Me 163B radio controlled model
Mike Smart from the UK provided the following report and photographs of the Vöster electric RC model.
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The model has now flown and I can confirm that its performance is truly awesome! I launch it with a short bungee/stroke catapult and once it has left this, I turn the motor on. From this launch it proceeds steeply skywards at rocket like speed, very like the real thing, becoming a small speck very quickly. Power duration is very short, much like the real thing, approximately 2 minutes or less of full power! Level flight from a dive is very fast, we estimate around 70 mph. The glide is quite fast but controllable and I am able to land it on our mown patch in about 40 metres. It does not turn over and tracks straight until it stops. | ||
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The kit's specifics are as follows:
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