was purely for marketing reasons.

Cheers
Stephen

[flyerfreq]

Thanks! Not sure how I missed that on RCU. I guess my opening statement justifies his marketing strategy, going to 87".

[wildhare]

The only other change involved correcting a minor bug, the tabs on the hatch were a but too short. Minor stuff, plus addition of the new color schemes.

Oh, I almost forgot, all the new planes will come with wing bags.

TF

[thewrap]

	Quote: Originally Posted by wildhare
	The only other change involved correcting a minor bug, the tabs on the hatch were a but too short. Minor stuff, plus addition of the new color schemes. Oh, I almost forgot, all the new planes will come with wing bags. TF

Man Tom your killin me. All this after I bought mine. Oh well I can't complain about mine the way it is. In my opinion it has more than enough wing area than it needs. It floats like a feather.

[flyerfreq]

	Quote: Originally Posted by wildhare
	The only other change involved correcting a minor bug, the tabs on the hatch were a but too short. Minor stuff, plus addition of the new color schemes. Oh, I almost forgot, all the new planes will come with wing bags. TF

Wing bags too??? Awesome!

Thanks Tom!

Andy

[mikejr718]

When will the upgraded planes be available??

[why_fly_high]

	Quote: Originally Posted by flyerfreq
	Thanks! Not sure how I missed that on RCU. I guess my opening statement justifies his marketing strategy, going to 87".

This made me laugh. It is all about wing area and weight. There is a limit to this of course, a plane with the same wing area but on 60" span would fly differntly due to the extreme difference in aspect ratio but 2" in span is not going to make a noticable difference in the way it flies is my bet. But hey, it is up to Tom to give people what they want or he won't stay in business. Another thing is how many guys actually measure the wing span? I don't think I have ever measured the span of a plane.

Nice move on the wing bags!

Dan

[flyerfreq]

	Quote: Originally Posted by why_fly_high
	This made me laugh. It is all about wing area and weight. There is a limit to this of course, a plane with the same wing area but on 60" span would fly differntly due to the extreme difference in aspect ratio but 2" in span is not going to make a noticable difference in the way it flies is my bet. But hey, it is up to Tom to give people what they want or he won't stay in business. Another thing is how many guys actually measure the wing span? I don't think I have ever measured the span of a plane. Nice move on the wing bags! Dan

Even I knew it was silly! I guess I am the typical male that has been told his whole life that size does matter!

[Stainless Skills]

Wing area is over rated. I actually tried to measure the wing span on my yak, SD 30% and I got closer to 85".

[Zee]

Stainless, beside checking on wing span did you try to see how close is that 30%? It realy is close to 27%
Zee

[wildhare]

Many ARF sellers play very fast and loose with their scale % claims. Anything around 120" is said to be 40%, regardless of the size of the original plane.

There's a thread running on another site about a SD models Giles G202 that's said to be 43% at 122 inches. A real G202 has a wingspan of 264", 264*.43=113.52. That plane is actually 46% scale, not 43.

I note this because we (Wild Hare) have a new G202 coming soon that actually is 40% scale, it has a wingspan of 106" and is designed for a 100cc engine. The same 40% applied to a Yak 54 would be 128.48 inces. Big difference because there's a huge difference in the size of the full scale planes.

A 30% Yak 54, if accurate, would be 96.36" wingspan.

TF