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Maple Leaf Design began in 1995 as a cottage industry with a passion for building state-of-the-art radio controlled sailplanes. The team consists of Don Peters and Phil Pearson with over 75 years of combined experience in composite design and construction. |
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The Icon2 is our newest state-of-the-art unlimited sailplane designed for thermal duration and F3J contest formats. It was designed as a collaborative effort between Dr. Mark Drela of MIT and Phil Pearson and Don Peters, principals in Maple Leaf Design. It has been tested by World Champion pilots Arend Borst and Skip Miller. Wings, stabs and fuselage parts are built using molds taken from CNC-machined masters to assure accuracy. We have our own CNC router system, which allows us to completely tool the plane in-house. The Icon2 is hand-built in Arizona of the finest composite materials available. It is delivered complete with carbon pushrods, flush-mounted wing servo covers and pushrod fairings and all hardware including 850 gm (30 ounces) of ballast in the form of square brass slugs. All parts are molded with high performance epoxy, then post-cured in an oven. All parts are painted in the molds with two-component acrylic polyurethane paint. Standard colors are white, yellow, orange, red, dark blue, black, magenta, purple, chartreuse, lime green and forest green. The wing is capable of full-power winch or hand-tow launches. It is a bolt-on three piece assembly with hollow carbon joiners. Wing construction uses our proven hollow-molded system with all-carbon skins and high-modulus carbon spar caps. It is delivered completely finished with wiring harness installed and ready for servo installation. The fuselage is compatible with 2.4 ghz radio systems. The fuse parts are pressure-molded of carbon, Kevlar and S-glass. The nose cone is available in an FAI-legal configuration (F3J) or with an integral landing skeg. The tail boom is mandrel-wound carbon. Push rods are thin carbon rods in etched Teflon housings mounted externally on the tail boom. The tail feathers are hollow-molded using glass skins and foam cores with carbon spar caps. The fin/rudder is complete. It is a tapered socket fit to the tail boom, and it can be permanently installed with a couple of drops of CA or it can be made removable if desired. The stab is a one-piece bolt-on unit with a robust carbon V-mount that attaches with CA. Final assembly is detailed with large color photos in the owner's manual on CD. The adjustable tow hook and wing mounting system are factory-installed. The fuse requires you to assemble the tail boom, ballast tube, inner nose and push rods. All the holes are cut, and the servo tray is factory-routed for battery and servos.
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| contact us | |
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If you are interested in ordering an Encore or an Icon2 or have any questions, please feel free to contact me: Don Peters - don@mapleleafdesign.com
Maple Leaf Design 520.465.6420 |
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