DLE-30, 55 and 111 engines now in stock! |
Wild Hare now stocks HD servos, high quality low cost digitals now on hand! |
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The new 73" Extra 260 and Edge 540 for 30cc engines are now available. They are perfect for use with the new DLE-30, dropping the cost to get into a great gas plane to around $800 complete with servos.
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January 20, 2009 Update
We have had a small price reduction on A123 batteries since we found a new supplier who is offering us more competitive prices. The price of a 2300mah pack is reduced to $40 and the A123 50cc starter kit is down to $130.00. The kit with 2 A123 packs and a Power Expander Pro is now $235.00.
We now have in stock our new 88" 50cc Giles G202. This is a super nice stable airplane, fully 3D capable. It's only 5" smaller wing span than our original 35% Giles but is 8-9 lbs. lighter and flies great on a 50cc engine. It is also available in an MX-2 variant which involves a change of wings and some of the planes also have a red/yellow/black "Breitling" scheme.
We also have more of the 88" Edge 540's. We are having a big promotion of this plane, look here.
We received a good supply of the revised baby Edges and Extra 260s. These planes are improved by addition of a ring mounted cowl, stronger motor mount for gas engines, stronger landing gear and new color schemes. This is the perfect entry level combination with the DLE-30 and can be built with all new top quality equipment for less than $900. Predictably the Extras are almost gone at this point.
Wild Hare is a factory authorzed dealer for DL engines. The DLE-55 and DLE-111 engines are now in stock and we also have the new DLE-30. We will match the price of any authorized dealers and we offer free shipping on these engines. What's more we can offer great package deals with an airplane and/or radio system. The DLE-30 is an exciting addition. In past times people have wanted to use a gas engine on our "baby" Edge and Extra 260, but there was nothing on the market that I was willing to recommend. The DLE- 30 has changed all that, it handles like the bigger engines but weighs only 2.2 lbs.
Finally we now have our new 56" electric Edge which is very exciting, it's a really elegant electric plane that's built like the big ones. It's very flexible, inexpensive and quick to build. It is also available as a Slick 540.
We still have a few of the Giles Giles G202. I believe that the 100cc class planes, combined with the new DA-85 TMM-106 or the DL-111, provides an excellent growth path for those people wanting to make the "next step" from 50cc. These planes are reasonably economical and fly beautifully. The Giles are in stock, but only in the red/black/white scheme.
The 100cc market is benefiting from new lower cost engines. The DLE-111 is $710. The DLE is the most powerful engine available and is a killer deal it its low price.
We have a new canister muffler now available that works very well and is much less expensive that the ones that were imported from Germany. A complete canister kit for a 50cc single (DA, 3mm, DL, etc.) is now $165, down almost $100. The same kit for a twin is now $299. I've been running this muffler on my personal planes and it runs great, it's light weight and it comes with a 1 year warranty. The muffler alone sells for $90.
We
have good stock now on props in the most popular
sizes, especially 22-8 and 23-8 which are the props of
choice for 50cc engines. The props are identical
to Xoar wood props, very stiff,
CNC cut from solid beech wood and finished
in a high gloss. I have popular sizes in stock now, prices are similar
to Menz as well. I have a few in each size
and a lot of them in what I think are popular
sizes.
We also have received a quantity of a new style prop with a different blade shape and a graduated pitch, we are calling them the "GP" style.. They are very quiet (comparitively) and seem to do a nice job. I have 23", 26" and 27" sizes. The 23-8GP is excellent on any 50cc engine like the DLE-55, and the 26-10GP is good on a DA-85. THe 27-10GP works well on the DLE-111.
Because of production problems we have temporarily stopped carrying the
TOC-53cc single cylinder engine. We are still supporting the engines to the best of our ability and our popular hop-up kits are available again. We have a new optional larger carb that can be used to add about 100 more rpm. The hop-up kit sells for $69.
We have canister headers for the TOC-53 as well. This is a 25mm stainless steel header with a flex section similar to what we sell for the DA-50.
I have done a lot of research on batteries for powering the radio and servos in your plane. A (no longer new) battery technology called A123, also known as "Lithium nano phosphate" is now available and produces superior results with lower cost, lighter weight and simpler more reliable installation. Wild Hare is now carrying these A123 packs along with the Smart-Fly Super Switch dual-output switches to supply maximum current with mimimum voltage drops into standard receivers. Please see the accessory section for a detailed explanation. We have a starter kit for the A123 technology power, again see the "Specials" section. We've sold many of these packs and everyone has been extremely pleased. I know of nobody who has tried A123 cells and then gone back to some other battery chemistry. |
