| Type: |
Combat sloper |
| Wingspan:
| 48" |
| Wing Area: |
288 sq in |
| Airfoil: | W3008
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| Weight: | N/A |
| Construction: |
Styrofoam fuselage and wings with wood spars and packing tape covering |
| Controls: | Aileron, elevator |
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My first combat plane! When brand new, this foam and packing tape plane flies okay . As with most combat planes of it's day, it's draggy, so top speed is not too high.
The big ailerons make rolls very fast. The thin symmetrical wing makes turn performance marginal and somewhat mushy. Its primary benefit is that it makes recovery from a
combat hit possible from either inverted or upright flight. It's pretty cool to get slapped out of control, then recover inches from the ground while flying upside down.
Unfortunately, the wing is not very tolerant of damage. After a few weekends of combat, the lighter lift flying capabilities and turning performance start to go away fast.
Like the other foam and tape slopers, the Anabat is quick to build, and tough enough to absorb a lot
of damage before becoming an unflyable bag of styrofoam crumbs (this is why we use EPP foam now!). By the way, if you get one, don't glue on the control surface horns (which is what instructions recommend).
They just pop off too easily, and each time they do this, they get harder to glue back on. It's better to screw them in place. It's easier to CA a broken control surface
then it is to deal with a horn that just won't stay stuck on the control surface.
The Anabat is outclassed by pretty much every combat plane currently available, in both durability
and performance. However, it would still make a decent aileron trainer, and you have to respect it's heritage
as one of the original foamie combat slopers.
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