| Type: |
Unlimited slope racer |
| Wingspan:
| 120" |
| Wing Area: |
sq in. |
| Airfoil: | RG15 |
| Weight: | N/A |
| Construction: |
Carbon fiber reinforced fiberglass fuselage, bagged wings carbon fiber over foam wing, glassed Spyder foam stabilizer. |
| Controls: | Aileron, rudder, flaps, elevator (full flying stabilizer), flaps |
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Definitely the biggest airplane in my hanger, the 3 meter Gambler is sold by Fred Sage (of Addiction fame). It uses the same Gambler fuselage that F3X sells, but then Fred adds his own quadrouple taper 120" RG-15 wings. The wings are vacuum bagged carbon fiber over spyder and blue foam. They are two piece, joined with an aluminum wing rod (I got a steel one too). The rudder and flying stabs are both glass over spyder foam.
The plane comes as somewhat of a mix between an ARF and a kit. Of course, the fuselage, stabs, and wings are built, and all control surfaces are cut, but the builder must still drill holes in the fuse for the wing rods, incidence pins, and stab bellcrank mount. The quality is good all around, the the molded in paint was a bit too light, so you can see the black carbon fiber showing through on the wings.
My plane is about 98% done...I've been a bit too lazy lately to finish. I have no doubt it will be great performer on the slope, though. Without ballast, it has a pretty light wing loading..around 9oz/sq'. Loaded up, it should be a screamer.
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