Here’s a video from Airmix where they show some menu screens from the MX-24S and fondle the prototype. Almost one year later, the radio is still not available. It makes you wonder, as the next Nuremberg toy fair approaches, will Graupner now show the Mc-32 as a working radio or is it still at the prototype stage? For the suggested price of 1500 EUR it better be rock solid and a vast improvement over the MX-24 IFS which is a lot cheaper and fully equipped with all switches and levers.
I fell for this very simple plywood transmitter tray from Berger Modellbau. The tray is cheap, easy to assemble and very useable. I got one for my dad’s Graupner MX-12 too. I Don’t know if I’ll use it since I am satisfied with the Graupner original but the construction is clever and I’ll make a copy and modify it for my old JR X-347 radio which I plan to use for indoor and small electrics.
A new box! Smaller, lighter but even more room for tools than the previous one. It’s a Graupner “starterbox” # 1691, found in the 2008 news catalog. It has a sort of false bottom where you can put a 12v NiMh battery and lots of stuff you don’t dare to leave behind but never use.
The list of items to go into the Laser is getting pretty complete:
Servos
Hitec HS-6635HB x2 (Wings)
Hitec HS-5985MG x2 (Elevator, Rudder)
Hitec HS-475HB (Throttle)
Battery
Emcotec DPSI mini dual power with magnetic switch
Graupner (Kokam) 2S 800mAh LiPo x2
Receiver
Graupner SMC-16 Scan 7 channel SPCM synth
Radio
Graupner MC-22
I’m missing tailgear, wheels, tank and spinner. The Elevator will be actuated by an MK dual BB coupler and a carbon pushrod. The rudder will use control-line wire as a pull-pull system. Other bits and pieces like rudder horns and aileron pushrods will be homemade.
The new 1,5ah Flight Power battery and two new C261 servos for the elevator and rudder. The servos are amazingly small AND you can fit standard servo horns. The old waypoint-like servos are really disgusting and will be used in the Bluebird project.
The battery has a different connector than the Graupner/Kokam cells do for the balancer so a crossover was made using a multiplex connector. It’s ridiculous that we can’t have a standard for balancer connectors since it’s a very important safety feature.
Radio: Graupner MC-22 The Graupner MC-22 is a fantastic radio! Notice the three-way stick-switch which is an add-on that enables you to switch flight modes without taking your hand off the stick. I use this to toggle full rudder throw on the way up during stall turns, and to switch all rates to high before entering spins.
Large display – in German which I understand fine.
Tray, strap and case
Starter: Kavan planetary geared starter
Very powerful and compact. I have two battery packs, one 12v Sanyo 1,8 Ah NiCd and one GP 14,4 volt 2,0 Ah pack which is lighter, smaller and remarkably powerful
Charger: Graupner Ultra Duo Plus 30 Up to 7 amps on a 30 cell NiCd pack and up to 10S Lipo. I can’t imagine what else I’ll need so this baby will stay with me a long time.
Glow driver: Home-made I built a box around a switch, an Ammeter and a single NiCd sub C cell.Very basic but much more useful than a standard glow clip.
I live in Norway with my wife and two daughters. I've been building and flying since I was a kid, I've flown in contests since 2003 and I'm loving every minute of it. More
