Encanto V2 Cambered Wing Kit

This kit consists of a replacement V2 High Camber wing for the Encanto glider (F3L) or electric (F5L) model.

This high camber wing is ideal for low wind/light conditions.

This and the Encanto Electric fuselage and tail kit will make one complete model.

For more info see this English translation of the first post on this rc-network.de thread:

The F3L and F5L scene is constantly changing - testing and trying out everything has been done and so now, after the season and in keeping with the weather for crafting (you know - after the season is before the season ??), there are a few updates to models that actually already work well.

In this construction report, I would like to introduce you to the kit of the new Encanto V2 Camber and go into the innovations and differences to the previous model, the Encanto X, and explain them a little.

Jan Littva (F3J World Champion) and Karol Chyba, the developers of the Viana and Encanto series, have collected the knowledge gained from the last 2 seasons in competition and, on the one hand, have adapted the existing Encanto standard again and improved it a little, and have also added the Camber version to their portfolio for wind conditions of up to 3m/s.

Back in the spring, at the first Eurotour competition in Podhorany, Karol and Jan approached me about my videos and construction reports and asked if I could do something like that for the new Encanto. However, it was already clear that the guys wanted to experiment a bit more over the competition season to see what worked best and how. The result in the form of a lighter camber version is now in front of me. At this point, many thanks again to @ORLA and Jan Littva for providing the Encanto Camber Kit.

Shipping was also super fast and the package arrived after just 3 days and I was able to take a closer look at the kit and its contents. The first thing I noticed was the extremely careful packaging of the individual components. All parts and assemblies were wrapped in bubble wrap to avoid any possible transport damage. A really good thing, especially with the delicate spar and tail tubes.

Which also means I'd like to get straight to my personal "highlight" - and that is hand-wound carbon booms. The UD material of the carbon tubes is really of the finest quality and not only looks great, but is really very light and yet sufficiently stable for the intended purpose - you can definitely work with it. The tube in the A segment has a 10mm diameter. Segment C has a conical tube from 10m to 5mm - these things are simply amazing!

The next highlight for me is the perforated brake flap. If the air flow around the flap is optimized when it is opened - or guided through it - the turbulence on the tail unit is reduced and thus enables an even quieter and slower landing. The theory only sounds logical, in practice I have seen it a few times at competitions - but I have not tried it myself yet. It's about time...

But these are all things that we already know from the previous version Encanto X. What is new or different about the Encanto V2 Camber?

If you take a closer look, the first thing you notice is the extremely curved profile of the wing. I asked Karol and he told me that it has basically remained the same profile. The JK 9372 works well, it was just curved a "bit" more here.
I expect the strong curvature to give me good floater properties and an absolutely minimal "quick sink" in completely dead air - or fog like this morning ??.

So it is of course obvious that the Encanto has been slimmed down a bit. This has happened with the leading edge, the wing joiner and by reducing the number of components per se. While the leading edge on the Encanto X, for example, was made of a 5x5mm balsa strip that you can sand yourself, it is now, at least in the camber version, a 1mm carbon rod that literally splits the air in front of the wing. OK - you probably shouldn't fly there anywhere...but you should avoid that either way and no matter what model you're using. Perhaps a fiberglass nose strip that is more elastic and doesn't really add up with the extra weight compared to the carbon rod would be more advantageous here. No matter - it just looks very classy!!??

In addition, in terms of weight reduction, the second joiner in the wing has also been rationalized away compared to the standard version. But since Jan has flown in competitions up to 3m/s wind this season, I'm just assuming that it will hold up. If it were the opposite, we would have taken it in the form of an enormous clap in the air at the competition.

Where there were previously two half ribs between the rib segments in the nose area, there is now only one. So little by little, things add up and I'm already very excited to see where I end up and what the wing loading will be. I think that the Purito currently has the lowest values with roughly the same surface area. Let's see... something else has happened to the wing. The dihedral angle has been increased to achieve a little more maneuverability.

With thanks to Marcel85.