E-Flite Draco 2.0m with Smart BNF

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THE ULTIMATE BUSH AIRPLANE
By a lot of estimates, planning and building the full-size DRACO needs to have taken years. Business Owner Mike Patey — whose extraordinary drive and Back to Work™ ethic have inspired thousands of people — accomplished it in simply over 5 months! Mike started with a Wilga 2000, changing its Lycoming O-540 piston engine with a Pratt & Whitney PT6A-28 turboprop boasting about twice the power at half the weight. Many additional modifications followed prior to Mike happily unveiled his "supreme bush aircraft". It might go to the same places as a Carbon Cub, but likewise climb up twice as quick; reach altitudes as much as 28,000 feet; and cruise cross-country at 180 Miles Per Hour while carrying 4 people plus gear. Modifications from the Wilga were so substantial that the FAA authorized Mike's redesign as a speculative exhibit airplane. The DRACO 2.0m is similarly distinct and impressive — and it's likewise among the most highly-engineered, comprehensive and feature-rich E-flite® airplane yet!





Video Introduction

 




Features

The supreme bush aircraft for an unrivaled STOL, scale and beyond flying experience

The only officially-licensed scale reproduction of the distinctive DRACO by Mike Patey

Among the most highly-engineered, comprehensive and feature-rich E-flite® airplane to date

Bonus Scale information consisting of an abundance of molded-in surface area functions, actions, antennas, wingtip skids, and far more

Practical Bonus Scale includes consisting of certified KING shocks on the primary gear and tail wheel, leading-edge slats, slotted flaps, and more

17 overall LEDs consisting of navigation, landing, down, tail beacon, reversing and other lights with adjustable light controller

Clear windshield and windows plus an in-depth cockpit with backlit instrument panel and pilot figure

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

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

100-amp Spektrum™ Bird™ Smart ESC provides real-time battery voltage, current draw, motor RPM, and other data via 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® innovation

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

The unmatched stability and locked-in feel of unique AS3X® innovation

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

Large and convenient, magnetically-secured top hatch with big battery compartment

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

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

Personalized and fully-molded carbon fiber gear to manage brief launches from and landings on a range of surface areas

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

Durable, fully-molded EPO airframe with carbon fiber and wood support throughout

Factory-applied paint plus decal finish looks excellent and saves time

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





DEFINITELY ONE OF A KIND
Motivated by the unbelievable resourcefulness and effort Mike Patey took into building the full-sized airplane, E-flite® uses the only officially-licensed scale reproduction of the supreme bush aircraft! The amazing DRACO 2.0m is among the most highly-engineered, comprehensive and feature-rich RC designs ever produced. Beyond its complicated style and the accurate shape of its fully-molded, light-weight and durable EPO airframe with a factory-applied finish, it likewise includes an abundance of Bonus Scale information consisting of a range of surface area functions, actions, antennas, wingtip "stinger" skids, and far more. The clear windshield and windows use an outstanding view of the comprehensive cockpit with pilot figure and backlit instrument panel. Practical Bonus Scale features consist of licensed, scale-like KING shocks on the primary gear and tail wheel, leading-edge slats, slotted flaps and more. There are likewise an overall of 17 LEDs throughout the airframe — with a customized controller that allows you to pick strong, strobing and other light combination alternatives from your transmitter. Large, tundra-style tires on the custom-made carbon fiber primary gear take in bumps and provide excellent prop clearance, while the shock-absorbing and steerable tailwheel uses improved ground handling — even when taxiing 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 provide crisp, exact control. The high-power brushless outrunner motor can drive the scale 4-blade prop with a wide range of 4000–7000mAh batteries, from a 4S pack for slow and smooth scale flight to SIX power for better-than-scale vertical efficiency. It's likewise geared up with a 100-amp Spektrum™ Bird™ Smart ESC, and the BNF® Standard version includes an AR637TA Smart receiver that delivers full-range telemetry consisting of real-time battery voltage, current, motor RPM, ESC temperature, and more to suitable AirWare™ geared up transmitters. And even with its large-scale 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 secured with quarter-turn thumbscrews. Best of all, if you've mastered flying at least a couple of previous RC airplane you can fly the DRACO 2.0m successfully, especially when benefiting from the BNF® Standard version's unique AS3X® and optional-use SAFE® Select innovations. And it all adds up to use an unrivaled STOL (Brief Take Off and Landing), scale and beyond flying experience unlike any other!

The Plug-N-Play® (PNP) version lets skilled modelers pick and use their own transmitter, receiver, battery and charger. The Bind-N-Fly® (BNF) Standard version includes a Spektrum receiver geared up with AS3X and optional-use SAFE Select innovations so intermediate to skilled modelers can use their own transmitter, battery and charger. An ULTIMATE Combo consisting of the BNF Standard version aircraft, a Spektrum transmitter, Smart battery, Smart charger, the special tools and glue you need for assembly – plus a copy of RealFlight Trainer Edition RC Flight Simulator – is likewise offered and saves you more than $70 compared to buying all of the items separately.

Are you new to flying RC (Radio Managed) airplane? If you are, we recommend finding out to fly with among our purpose-built fitness instructor airplane such as the HobbyZone® Carbon Cub S 2. Based on the Carbon Cub flown by Mike's better half, Chandra Patey, it's geared up with unique and ingenious SAFE innovation that makes it possible for almost anybody to find out to fly successfully! The Ready-To-Fly (RTF) version includes everything needed to fly in one box and is the best option if you're a brand-new RC pilot.



 






More information about Mike Patey:



Mike Patey was born in Gresham, Oregon in addition to 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 released their very first organization together, Deck-It, building decks for their next-door neighbors in Orem, Utah. Before they graduated high school they had actually built it into a business with almost 200 workers. Their effort and drive led them to produce additional businesses, successfully building and offering every one. Today, both continue using their enthusiasm for work to their own businesses, Mark with Best Tugs, and Mike with EcoVap.

Mike is married to his better half Chandra and they have 4 kids. Mike's aviation journey started in a 1971 Cessna 172L in 2002 when both Mike and Mark had actually individually decided to pursue aviation. In a weird "twin minute", on the same day both had actually gone to airshows in various states and been inspired to pursue their pilot's license without the other understanding. When they shared their decision by phone, they were so blown away at the coincidence of the whole thing that Mark instantly purchased an utilized 172, and the rest is history.

Mike continues his enthusiasm of flying and aviation while balancing family, work, and neighborhood. "Our moms and dads taught us that if you are blessed with a skill or financial resources you must provide to others or you don't deserve it in the first place. We were raised dirt poor but our moms and dads gave anything we had in excess to somebody who had less than us." Mike continues to offer his time, talents, and energy to search and save objectives for local law enforcement, as well as building the aviation neighborhood through his YouTube channel where he shares his enthusiasm. He is incredibly providing of his time and knowledge too, typically requiring time far from his builds for visitors though he really simply wants to get "back to work", an expression that has ended up being a tagline for his channel. "Back to Work methods to get after something. I use it for my life in basic. It implies offer your all, enjoy the process, and strive." A mantra Mike truly lives by.

Mike holds numerous world speed records and has plans to break those records again. From drag cars to hill reaches planes, Mike has always been driven to race things. He likes to construct larger, more powerful, and faster airplane, innovating new ideas and making them realities in his builds. Mike's interest is contagious, typically seen chatting with fellow aviators and laughing over new ideas or theories to improve styles, he is a huge possession to basic aviation and has inspired lots of to pursue their dreams of flight by earning their private pilot's license.

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Exclusive Technologies (BNF® Basic only)
The DRACO 2.0m is geared up with unique Spektrum™ AS3X® and SAFE® Select innovations. AS3X works behind the scenes to smooth out the results of wind and turbulence to provide a locked-in feel that makes it appear like you're flying an even bigger aircraft. Optional-use SAFE Select uses pitch and bank angle limitations in addition to automated self-leveling that can be turned on and off at the flip of a switch! And if you do not|do not} want to allow the SAFE Select functions, simply bind the receiver usually and only AS3X will be active.
 



Smart Technology
The unique Spektrum™ Bird™ Smart ESC provides a range of real-time power system related telemetry data consisting of motor RPM, current draw, general flight battery voltage and more via suitable receivers (consisting of the AR637TA set up in the BNF® Standard version) and Spektrum AirWare™ geared up transmitters (consisting of 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 show specific cell voltages, temperature of the flight pack and other data when using Spektrum Smart LiPo batteries. Plus, optional-use motor reversing deals special ground handling and other abilities (suitable Smart receiver and 7+ channel transmitter required for reversing).
 







Versatile Power System
The factory-installed Spektrum™ Bird™ 100-amp Smart ESC and high-power brushless outrunner motor can drive the large-diameter four-blade prop with a wide range of batteries. Set up a 4S battery for slow and smooth scale flying, a 5S battery for added power, or a 6S battery to provide better-than-scale vertical efficiency. Best of all 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 as much as a 7000mAh battery to accomplish long flight times as much as 10-15+ minutes.
 



Extra Scale Details
The DRACO 2.0m includes an abundance of Bonus Scale information consisting of molded-in panel lines, hatches and other surface area functions, actions, antennas, wingtip skids, and far more. A clear windshield and windows plus an in-depth cockpit with backlit instrument panel and pilot figure contribute to the unbelievable scale look.
 







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



LED Lights
There are an overall of 17 LEDs throughout the airframe to replicate 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 various functions, glow strong, strobe and more.
 







Capable Gear
Like the major DRACO, the articulated and shock-absorbing primary gear is geared up with extra-large, tundra-style tires to take in the bumps of rough surface areas and provide excellent prop clearance. It's likewise custom-made from fully-molded carbon fiber to manage brief launches from and landings on a range of surface areas. The shock-equipped and steerable tailwheel uses excellent ground handling, whether moving forward or when utilizing the optional-use motor reversing to taxi backward too.
 



Durable Precision
Building and construction with fully-molded EPO material makes it possible to duplicate the complex information and shapes of the major DRACO in a lightweight yet durable form. The outcome is an exceptional scale look that's easy to keep and delivers the best possible flight experience, plus the factory-installed metal-geared servos with ball-link geared up, internal linkages provide crisp and exact control.
 







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



Factory Finished
The factory-applied paint and decal finish saves you time and produces a scale reproduction you'll be happy to show off everywhere you go.
 









Bind-N-Fly Completion Level Benefit
Currently own a Spektrum™ transmitter? Bind-N-Fly (BNF) airplane make entering into the air quickly and with the best control experience possible much easier than ever. They come out of the box with the power system, servos and a Spektrum 2.4GHz receiver set up so all you need to do is bind the receiver to a suitable transmitter, end up any last 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) innovation that works behind the scenes to smooth out the results of wind and turbulence. The outcome is an increased sense of stability and accuracy that makes you feel like you're flying a much bigger, skillfully tuned aircraft.

If this is your {very first|very first} model of its type, or you want an additional margin of security while acquainting yourself with the aircraft, you can allow the optional-use SAFE® Select flight envelope protection innovation built into the receiver. No programs is required. Simply alter the binding sequence as directed in the manual.

With SAFE Select enabled, you get:

Pitch and Bank Angle Limits
These envelope limits keep the aircraft from rolling or pitching upside down. They likewise avoid excessive climb or dive angles.

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

Easy Change Assignment—No Complex Programming Required
The simple procedure for appointing a transmitter switch to turn SAFE Select functions on and off doesn't need any complicated programs and takes simply a couple of seconds.

If you do not want to allow the SAFE Select functions, simply bind the receiver usually and it will work like a standard AS3X receiver.

 






Specs

Approximate Assembly Time: Less than 1 Hour

Battery: Sold Separately

Battery Charger: Sold Separately

Completion Level: Bind-N-Fly Basic

Flaps: Yes

Material: EPO

Minimum Required Radio: 6-channel

Power Type: Electric

Product Length: 53" (1346 mm)

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

Prop Size: 14.5 x 9 4-blade

Radio: Sold Separately

Receiver: Included

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

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Servos: Included

Ability Level: Level 2

Speed Control: Consisted Of

Innovation : AS3X and SAFE

Wingspan: 77.7" (1974 mm)