For all those WOT4 fans who thought that things couldn't get any worse ;-)

[NigelH]

You hate the ARTF version.

 

Now check out this beauty

 

http://www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk/shopexd.asp?id=30654

 

[Solid Snake]

I actually like the look of that   seems ideal for my flying/crashing style 

[Andy Freeman]

Would you look at the price!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

[Frank Skilbeck]

Posted by Andy Freeman on 27/02/2010 18:38:52:

Would you look at the price!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 It doea include servos, motor and ESC, so if these are good quality then it's not too unreasonable. The video of it flying looks good.

 

http://www.servoshop.co.uk/index.php?pid=RIPACF020&area=Aircraft

[NigelH]

Posted by Andy Freeman on 27/02/2010 18:38:52:

Would you look at the price!!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 Yes, but when you think about it, it's not bad at all.  An airframe with brushless motor, ESC and servos for £123.  That's about the same price as the Parkzone models (BF109, T-28) of a similar size.

 

[NigelH]

Frank, we posted at the exact same second

 

Edited By Nigel Hunter on 27/02/2010 18:53:52

[birdy]

I considered starting a thread earlier, but I couldn't decide if the wot four (should have called this watt 4) had mutated into a monster or something good... Right now I think its good, but when I first saw it.....

[Tim Mackey]

I actually think that its very good VFM for what you are getting.

[ken anderson.]

what about the other Wot 4 that is winging it's way to us(the wot4 xl)....ie...extra large version...........again avalable via ripmax....it's on pre order now.....

 

          ken anderson...you heard it here first.....

[Chris Card]

I think the Wot 4 foamy looks great!  If it flies anything like the kit version it'll sell loads.  I really miss my Wottie, always a mistake to sell a good wottie

[NigelH]

Posted by ken anderson. on 27/02/2010 19:30:53:

what about the other Wot 4 that is winging it's way to us(the wot4 xl)....ie...extra large version...........again avalable via ripmax....it's on pre order now.....

 

          ken anderson...you heard it here first.....

 

 I was quite interested then Ken until I saw the size and the size.  68" still isn't exactly a large plane and at £170 it isn't that cheap.

 

[Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator]

OMG - is nothing sacred!

 

First they make an ARTF out of it, then they tell me it can be "Electr*fied", now this....have these people no soul! No compassion?

 

What is the world coming to . What next?

 

BEB

[Myron Beaumont]

BEB

As I mentioned yonks ago I have made my own plans of what I call MyWotfor based on info from various peeps on the forum .I'm waiting for the arrival of loads of wood monday or tuesday . All is not lost !!( And it will be OS 52 Fs powered ) Happy now ?

[Reno Racer]

Innovation and inprovement cannot be stopped; the WOT4 is just getting a 21 century makoever and subtle improvments. IMHO.

 

Surely this is a good thing, in the world of ARTF keeping the WOT4 design alive can only be done this way. Hopefully it will persude ARTF'ers to then build after their ARTF has crashed.

 

Don't forget IC engines have improved drastically, servos are digital and 2.4 GHz has proliferated into most clubs - don't tell me you don use any of these and that you fly a 1970's engine, servos, 35Mhz and a proper build WOT4!

 

Long live the WOT4, and don't forget the venerable Uno-Wot, which i still fly, only its been electrificated

[Myron Beaumont]

PS

Total cost of airframe inc covering- between £ 20 & £30

[Myron Beaumont]

I suppose that it will soon be called " WATT 4" 

[Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator]

Myron, you're a shining beacon of hope!

 

Made over for the 21st century - Mmmm, I wonder? Or is it really Chris Foss' retirement fund which is being "made over for the 21st Century"? Of course I support change and development - I'm a research engineer! But its a bit like TV, films, music and too many other things. "Let's not stretch ourselves to come up with something new, let's instead just take a sucessful idea from the past, dress it up a little and pump it out one more time"!

 

See - I'm not old fashioned - just cynical!

 

BEB

 

PS My kit built WOT4 Classic has an Irvine 53 Mk2 and 2.4GHz in it! The servos, sadly, are plain vanilla analogue Futaba 3001's - only cos I don't think my flying ability really justifies digital servos

[Peter 'Ivanna Crashalot' Savage]

How is a digital servo a digital servo? analogue servos still take in a digital pulse...

Is it a digital decoder detecting the position or something?

 

My club now has 3 wot4 ARTFs, they look brilliant, and as a fellow club member proved when he wrapped his round a tree, they are pretty easy to repair! 

[Andy Harris]

3S, 30A ESC 41" wingspan @ 330W

 

Seems a little under powered, I'd have expected 4S 40A and around 400-800 watts.

 

Digital servos refer to the position sensing scheme which is digital rather than an analogue pot.

 

The price makes it tempting!

[David Ashby - Moderator]

Three new WOT4 versions are on the way for 2010....

 

EPO foamy

Balsa/ply Electric version

Big 1.20 size version

 

The first two are 90% size, a bit smaller so they'll fly well using a 3S battery. Battery hatch for the balsa version was on the underside just infront of the u/c - that's my favourite. We've pics in our Nuremburg reports in the mag and here online later this week.

 

Curiously we were told that UK trade buyers were favouring the balsa leccy version while the foamy version seemed to go down better with continental buyers. They'll both be available here of course; It's well timed especially as Multiplex have no 'all new' EPO designs of their own at the moment.

 

 

 

 

 

Edited By David Ashby - RCME Administrator on 28/02/2010 07:41:09

[ken anderson.]

might have known that young ashers had inside info....

 

       ken anderson.........say nowt.......... 

[Chris Bott - Moderator]

None of these Wot4s are like the old kit built one which was from traditional methods and very strong. P.S. Even those can be electrified. But I guess they provide choice and alternatives.

 

On Digital servos, the difference is in the control circuit inside. Both receive the analogue pulse from the Rx. Both use an analogue pot. Analogue control circuits have the disadvantage that power to the motor is reduced as the servo approaches the desired position, and any slight movement away from "hold" can only be corrected with low power. Digitals measure where the pot is and can then apply full motor power if necessary even for very small movements. Hence the much higher "holding power" and usually higher current drain.

 

Better get back on topic now, sorry.

 

I think there is still a place for the old Wot4 among these newcomers. There is great satisfaction to be had from flying a model you have built and covered etc. And you can have it in colours of your choice..  

[NigelH]

That smaller electric looks really cool.  Another obvious design variation.  They've basically done what Horizon Hobby did with the Pulse XT designs, but in one pretty quick go.

 

[colin watson]

well i hope it lasts longer then my artf version which i won't replace even if they were free being foam it will depend on what type of foam epp is very resilient were as the multiplex version elopar breaks quite easily my easy glider wing broke in half after a rough landing.

if i wanted a wot 4 again it would be the kit version it will build in not much longer then the artf version and you would know its quality.

[Tom Foreman]

Hmm this 68" WOT4 might make a good home for my Turigy SK5065-270kv 1800W motor, I even have the choice of running it on either 8s1p 3700 mAh Lipo or 10s1p 2300 mAh A123, could be better than the heavier Xtra WOT I was eyeing up

 

At 8.5 lb that would equal an impressive performance at  over 200 W/lb

 

Still it would break my New Years resolution not to buy any more ARTF after all the undercarriage problems with my EXTRA ARTF

 

Tom

Edited By Tom Foreman on 28/02/2010 10:31:21