![]() But after that one I was hooked on electric power.and almost everything I flew from airplanes to helis, park flyers to giant scale, was electric powered from then on! Not my finest or proudest work (though I was only 17 at the time!), but boy did I love building and flying that model! I had a few other electric powered models before that, most of which barely flew and ended up being converted to glow power. No problem telling the top from the bottom! Jason says he is currently building a new Mirage with barn door ailerons as well as longer landing gear to accomodate a Master Airscrew 2.5:1 gearbox and 12x8 prop.Ī beautiful and challenging covering job. Throttled back, power on flights of 10-15 minutes are the norm, and, at full throttle, Jason reports that he gets 6-8 minutes of lazy aerobatics. ![]() Power comes fmah cells, which allows it to ROG off medium grass in 60 feet and pavement in about 30 feet. It has 2 JR 507 servos, and a JR 6 channel RX, as well as a Novak Arrow ESC with BEC which adds throttle control and saves weight at the same time. ![]() He built the plane completely stock, using the supplied motor and prop. Jason is 17 and lives in Las Vegas Nevada. Jason Merkle sent us these photos of his Carl Goldberg Mirage 550, his first "successful" electric airplane.
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