E-Flite Air Tractor 1.5m BNF Basic with AS3X & SAFE Select

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The World's Ag Aircraft
Founded in 1978, Texas-based Air Tractor is a leading manufacturer of aircraft built for agricultural, firefighting and other utility applications. Air Tractor aircraft can be found hard at work over fields and forests in more than 30 countries all over the world. The AT-500 series of ag planes initially flew in the U.S. on April 25th, 1986. Ever since, it has actually grown into among the world's most popular households of general air travel, single-turboprop driven aircraft used for crop cleaning, firefighting and other applications. Factory-finished in the familiar, high-visibility yellow and blue trim scheme with molded-in panel lines, rivets and more, the E-flite® Air Tractor 1.5m design offers an outstanding scale appearance you'll be proud to display everywhere you go. It's likewise equipped with practical features consisting of LED navigation and landing lights, slotted flaps and large tires, plus it's capable yet easy to fly making it a perfect choice for your very first — or next — scale or low-wing airplane.





Features

Scale reproduction of the agricultural "crop cleaning" utility aircraft consisting of molded-in panel lines, rivets and more

Easy to remove, fly and land, making it an ideal choice for a very first scale or low-wing design

Brief Remove and Landing (STOL) plus scale, sport and aerobatic flight abilities

High-power THREE and FOUR compatible 50A ESC and outrunner motor with 3-blade prop

Functional slotted flaps for much shorter takeoffs/landings and improved slow-speed handling

Durable, factory-installed metal-geared servos with adjustable linkages on the primary control surfaces

Spektrum™ AR637TA receiver with full-range telemetry and industry-leading DSMX® innovation

Easy to fly with innovative and optional-use SAFE® Select flight envelope protection

The unrivaled stability and locked-in feel of exclusive AS3X® innovation

Robust landing gear with large tires for operation from a variety of surfaces

Optional EDO-style floats with steerable rudders (sold individually)

Optional scale-like skis for flying from snow (sold individually)

Functional and factory-installed LED landing, navigation and strobe lights

Factory-painted and ended up in a scale, high-visibility trim scheme

Light-weight yet long lasting composite-reinforced EPO building

Fast and easy bolt-together assembly – no glue required

Easy to install/remove two-piece wing and stab





Capable And Easy To Fly
Air Tractor ag and utility planes have earned a track record for friendly handling, amazing abilities and unrivaled versatility. Those qualities carry over to this E-flite® Air Tractor 1.5m scale reproduction to make it an ideal scale low-wing design for intermediate to skilled RC pilots. The specially-tuned motor and 3-blade prop are matched to a 50-amp ESC to supply wonderful scale and sport aerobatic flight efficiency with THREE 2200-3200mAh LiPo batteries, or you can install a FOUR battery for more power and unrestricted vertical without the requirement for any adjustments or upgrades. Functional slotted flaps enhance slow speed managing while likewise providing Brief Remove and Landing (STOL) abilities. Robust landing gear and wheels with large tires enable the Air Tractor to fly from paved, yard, dirt, gravel or other surfaces at any suitably-sized park or RC flying field. Include large ponds or small lakes to your possible flying sites by setting up optional floats (EFL5261, sold individually) — or connect the optional scale-like skis (EFLA970, likewise sold individually) to remove from and land on snow. The factory-applied paint and decal finish offers outstanding exposure in addition to striking scale looks that are accentuated by LED navigation, strobe and landing lights. The E-flite® Air Tractor 1.5m provides a unique flying experience that a wide range of pilots will enjoy, even if it's your very first scale or low-wing model.





Needed to Complete

Full-range 5–6+ channel Spektrum™ DSMX®/DSM2® compatible transmitter

THREE 11.1V or FOUR 14.8V 2200–3200mAh LiPo with EC3™ or IC3™ Port

Compatible LiPo battery charger

What remains in the Box?

(1) E-flite® Air Tractor 1.5m with:

(1) 50A Brushless ESC (set up)

(1) Brushless Outrunner Motor (set up)

(4) Micro Metal-Geared Servos (set up)

(2) Micro Servos (set up)

(1) Spektrum™ AR637TA 6-Channel Receiver (set up)

(1) Item Manual





 




Flight Talk

 






Versatile Gear Options
Thick yard, gravel courses, dirt tracks; you can fly from these and many other surfaces that are impossible for many models of this size to deal with. The robust landing gear is geared up with wheels and large tires that absorb the bumps of rough surfaces and supply outstanding prop clearance. The optional float set (EFL5261, sold individually) includes double water rudders for superb steering control when flying from lakes and ponds. And the optional, scale-like ski set (EFLA970, sold individually) makes it possible to fly from snow or wet yard.
 



High Power
The factory-installed brushless power system includes a 50-amp ESC plus a specially-tuned motor and 3-blade prop that provide an abundance of thrust with a THREE 2200-3200mAh LiPo battery, or more power and unrestricted vertical efficiency with a FOUR battery without the requirement for any adjustments or upgrades.
 







Very Durable
Composite-reinforced, hollow-core building with EPO product provides a lightweight yet long lasting airframe. Plus the Air Tractor is geared up with long lasting and dependable metal-geared servos on all the primary control surfaces.
 



LED Lights
The Air Tractor comes with realistic-looking LED landing, navigation and strobe lights that are factory-installed and powered from the flight battery.
 







Easy Assembly
No glue is required for assembly, and due to the fact that the couple of parts that require to be assembled easily bolt or snap into location, the Air Tractor can be all set to fly in less time than it takes to charge the flight battery. The two-piece wing and stab likewise makes transportation and storage as practical as possible.
 



Scale Trim Scheme
The factory-applied paint and decal finish offers outstanding exposure plus a scale look you'll be proud to display everywhere you go.
 







Bind-N-Fly Completion Level Benefit
Already own a Spektrum™ transmitter? Bind-N-Fly (BNF) aircraft make entering the air quickly and with the best control experience possible much easier than ever. They come out of package with the power system, servos and a Spektrum 2.4GHz receiver set up so all you require to do is bind the receiver to a compatible transmitter, finish any last assembly, and fly!

This Bind-N-Fly Basic design is geared up with a Spektrum 2.4GHz DSMX® receiver including AS3X (Synthetic Stabilization–3-aXis) innovation that works behind the scenes to ravel the impacts of wind and turbulence. The outcome is a heightened sense of stability and precision that makes you seem like you're flying a much larger, skillfully tuned aircraft.

If this is your very first design of its type, or you want an additional margin of safety while acquainting yourself with the airplane, you can allow the optional-use SAFE® Select flight envelope protection innovation built into the receiver. No programming is required. Just change up the binding sequence as directed in the manual.

With SAFE Select allowed, you get:

Pitch and Bank Angle Limits
These envelope restricts keep the airplane from rolling or pitching upside down. They likewise prevent excessive climb or dive angles.

Automatic Self-Leveling
The airplane instantly returns to and holds level flight when the sticks are released and in the center position. It's likewise valuable for keeping the wings level during takeoffs/launches and landings.

Easy Switch Assignment—No Programming Required
The basic procedure for designating a transmitter switch to turn SAFE Select features on and off does not need any programming and takes simply a couple of seconds.

If you don't want to allow the SAFE Select features, simply bind the receiver generally and it will operate like a standard AS3X receiver.




 





Specifications

Airfoil Shape: Flat bottom

CG (Center of Gravity): 2.5" (65mm) +/- 5mm back from leading edge of wing

Charger: Offered individually

Completion Level: Bind-N-Fly Basic

Control Toss - High (Ailerons): .86" (22mm)

Control Toss - High (Elevator): .4" (10mm)

Control Toss - High (Rudder): .43" (11mm)

Control Toss - Low (Ailerons): .63" (16mm)

Control Toss - Low (Elevator): .27" (7mm)

Control Toss - Low (Rudder): .32" (8mm)

Control Toss (Flaps): .4" (10mm) / .8" (20mm)

Expo (Ailerons): Low Rate 5%, High Rate 15%

Expo (Elevator): Low Rate 5%, High Rate 10%

Expo (Rudder): Low Rate 5%, High Rate 10%

Flaps: Slotted for improved low-speed handling

Flying Weight: 251-2000g, 59 - 62oz (1681 - 1766g)

Length: 38.5" (977.9mm)

Minimum Required Radio: 6-ch (sold individually)

Minimum Speed Control: 50A

Motor Size: 10 size brushless outrunner

Propeller Size: 11x7.5 3-blade

Receiver: Spektrum AR637TA 2.4GHz 6-ch DSMX w/AS3X (Synthetic Stabilization-3-aXis)

Recommended Motor Battery: 2200 - 3200mAh THREE - FOUR (sold individually)

Servos: 4 micro metal gear, two micro

Transmitter Variety: Complete

Trim Plan Colors: Yellow and blue

Wing Area: 472 sq in (30.5 sq dm)

Wing Loading: 18.2sq in (1.17 sq dm)