STRIX Goblin - High Performance FPV Plank

[Badlands]

This one looks interesting - especially for the MT fans.



https://www.readymaderc.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=112_935_956&products_id=6670

Cant seem to find a fault with it...well maybe the price! lol

Will cruise at 4A with a 4S 4000 lipo = 1hr flight time
A 4S2P 18650 pack giving 6500mAh = 1.5hr flight time
'I can pretty much guarantee that there is not a more efficient *fast* FPV plane on the market right now.
It is extremely slippery so its efficiency depends on keeping external drag to a minimum, but even with all FPV gear and external antennas it'll do about 135mph in level flight.'

Want one!

:-)

[CurryKitten]

Ooh, nice - glances at page... .eek, you weren't kidding about the price !

Interesting to get that sort of efficiency out of it.  Looking at it's size/shape you wouldn't think it

[FPVSteve]

It looks like a plane I can't remember the name of that HobbyKing did a while ago (I think!)

Man, what was it called?

Have to say it looks awesome! Very fast and agile :D

[Loopdreams]

It looks like an NCFM M60 slope soarer that ate all the pies.

[iwan_canobi]

Saw this the other week, it does look really good and seems super stable for something that is only 1m wingspan! Would be a perfect plane if it wasn't for the price! Looks similar to the Nurf.

[BlueFlyer]

I'm sorry, but this is a blatant clone of another aircraft I've seen that also has wings, a fuselage and a prop at the back... how dare they...

something needs to be done about this

[FPVSteve]

:+

Not saying it's a bad thing (it looks awesome), I just thought it reminded me of something - the Super Alula

https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2150471-Super-Alula

[BlueFlyer]

It's a clone of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYYPGZEkh24

Which was inspired by the Graugans in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrmIYT8V49c

They ought to be ashamed of themselves, I hope they give credit or some of the proceeds to those guys who they've CLEARLY copied from and then mass produced their own blatant clone.

This is more of a copy/clone than that TechOne wing is of the MiniRaceWing... and I'm not even joking anymore.

[Ratty]

Super Alula for any old school pilots.

They were popular about 5 years ago.

Never really heard a bad thing about the air frame, the Alula that is. I know a few guys are teased to try out this new one.

[Brucey]

Yeah it was a great airframe of you could get hold of one

[iwan_canobi]

It's a clone of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYYPGZEkh24

Which was inspired by the Graugans in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrmIYT8V49c

They ought to be ashamed of themselves, I hope they give credit or some of the proceeds to those guys who they've CLEARLY copied from and then mass produced their own blatant clone.

This is more of a copy/clone than that TechOne wing is of the MiniRaceWing... and I'm not even joking anymore.

The difference being neither of the ones you linked to are available for sale, or tried to go into production.

[FPVSteve]

Frankly I don't care, it's about time we had a new airframe to be excited about - last one was the Drak!

In any case, who's to say they've not licensed the product?

[BlueFlyer]

I couldn't actually care less either.

I'm merely making a point.... people kicked off because a plane looked similar to another plane.... but no-one kicked off about this, mostly because of ignorance (the true definition of the word, not an insult btw).

[iwan_canobi]

I don't think anyone kicked off about it, and it was more than 'looked similar'.

Anyway, this has a blow moulded fuse which is interesting, and I guess that's part of the reason the cost is so high. It's probably a direct competitor for the drak, and given its size I'd definitely prefer that over the Drak.

[FPVSteve]

Blow moulded is making it even more interesting.

One of the best features of a blow moulded fuselage is that it can be wiped clean - unlike EPO which just goes minging after a while.