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Swedish ModelFlight
reader JOHAN BJURLING has just started a company
specialising in Micro R/C which has been named Micro Flight
Tec.
I've visited the website and, although
the site is in Swedish, it is easy to see that Johan is
marketing a fascinating range of models and specialised
accessories for slow-flyers, park flyers and micro r/c.
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Featured are miniature servos, motors, gear
sets, carbon light propellors, covering materials, cables, receivers,
etc. together with a range of rather delightful models.
  Take
a look, for example, at this gorgeous little Hornet heli on the
left, thought to be the smallest working r/c helicopter on the market,
or the beautiful Crazy Sparrow aerobatic park flyer to the right.
This model has a 970mm wingspan, 600 mm overall length and weighs just
330gm. It is a 4-channel r/c model and is powered by a Speed 280 motor.
 Included
in Johan's range is the Lupo - the prefabricated, moulded foam
model which Tore (Loodin) refers to in his letter on the post
box page. Johan tells me that he imported one just to try it out and
found that it flies very well - slow enough for indoor flying and for
those who might not have much time for model-making now (like Johan
himself with new-born twins and a two-year old toddler!), the 2 hour
'build time' is most attractive!
Motor with gearing, plus propeller, is included
in the kit which is actually made by Multiplex in Germany. Johan
states that it flew well for almost four minutes on 6 cells of just 120
mAh capacity. Bigger cells can be used, but obviously the weight will go
up. He plans to try some 250 mAh NiMh cells which weigh about the same
but should give twice the flight time. "I still think 4 minutes is
quite OK," says Johan, "A pack can be charged in 10 minutes,
so with two packs to alternate with, there's a lot of flying to
expect."
Browse Johan's site at www.mft.nu
- if Swedish is not your language and you want to know more, I'm
confident that Johan will welcome your enquiries via his e-mail address at
info@mft.nu
Here's wishing Johan every success with his
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