Winter Practice

Caught a break in the weather today, and logged a few practice flights on the Epilogue plus a few on the Epic + at Bomberfield. The Epic was brought out after sitting in storage for many months cause it's been promised for sale to a good friend. Due to his busy schedule, we’ve not been able to get together. Today we met at Bomberfield, Monaville Tx to fly it to ensure it meets his expectations.

The Epic is equipped with digital Futaba gear, a Hacker C50 Comp 14xl in-runner, and a D3 controller spinning an APC Carbon 21x13.5.  This power configuration is outstanding and hard to beat in my opinion.  Throttle management and braking are easy due to the C50’s torque and the D3's responsiveness. The last 2m my buddy owned/flew was a Vanquish with a Hi-max outrunner with a Castle HV80. My buddy was very impressed with Epic’s overall flight performance compared to Vanquish. The flight characteristics and capabilities exceeded his expectations.

Hacker US

D3 motors

Canalizer Test Update (Epilogue)

The second smaller Canalizer purchased from AJ Aircraft for the 2m Acuity was configured and fitted to the Epilogue. I’ve logged 9 flights since last Saturday and like the Invitation tests, I am very pleased with the results. Unlike the Invitation, the Epilogue had no mix for knife-edge, the smaller canalizer did not impact knife-edge other than requiring a bit more thruput to sustain level horizontal knife-edge flight. But like the Invitation, it did improve input controllability of point and half rolls on 45-degree lines as well as the reverse knife-edge maneuver. Like the Invitation, there is a noticeable change for the better in elevator control when pulling/pushing radii.

Following the canalizer test with the Invitation, I reached out to BJ for his thoughts and input. He confirmed my results that a smaller canalizer reduces the rudder's overall effectiveness. BJ also commented his goal is to produce a design to meet the global demands of the F3A F and unknown sequences where rudder authority is needed. My test proved to me for AMA as well as FAI P-Sequence the smaller canalizer tames the rudder authority down but is still more than capable of performing rollers that have crept into AMA Masters as well as FAI P-sequences.

Epilogue Before

Epilogue After