Curtis gave a little bit more detail on the Next-D Rave:
See more at www.rave-3d.com.
- Material used/quality – we are using quality aluminum and quality machining throughout the heli. I want a good machine for myself to fly so I will make sure it has good parts. I have been flying and testing (and crashing) it for a while, but even after that if we come across any new issues we will fix the heli and make it better. Like anything I am sure it will evolve over time.
- They are plastic gears, but they are very tough. I honestly was worried about the tube drive when I first designed it because it was common conception that gears this size would just not hold up. So in our first test flights I was going pretty gentle on it to be safe. Then I got harder and harder on the tail to see where they would break. Then I got to the point of ridiculous with them. That was the point of the fast piros in the first two videos. It was not that it can go that fast, it is that is can go that fast over and over again, stop on a dime and the tail still works fine. It is simple and a little silly, but I love to take the thing hit over full rudder and do a blinding piro climb, stop it hard and do the same thing on the way down. Simple, but fun and it can do it all day long.
- Comes with a glass canopy painted the way it is in the videos
- I really cannot get into every detail of what comes in the kit yet because the kit is not quite out yet and we do have competitors reading this same thread. But I will say it is not just a kit.
- Parts supply – I would honestly say the kits and parts may be in relatively short supply for the first couple of months. We are a relatively young and small company so we have to start by producing a conservative number of kits. But once we know the true demand for the kit we can adjust the volume as needed. Unlike our present situation with the Radix 600 we have the capacity to produce kits as demand requires.
- Parts Pricing – competitive with the Trex SE V2 450 range.
- What’s special – overall the quality and fit is very good. It is also very easy to build and fix after a crash. But the main thing that makes it unique is the very simple but solid Tube drive. The tube drive eliminates the static build up issues and it also gives a more solid and confident hold to the tail in flight. Also the ability without any changes to run the 350 blades is very nice. On the 350 blades and 4S the heli flies a lot more like a large heli. It is much more stable overall and will actually do real autos.
- Price – I cannot give the exact price yet. For many reasons, one I have not even told our dealers and Distributors the price yet. And I do not want our competitors to know just yet. But it will be competitive with the good quality 450 size helis.
See more at www.rave-3d.com.
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Mike Fortin - LVFF2008 (72.3 MiB, 83 hits)
I must say its been a long time coming but I finally got v2 of the website going. Looks like it working ok over the last hour but only time will tell if we get a lot of bugs. I wasn’t able to transfer over all of the user accounts so you will have to register again.
After listening to your valuable feedback, we’re excited to announce our MicroPower eLogger V3!
I just took the time to program in an events calendar. For those of you that want to post to the calendar yourselves….I am working on that for you guys. Give me a few days to get all of the upcoming events in there and then I will give access to you guys to add your own events.
