{"id":2720,"date":"2023-02-21T18:33:55","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T17:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/?p=2720"},"modified":"2023-02-21T18:34:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T17:34:13","slug":"chocofly-js3-maiden-flight-with-the-fes-fuselage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/2023\/02\/21\/chocofly-js3-maiden-flight-with-the-fes-fuselage\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocofly JS3: maiden flight with the FES fuselage"},"content":{"rendered":"

In August 2022 I got a second fuselage for my Chocofly JS3 and built this as a “light” version, without retractable gear and towhook, but with a light outrunner FES (6S). As I lost the winglets for my JS3 just before that and I only got a new set of Winglets in the beginning of December, I did not yet get a chance to maiden the new fuselage before winter. Today’s great weather was the perfect opportunity to give it a go.<\/p>\n

There are a number of reasons for me to get a second fuselage and set it up with a light FES. The first is that I really like Chocofly JS3 with the Jetec70, but the club airfield where I fly most doesn’t allow us to fly with impeller (it’s in a sensitive area). The second is that I wanted to have the possibility to fly a very light JS3 for conditions with very light thermals. The version with the JETEC70 weighs about 6.7kg. My scratch-built JS3 is about 6.6kg. The Chocofly version with the FES fuselage however only weighs 5.9kg. This weight difference makes quite a difference. It almost turns on its wingtips and is even harder to stall than the other version. But speed retention is of course much worse.<\/p>\n

The maiden flight and subsequent flights to fine-tune the glider went well. It’s a dream to fly and a breeze to land. I like this version and look forward to flying it often.<\/p>\n

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In August 2022 I got a second fuselage for my Chocofly JS3 and built this as a “light” version, without retractable gear and towhook, but with a light outrunner FES (6S). As I lost the winglets for my JS3 just before that and I only got a new set of Winglets in the beginning of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chocofly-js3"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9zI6K-HS","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2723,"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2720\/revisions\/2723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lefevere.eu\/modellflug\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}