I have flown my Elita for about 10 times on the slope and I am still in the process of testing different setups and ballast weight so no final conclusion can be drawn at this stage. It is slower than my Pike WR but it may not be a fair comparison as I have a lot more flying hours with my Pike. It is expected that further fine-tuning will narrow down the performance gap.
Having said that, I am quite certain that the Elita doesn't like heavy ballast. Under good lift conditions, my Pike is quite happy with full ballast ( about 1 kg ) but putting such a weight on the Elita will result in tremendous energy loss in tight turns. 500g seems to work quite well for the model. Such characteristic seems to indicate that the airfoil of the Elita, which exhibits some reflex at the trailing edge, is designed to work in a very narrow range of CL and the drag will increase tremendously if the range is exceeded. For me, it's not an easy plane to fly but I like the challenge. That's all I can tell at the moment and I look forward to hearing the experience of other Elita owners. Y C Lui --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Michael Conte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone on the list flown the Elita from Jaro Muller? If so, what did > you think? I found a website that mentioned a possible cross tail version. > Is there any truth to that? As always, thank you. > > Mike Conte > Far away from home > > RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off.
