KAVAN Redy Acro 1385mm Kit

The REDY Acro model was designed and manufactured in the Czech Republic.

The glider/motor glider kit with a classic lightweight all-balsa construction in a kit is an ideal project for modelers who want to build a model with good performance for recreational flying. Thanks to the thoughtful design with CNC-cut parts featuring lugs and notches that fit together like puzzle pieces, the assembly is very quick and easy.

The fuselage is a simple "box" construction with balsa sides and plywood bulkheads. The space for the servos, rudder, and elevator is located in the fuselage under the wing; space for the ESC, battery, and receiver is located in the front under a removable canopy cover with a magnetic latch. The kit includes a motor mount for the electric motor version and a tow hook for the glider.

The one-piece wing with a profile that has a flat bottom side for easier construction is of classic design with balsa ribs, a main spar made from pine strips with a balsa former and leading edge made from beech wood, ensuring high strength of the structure while being very light. Ailerons span the entire wing and are controlled by a pair of servos with short straight carbon pushrods. The wing attaches to the fuselage using rubber loops.

The tail surfaces are plate-like, glued from CNC-cut balsa parts. The control surfaces are managed by wire pushrods.

You can cover the model with iron-on film – transparent iron-on film from KAVAN or Oracover® works very well.

For controlling the model, you will need at least a four-channel RC system; ideally, a six-channel computer RC system allows for independent adjustment and mixing of the ailerons as flaps. A good 6 g micro servo with a pull of 0.7–1 kg·cm will suffice for the ailerons, rudder, and elevator – the kit comes with servo mounts "tailored" for KAVAN GO-6MG servos. For powering the on-board electronics of the glider, a four-cell NiMH battery 4.8 V 800 mAh (AAA size cells) is ideal.

For the motor glider, the ideal is the KAVAN PRO 2225-1600 brushless motor with an 8 × 6″ folding propeller and a 30–32 mm propeller cone shaft with KAVAN R-30B Plus or KAVAN PRO R-30SB controller powered by a three-cell LiPo battery 11.1 V 750–1200 mAh. If you plan to equip your model with a Thermic wing with ailerons and flaps in the future, you should use the recommended KAVAN (or similar) controllers with a powerful switched BEC power supply stabilizer, necessary to power 6 servos.

The kit contains: CNC-cut balsa and plywood parts, pine spars and other wooden components, a set of accessories, a sheet of self-adhesive stickers, a construction plan in 1:1 scale, and instructions.