Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Z8RC Ultra Micro/Nano Speed Trials

The challenge: 
Fly between two light poles as fast as possible in level flight.  Flat speed to be derived by counting video frames.

The Field (in Order of Video Appearance):

Parkzone UM Pole Cat powerd by 1S Turnigy 138mAh 20C 
E-Flite UMX Sbach 342 powered by 2S E-Flight 120mAh 20C

Hobbyzone Champ powered by 1S Turnigy 138mAh 20C
E-Flite UMX Beast powered by 2S E-Flight 120mAh 20C
  
Nano Corsair powered by 3S Thunder Power G4 v2 350mAh 20C

The Race:
The hat-camera work isn't the best, but it'll do:

Click on the video to go to youtube and see the annotations

The Results: 
The Beast and the Pole Cat should be considered tied (within the margin of error) when sorted by time, but certainly not when sorted by $Seconds.  $Seconds = ($ * Seconds).  

I gave the Champ a $10 credit for its toy RTF radio.  The Nano Corsair price includes a 3S 350mAh battery and Optima 6 Rx.

By Time
Pole 3
Pol1e
Secs
Aircraft
Cells
Ch
Paid (BNF)
$Secs
14.40
12.93
1.47
Nano Corsair
3
6
$129.00
$189.63
30.62
27.80
2.82
Sbach 342
2
4
$169.00
$476.58
8.13
3.93
4.20
Beast
2
4
$169.00
$709.80
11.20
6.93
4.27
Pole Cat
1
4
$99.00
$422.73
57.90
52.13
5.77
Champ
1
3
$79.00
$455.83








By Dollar-Seconds
Pole 3
Pole 1
Secs
Aircraft
Cells
Ch
Paid (BNF)
$Secs
14.40
12.93
1.47
Nano Corsair
3
6
$129.00
$189.63
11.20
6.93
4.27
Pole Cat
1
4
$99.00
$422.73
57.90
52.13
5.77
Champ
1
3
$79.00
$455.83
30.62
27.80
2.82
Sbach 342
2
4
$169.00
$476.58
8.13
3.93
4.20
Beast
2
4
$169.00
$709.80