Tom in Colorado is a big DV fan - he's built four of them! Here's his latest...

Tom writes:  This DV is covered with Solartex, powered with a .91 Magnum 4-stroke, 13x7 APC, Hitec servos, Spektrum DX6 2.4ghz radio gear. We fly in Colorado at about 5500 feet.  It is the fourth DV I have built. Lost the first due to dumb thumbs, built the second for a friend, lost the third due to a battery failure. Some say this is the best flyer of the bunch. We think it may be due to the Solartex, the other three were powered by .91 2-strokes. We just don't know.

Bruce's Comments:  Tom has told me over the phone that this particular DV has its own sound - or lack thereof. Most DVs with plastic film covering have a distictive thrumming sound in flight, no doubt a result of the large open areas of covering acting like a drum. I've always considered it part of the DV's charm :-) But Tom says this one is much more quiet in flight - no thrumming, thanks to the Solartex fabric covering.

Oh, and Tom, a DX6? Isn't that radio supposed to be used only in park flyers? Does this look like a park flyer to you? :-)


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