E-flite Draco.

[airslither1982]

Hello everyone, I have been an RC enthusiast all my life so I am in no way new to the hobby. However I recently purchased an E-flite Draco and haven't flown it yet. I was just curious to know from anyone else who has this model if it has any particular habits or tendencies I should be aware of before I proceed with the maiden flight? Any advice is much appreciated, thanks

 

[Doom!]

Don't have one but it's a good looking plane, if I had room for it I probably would have picked one up. Should be a nice flyer. I have heard if you bounce your landings the landing gear is a bit fragile, but I guess that depends on the pilots skills, so I took that with a grain of salt.

Let us know how it goes. I'm a bit jealous.

 

[airslither1982]

Don't have one but it's a good looking plane, if I had room for it I probably would have picked one up. Should be a nice flyer. I have heard if you bounce your landings the landing gear is a bit fragile, but I guess that depends on the pilots skills, so I took that with a grain of salt.

Let us know how it goes. I'm a bit jealous.

Yes I agree it is a looker...I'm exited to fly it. I got a good deal on it too. Some newbie put the wrong price on it by mistake so I was able to pick it up brand new BNF for $450

 

[Doom!]

Yes I agree it is a looker...I'm exited to fly it. I got a good deal on it too. Some newbie put the wrong price on it by mistake so I was able to pick it up brand new BNF for $450

Nice!

 

[airslither1982]

Don't have one but it's a good looking plane, if I had room for it I probably would have picked one up. Should be a nice flyer. I have heard if you bounce your landings the landing gear is a bit fragile, but I guess that depends on the pilots skills, so I took that with a grain of salt.

Let us know how it goes. I'm a bit jealous.

So this airplane does fly quite well indeed. A bit slower than I was expecting and quite heavy witch I already knew but plenty of power for scale flying and even some mild areobatics. overall a solid aircraft. It's definitely a pilot's plane though. It has quite a bit of adverse yaw so it Must be flown with a considerable amount of coordinated rudder input witch was to be expected since it is a scale aircraft after all. And although it is a slow and gentle flying airplane I wouldn't recommend it for beginners. But anyone who is already comfortable with a trainer or beginner sport planes should be able to handle it with no problems. And yes it's a bit bouncy when landing on concrete but I think some softer tires will fix that issue.

 

[Doom!]

Yeah, I wish they had a better tire compound for most of their planes. Sounds like you had a good flight.

 

[airslither1982]

Yes it was very enjoyable....I can see room for some upgrades on this plane but overall I'm very happy with it so far

 

[airslither1982]

I very much enjoy this aircraft...I know a lot of people like gyros and some don't...I'm not against them there a big help in some planes...and others simply don't need them...in my opinion the Draco is one that doesn't.... flying this airplane without a gyro gives you a very good old school pure stick & rudder experience that I know a lot of people will enjoy but even for those who love there gyros it's still a good platform. I think E-flite did a very good job on this one.

Yes it was very enjoyable....I can see room for some upgrades on this plane but overall I'm very happy with it so far

I just picked up an E-flight Viper 90mm today cat wait to fly it...I think I will use the AS3X on this one lol

 

[Robert Droner]

Hello everyone, I have been an RC enthusiast all my life so I am in no way new to the hobby. However I recently purchased an E-flite Draco and haven't flown it yet. I was just curious to know from anyone else who has this model if it has any particular habits or tendencies I should be aware of before I proceed with the maiden flight? Any advice is much appreciated, thanks

Hi there -
I also fly a Draco. I would suggest the following:

- Get his kit!
https://www.kavanrc.com/en/item/balloon-wheel-w-valve-125mm-2-pcs-112705 - Find them anywhere you like...

 

[airslither1982]

Hi there -
I also fly a Draco. I would suggest the following:

- Get his kit!
https://www.kavanrc.com/en/item/balloon-wheel-w-valve-125mm-2-pcs-112705 - Find them anywhere you like...

Thank you...I haven't had any problems with the gear so far but I will definitely go for the upgrade to avoid breakage in the future

 

[Robert Droner]

That's what I did. There are many videos about breakage but poor landings don't help...

 

[GBLynden]

The landing gear holds up well if you don't try to to make pancakes on your landings. I will say that this is NOT for a beginner and it likes a lot of rudder in turns.

Here is my maiden flight video for reference: