Kyosho Calmato

Even I have to eventually admit that I’m not as bad as when I started out teaching myself to fly. I can fly reasonably well for a beginner and don’t crash all the time. Yes, yes, I know this blog is full of crashes but that’s mostly because I can’t take pictures of me flying, because I’m flying. After I’ve had a crash it’s easy to take a picture, I can just wander over to the new hole the model dug and snap away. If I were to try and take a picture while flying, well then there would certainly be another crash!

I had a thought and I think it’s time for a real model. It’s not that foamies aren’t real models, because they are.

It’s that they don’t like the wind too much, and I live in Lagos which is far to the south-western side of Portugal. The actual south-west is frequented by surfers of all kinds and there’s a reason for that - the wind often howls straight off of the Atlantic ocean and along this part of the world until it gets to Albufeira where it calms down.

Now, usually the wind is OK until around 10.30am or so and then it really starts blowing. I could just get up and go flying earlier but, to be honest, I’m not really a morning person. So instead, I’ll get something that cares less about the wind.

I spied the Kyosho Calmato Alpha 40 Sports which most people put a Nitro or Gasoline engine into. That’s fine but I much prefer electric. Luckily for me the Calmato comes with fittings to allow an electric option

Wingspan 1.6m
Length   1.3m
Weight   2.7kg

The kit comes with the fuselage and wings fully assembled and covered, leaving you to install just the electronics and some final assembly/trimming.

Here it is finished and ready to maiden :)