E-Flite Draco 2.0m with Smart BNF

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THE ULTIMATE BUSH AIRCRAFT
By a lot of price quotes, preparation and building the full-size DRACO ought to have taken years. Entrepreneur Mike Patey — whose extraordinary drive and Back to Work™ principles have influenced thousands of people — accomplished it in simply over five months! Mike began with a Wilga 2000, changing its Lycoming O-540 piston engine with a Pratt & Whitney PT6A-28 turboprop boasting about two times the power at half the weight. Many extra modifications followed before Mike happily unveiled his "supreme bush plane". It might go to the exact same places as a Carbon Cub, however also climb up two times as quickly; reach elevations approximately 28,000 feet; and cruise cross-country at 180 Miles Per Hour while bring 4 people plus equipment. Changes from the Wilga were so comprehensive that the FAA authorized Mike's redesign as a speculative exhibit aircraft. The DRACO 2.0m is equally distinct and astounding — and it's also among the most highly-engineered, in-depth and feature-rich E-flite® aircraft yet!





Video Introduction

 




Features

The supreme bush plane for an unequaled STOL, scale and beyond flying experience

The only officially-licensed scale reproduction of the one-of-a-kind DRACO by Mike Patey

One of the most highly-engineered, in-depth and feature-rich E-flite® aircraft to date

Bonus Scale details including an abundance of molded-in surface features, actions, antennas, wingtip skids, and much more

Functional Bonus Scale includes including licensed KING shocks on the primary equipment and tail wheel, leading-edge slats, slotted flaps, and more

17 total LEDs including navigation, landing, down, tail beacon, reversing and other lights with adjustable light controller

Clear windshield and windows plus a detailed cockpit with backlit cockpit console and pilot figure

Factory-installed, high-power 4S- to 6S-compatible brushless motor with large diameter 4-blade prop

Fits batteries from 4000–7000mAh to provide a wide variety of efficiency and flight times approximately 10–15+ minutes

100-amp Spektrum™ Avian™ Smart ESC provides real-time battery voltage, current draw, motor RPM, and other data by means of suitable receivers and transmitters

Optional-use motor reversing for special ground handling and other abilities with suitable 7+ channel transmitters

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

Easy to fly with ingenious and optional-use SAFE® Select flight envelope security

The unmatched stability and locked-in feel of exclusive AS3X® technology

Six factory-installed metal-geared servos with internal, ball-link equipped linkages

Big and practical, magnetically-secured leading hatch with large battery compartment

Shock-equipped and steerable tailwheel for improved forward and reverse ground handling

Scale-like articulated and shock-absorbing primary landing equipment with extra-large tundra-style tires

Custom-made and fully-molded carbon fiber equipment to handle short departures from and landings on a variety of surface areas

Two-piece wing with quarter-turn thumbscrews plus V2 hands-free servo connection system for fast and easy assembly/disassembly

Long lasting, fully-molded EPO airframe with carbon fiber and wood reinforcement throughout

Factory-applied paint plus decal surface looks fantastic and conserves time

Easy final assembly in less time than it takes to charge a battery





ABSOLUTELY ONE OF A KIND
Inspired by the extraordinary ingenuity and effort Mike Patey put into building the full-sized aircraft, E-flite® provides the only officially-licensed scale reproduction of the supreme bush plane! The amazing DRACO 2.0m is among the most highly-engineered, in-depth and feature-rich RC models ever produced. Beyond its complex style and the accurate shape of its fully-molded, light-weight and resilient EPO airframe with a factory-applied surface, it also includes an abundance of Bonus Scale details including a variety of surface features, actions, antennas, wingtip "stinger" skids, and much more. The clear windshield and windows provide an excellent view of the in-depth cockpit with pilot figure and backlit cockpit console. Functional Bonus Scale features include licensed, scale-like KING shocks on the primary equipment and tail wheel, leading-edge slats, slotted flaps and more. There are also a total of 17 LEDs throughout the airframe — with a customized controller that permits you to choose strong, strobing and other light mix alternatives from your transmitter. Extra-large, tundra-style tires on the tailor-made carbon fiber primary equipment soak up bumps and provide excellent prop clearance, while the shock-absorbing and steerable tailwheel provides improved ground handling — even when taxiing cab backward with the optional-use motor reversing (suitable Smart receiver and 7+ channel transmitter required for reversing).

Factory-installed, metal-geared servos with ball-link equipped and internal linkages deliver crisp, exact control. The high-power brushless outrunner motor can drive the scale 4-blade prop with a wide variety of 4000–7000mAh batteries, from a FOUR pack for slow and smooth scale flight to SIX power for better-than-scale vertical efficiency. It's also geared up with a 100-amp Spektrum™ Avian™ Smart ESC, and the BNF® Fundamental variation includes an AR637TA Smart receiver that delivers full-range telemetry including real-time battery voltage, current, motor RPM, ESC temperature, and more to suitable AirWare™ geared up transmitters. And even with its massive size and feature-packed style, the DRACO 2.0m can be flight-ready in less time than it takes to charge a battery! No tools are required for field assembly/disassembly since the two-piece wing is protected with quarter-turn thumbscrews. Most importantly, if you've mastered flying at least one or two previous RC aircraft you can fly the DRACO 2.0m effectively, especially when benefiting from the BNF® Fundamental variation's exclusive AS3X® and optional-use SAFE® Select technologies. And it all adds up to provide an unequaled STOL (Short Take Off and Landing), scale and beyond flying experience unlike any other!

The Plug-N-Play® (PNP) variation lets knowledgeable modelers pick and use their own transmitter, receiver, battery and charger. The Bind-N-Fly® (BNF) Fundamental variation includes a Spektrum receiver geared up with AS3X and optional-use SAFE Select technologies so intermediate to knowledgeable modelers can use their own transmitter, battery and charger. An ULTIMATE Combination including the BNF Fundamental variation aircraft, a Spektrum transmitter, Smart battery, Smart charger, the special tools and glue you require for assembly – plus a copy of RealFlight Trainer Edition RC Flight Simulator – is also available and conserves you more than $70 compared to purchasing all of the products separately.

Are you brand-new to flying RC (Radio Managed) aircraft? If you are, we suggest learning to fly with among our purpose-built trainer aircraft such as the HobbyZone® Carbon Cub S 2. Based on the Carbon Cub zipped Mike's other half, Chandra Patey, it's geared up with exclusive and ingenious SAFE technology that makes it possible for practically anyone to find out to fly effectively! The Ready-To-Fly (RTF) variation includes everything required to fly in one box and is the best option if you're a new RC pilot.



 






More information about Mike Patey:



Mike Patey was born in Gresham, Oregon together with his twin brother Mark, numbers 5 and 6 in an 11 kid family. Growing up in a low-income family, they were 15 when they introduced their very first organization together, Deck-It, building decks for their next-door neighbors in Orem, Utah. Prior to they finished high school they had actually constructed it into a business with nearly 200 staff members. Their hard work and drive led them to develop extra companies, effectively building and offering each one. Today, both continue using their passion for work to their own companies, Mark with Finest Yanks, and Mike with EcoVap.

Mike is married to his other half Chandra and they have 4 kids. Mike's air travel journey began in a 1971 Cessna 172L in 2002 when both Mike and Mark had actually individually chosen to pursue air travel. In a strange "twin minute", on the exact same day both had actually gone to airshows in various states and been influenced to pursue their pilot's license without the other understanding. When they shared their choice by phone, they were so blown away at the coincidence of the entire thing that Mark right away bought an utilized 172, and the rest is history.

Mike continues his passion of flying and air travel while balancing family, work, and neighborhood. "Our parents taught us that if you are blessed with a skill or financial resources you must give to others or you don't deserve it in the first place. We were raised dirt bad however our parents gave anything we had in excess to someone who had less than us." Mike continues to provide his time, talents, and energy to search and save objectives for local police, along with building the air travel neighborhood through his YouTube channel where he shares his passion. He is extremely offering of his time and knowledge also, frequently taking time away from his builds for visitors though he truly simply wishes to get "back to work", an expression that has ended up being a tagline for his channel. "Back to Work means to get after something. I use it for my life in general. It suggests provide your all, enjoy the procedure, and work hard." A mantra Mike genuinely lives by.

Mike holds several world speed records and has strategies to break those records again. From drag vehicles to hill reaches planes, Mike has constantly been driven to race things. He likes to develop bigger, stronger, and much faster aircraft, innovating originalities and making them truths in his builds. Mike's interest is infectious, frequently seen talking with fellow pilots and giggling over originalities or theories to enhance styles, he is a substantial property to general air travel and has influenced many to pursue their dreams of flight by earning their personal pilot's license.

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Exclusive Technologies (BNF® Basic only)
The DRACO 2.0m is geared up with exclusive Spektrum™ AS3X® and SAFE® Select technologies. AS3X works behind the scenes to ravel the effects of wind and turbulence to deliver a locked-in feel that makes it appear like you're flying an even larger aircraft. Optional-use SAFE Select provides pitch and bank angle limits together with automatic self-leveling that can be turned on and off at the flip of a switch! And if you do not|do not} wish to make it possible for the SAFE Select features, merely bind the receiver usually and only AS3X will be active.
 



Smart Technology
The exclusive Spektrum™ Avian™ Smart ESC provides a variety of real-time power system associated telemetry data including motor RPM, current draw, general flight battery voltage and more by means of suitable receivers (including the AR637TA set up in the BNF® Fundamental variation) and Spektrum AirWare™ geared up transmitters (including the DX6e and 8e, DX6 G2/G3 and 8 G2, the DX9, the NX6, 8 and 10, the iX12, iX20 and others) while you fly. It will even reveal specific cell voltages, temperature of the flight pack and other data when utilizing Spektrum Smart LiPo batteries. Plus, optional-use motor reversing offers special ground handling and other abilities (suitable Smart receiver and 7+ channel transmitter required for reversing).
 







Versatile Power System
The factory-installed Spektrum™ Avian™ 100-amp Smart ESC and high-power brushless outrunner motor can drive the large-diameter four-blade prop with a wide variety of batteries. Set up a FOUR battery for slow and smooth scale flying, a 5S battery for added power, or a SIX battery to deliver better-than-scale vertical efficiency. Most importantly you can install a 4000mAh battery to keep the weight and wing loading down, a 5000mAh battery for a fantastic balance of efficiency and handling, or approximately a 7000mAh battery to attain long flight times approximately 10-15+ minutes.
 



Extra Scale Details
The DRACO 2.0m includes an abundance of Bonus Scale details including molded-in panel lines, hatches and other surface features, actions, antennas, wingtip skids, and much more. A clear windshield and windows plus a detailed cockpit with backlit cockpit console and pilot figure contribute to the extraordinary scale appearance.
 







Functional Scale Features
Certified, scale-like KING shocks on the primary equipment and tail wheel, leading-edge slats, slotted flaps and more are practical Bonus Scale includes that take your experience to another level.
 



LED Lights
There are a total of 17 LEDs throughout the airframe to imitate navigation, landing, down, tail beacon, reversing and other lights. They're connected to a customized light controller with various settings you can manage from the transmitter to pick which lights turn on and off with different functions, glow strong, strobe and more.
 







Capable Gear
Like the full-blown DRACO, the articulated and shock-absorbing primary equipment is geared up with extra-large, tundra-style tires to soak up the bumps of rough surface areas and provide excellent prop clearance. It's also tailor-made from fully-molded carbon fiber to handle short departures from and landings on a variety of surface areas. The shock-equipped and steerable tailwheel provides excellent ground handling, whether progressing or when making use of the optional-use motor reversing to taxi backward too.
 



Durable Precision
Building and construction with fully-molded EPO material makes it possible to replicate the complex details and shapes of the full-blown DRACO in a lightweight yet resilient type. The result is an outstanding scale appearance that's easy to maintain and delivers the very best possible flight experience, plus the factory-installed metal-geared servos with ball-link geared up, internal linkages deliver crisp and exact control.
 







Added Convenience
The two-piece wing is protected with distinct, quarter-turn thumbscrews so no tools are required for field assembly/disassembly, and together with the V2 hands-free servo connection system, makes storage and transportation as easy and practical as possible. Most importantly, you can have the DRACO 2.0m all set to fly in less time than it takes to charge a battery!
 



Factory Finished
The factory-applied paint and decal surface conserves you time and makes for a scale reproduction you'll be proud to flaunt all over you go.
 









Bind-N-Fly Completion Level Advantage
Already own a Spektrum™ transmitter? Bind-N-Fly (BNF) aircraft make entering the air rapidly and with the very best control experience possible simpler than ever. They come out of the box 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 final assembly, and fly!

This Bind-N-Fly Basic model is geared up with a Spektrum 2.4GHz DSMX® receiver including AS3X (Artificial Stabilization–3-aXis) technology that works behind the scenes to ravel the effects of wind and turbulence. The result is a heightened sense of stability and accuracy that makes you feel like you're flying a much larger, skillfully tuned aircraft.

If this is your {very first|very first} model of its type, or you want an extra margin of security while familiarizing yourself with the aircraft, you can make it possible for the optional-use SAFE® Select flight envelope security technology constructed into the receiver. No shows is required. Merely alter the binding series as directed in the manual.

With SAFE Select enabled, you get:

Pitch and Bank Angle Limits
These envelope restricts keep the aircraft from rolling or pitching upside down. They also prevent extreme climb or dive angles.

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

Easy Change Assignment—No Complex Programming Required
The simple procedure for assigning a transmitter switch to turn SAFE Select features on and off doesn't require any complex shows and takes simply a few seconds.

If you don't wish to make it possible for the SAFE Select features, simply bind the receiver usually and it will work like a standard AS3X receiver.

 






Specifications

Approximate Assembly Time: Less than 1 Hour

Battery: Sold Separately

Charger: Sold Separately

Conclusion Level: Bind-N-Fly Basic

Flaps: Yes

Product: EPO

Minimum Required Radio: 6-channel

Power Type: Electric

Item Length: 53" (1346 mm)

Item Weight: 10.0 pounds (4535 g) with SIX 5000mAh 30C battery; 8.5 pounds (3855 g) without battery

Propeller Size: 14.5 x 9 4-blade

Radio: Sold Separately

Receiver: Consisted of

Recommended Motor Battery: 4S 14.8V to SIX 22.2V 4000-7000mAh LiPo (sold independently)

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Servos: Consisted of

Ability Level: Level 2

Speed Control: Consisted Of

Technology : AS3X and SAFE

Wingspan: 77.7" (1974 mm)