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Max-Thrust Double Trouble - Balsa Ready to Cover

Max-Thrust Double Trouble - Balsa Ready to Cover

Brand: Max Thrust

Part No: MAXB-DT-RTC

£248.39 RRP £269.99

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The Max-Thrust Double Trouble Balsa Ready to Cover is a one-piece ARTF biplane designed for spirited club flying with reassuring slow-speed manners. Blending sharp, modern Ultimate-style cues with open-cockpit heritage, it delivers full-house aerobatic capability, confident ground handling and the practicality to fit in the back of a small car. Built from lightweight balsa and ply, with a sturdy dural undercarriage and glass fibre mouldings ready for paint, it’s a fuss-free, all-season project that invites you to add your own covering scheme. Suggested compatibility includes .46–.55 2-stroke glow engines or 4–5S electric powertrains, giving you flexible setup options to suit your field and flying style.

Key Features

  • Supplied ready to cover for ultimate individuality.
  • Lightweight balsa and ply construction.
  • Fantastic aerobatic capability.
  • Superb slow-speed handling.
  • Build it i.c. or electric.
  • Sturdy dural undercarriage that takes the knocks.
  • Full hardware pack included.
  • Motor and engine mounts included for all power options.
  • Glass fibre cowl and spats (ready for paint).
  • Suggested compatibility: .46–.55 2-stroke engines or 4–5S power options.

What’s In The Box

  • Factory built fuselage.
  • Factory built 1-piece bottom wing.
  • Factory built 1-piece top wing.
  • Factory built tailplane and fin set.
  • Cabane and interplane strut set.
  • Cockpit fairing moulding (unpainted).
  • Cockpit windshield.
  • Comprehensive hardware pack.
  • Glass fibre cowl (unpainted).
  • Glass fibre spat set (unpainted).
  • Dural undercarriage.
  • Comprehensive instruction manual.

Needed To Complete

  • 4-channel (minimum) Tx and Rx combo.
  • .46–.55 cu.in. i.c. engine or 800KV electric motor.
  • Propeller to suit chosen engine/motor.
  • 5 suitable high-quality servos (i.c. version).
  • 2 x 200mm servo extension leads.
  • 1 x 200mm Y-lead.
  • Suitable heat-shrink covering film.

Tech Specs

  • Product Length: 1,070mm / 41.3in
  • Product Wingspan: 1,135mm / 44.7in
  • Completion Level: ARTF
  • Experience Level: Intermediate / Advanced
  • Recommended Usage Environment: Designated R/C model flying site
  • Channels: 5
  • Material: Balsa / Ply

Fly it like you stole it and don’t look back! That’s good advice for owners of the performance-proven Double Trouble Balsa Ready-to-Cover bipe. Sporting sharp, modern Ultimate-style design traits with a nod to open-cockpit classics such as the Pitts, Skybolt and Stampe, the Double Trouble offers an impressive full-house aerobatic capability along with superb slow-speed characteristics and outstanding ground handling. With all this wrapped in a one-piece model that’ll go in the back of a small car, you can see why pilots navigate towards it when they have an aerobatic itch to scratch.

Made specifically to suit traditional UK club flying sites, with all their associated challenges, the DT bipe suits regular .46 to .55-size glow engines or 4-5 cell electric powertrains and will comfortably take the knocks and scrapes dished out by no-so perfect runways. Practical and heaps of fun, it’s a simple, fuss-free, all-season model that’ll take you back to your roots and put a huge smile on your face.

Max-Thrust Double Trouble - Balsa Ready to Cover Key Features:

  • Supplied ready to cover for ultimate individuality.
  • Lightweight balsa & ply construction.
  • Fantastic aerobatic capability.
  • Superb slow-speed handling.
  • Build it i.c. or electric.
  • Sturdy dural u/c that takes the knocks.
  • Full hardware pack included.
  • Motor / engine mounts included for all power options.
  • Glass fibre cowl & spats (ready for paint).
  • Suits .46-.55 2-stroke engines or 4-5S power options.

What's in the Box:

  • 1x Factory built fuselage.
  • 1x Factory built 1-piece bottom wing.
  • 1x Factory built 1-piece top wing.
  • 1x Factory built tailplane & fin set.
  • 1x Cabane & interplane strut set.
  • 1x Cockpit fairing moulding (unpainted).
  • 1x Cockpit windshield.
  • 1x Comprehensive hardware pack.
  • 1x Glass fibre cowl (unpainted).
  • 1x Glass fibre spat set (unpainted).
  • 1x Dural undercarriage.
  • 1x Comprehensive instruction manual.

Needed to Complete:

  • 1x 4-ch (minimum) Tx & Rx combo.
  • 1x .46-.55cu.in. i.c. engine or 800KV electric motor.
  • 1x Propeller to suit chosen engine / motor.
  • 5x Suitable high-quality servos (i.c. version).
  • 2x 200mm servo extension leads.
  • 1x 200mm Y-lead.
  • 1x Suitable heat-shrink covering medium.

Manuals & Parts Explosions:

Manual

Max-Thrust Double Trouble - Balsa Ready to Cover Tech Specs:

  • Shipping Weight: 3.78kg / 8.33lbs
  • Product Length: 1,070mm / 41.3in
  • Product Wingspan: 1,135mm / 44.7in
  • Completion Level: ARTF
  • Experience Level: Array
  • Age Recommendation: 14+
  • Recommended Usage Environment: Designated R/C model flying site
  • Channels: 5
  • Colour: Brown
  • Material: Array


    Key Info:
    • Brand: Max Thrust
    • Part No: MAXB-DT-RTC
    • Barcode: 5051121284621
    • Assembly Level: ARTF (Almost RTF)
    • Power:
      • Electric
      • Nitro
    • Flying Style: Sport
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