Micro-pod

Description: This indoor flyer offers great performance

Designed by Bob Aberle, the Micro-Pod is one impressive little indoor RC model that you can build in a couple of days for the cost of a sheet of 1/32 balsa, some foam and a length of carbon-fiber rod.
Additional Information:

• Type: indoor RC
  
• Wingspan: 27 in.
  
• Wing area: 74 sq. in.
  
• Weight: 1.2 oz.
  
• Wing loading: 2.3 oz./sq. ft.
  
• Length: 15 in.
  
• Motor: KP-00 motor geared 2.75:1
  
• Prop: 3-in.-dia. Union U-80
  
• Motor current: 700mA (at start)
  
• Motor power: 3 watts (at start) Rpm: 9,200 (at start)
  
• Watts/oz.: 2.5
  
• Battery: single FMA/Kokam 145mAh Li-poly
  
• Radio req’d: 3-channel
  
• Radio used: Dynamics Unlimited RFFS-100 micro RC receiver and ESC; two E-Flight Design Mega magnetic actuators with output arms; E-Cubed R/C short antenna (Model M72-L); Hitec RCD Eclipse FM transmitter with Spectra RF module
  
• Flight duration: 10 to 12 min.