The Beaver was created by De Havilland of Canada to be the perfect bush plane. Its designers knew a lot about wilderness flying living in the shadow of the Great White North and built the Beaver to be exceptionally rugged and powerful. Entering service in 1946, it quickly established itself on backwoods routes throughout Canada and Alaska. It went wherever the roads didn't, including lakes when retrofitted with floats. This airborne pack mule still flies in remote areas today, carrying fisherman to weeklong getaways or island-hopping tourists in the Caribbean. Wherever people are looking to enjoy a secluded slice of the great outdoors, chances are a Beaver is taking them there. It's only fitting that such a plane be GWS's newest park flyer subject.
Designed for those afternoon getaways to the local park, the GWS Beaver park flyer looks like a baby bush plane. Its all-foam fuselage is molded to look like the real thing and comes with a realistic looking cowl. No painting is required; decals are included for extra detail. Assembly can be completed in just a couple of short evening sessions.
A 3-channel radio system, micro flight pack, and charger are required to complete assembly. GWS has designed two new flight packs specifically for use with the Beaver. These come with just about everything needed for the onboard electronics, including the ICS100 electric speed control, two servos, a R4N micro receiver, and a 600mAh battery pack. A powerful EPS300C power system consisting of a 370-type electric motor mated to a gear reduction drive comes in the kit. This all-in-one unit simply pops onto the model's stick motor mount and can be easily swapped for a different EPS system, should the modeler want to experiment with different prop and gear reduction combinations.
We flight tested the Beaver in calm conditions using a GWS Naro flight pack with both the 600mAh and 270mAh 7.2V battery pack. Naturally, the biggest difference was in
Reader Reviews
If your looking for a way to get into the great hobby of Radio COntrolled electric airplanes then GWS has the perfect plane for you! The DHC-2-Beaver kit comes with everything needed to build the plane in one box, everything from glue to the decals are included. items that are required to finish building the kits are a basic 4 channel radio, 2 servos 1 ESC ( electronic speed control) a battery and charger 1 receiver and about 4-5 hours of building time no paint is required to build the kit, some other basic building tools are required such as a xacto knife, some rubberbands or masking tape, I would replace some of the glue joints with 5 minute epoxy makes the plane alot stronger, a rool of strapping tape ( you can find it at your local staples ) a screw driver set will help, a pair of wire cutters and a good building surface like the kitchen table. (...)
