Scorpio Palio Sport
| Review 8-Aug-2003 | Patrick Plawner | Video Available | Coming soon |
| Motor | AXI 2820/10 | Servos | 2 x HS-81 (ailerons) & 2 x HS300 |
| Speed Controller | Jeti ESC BEC 70 Amp | Batteries | 8 cells from CP1700 to 8 cell NiMH 3000-HV |
| Channels | 4 + motor | Flight Time | |
| Propeller | 12x9 (30 Amp & 210 Watts) | Gear Box | None |
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| Wingspan | 88" 220 cm |
Length | 45" 113 cm |
Empty weight | Max flying weight | 63.85 oz 1810 gr |
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| Wing Area | 698 sq.inch 45 dm² |
Wing load | 13.18 oz/sq.ft 40.22 gr/dm² |
CG location from wing edge |
2.95" 7.5 cm |
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| Building | Take between 8-15 hours for someone with
limited experience in building. 3 Documents came with the plane
I followed the instruction, almost to the letter, just added the 2 wing edges, at the end, to be comfortable. Some time spend on cutting the front to install the motor, as it comes as a Glider version. I also hope that the firewall will hold, with the AXI motor vibrations. |
| Take-off | Very easy. Just push the plane, with it's wingspan, and the motor full speed, it climbs straight and clean |
| Flight behavior | First trimming was really tricky for me. No surprise in flight. Tried to push the speed and the wing did not like it, heavy and noisy vibrations occurred at some point. Is it flying good as a glider ? Don't know, as I don't have enough experience in gliders. I'll be back in several months on this, after I will know more |
| Landing | Glides forever, unless you use spoilerons. Did not stall so far |
| Crash Results | |
| Repairing | |
| Other comments | Scorpio stopped the production of this plane. Cost of making too high. |
| Interesting Links | |
| FMS plane | |
| Pictures | Follow the link |
Latest Update: Monday, 20 June 2005