After years of glory and over a decade in high-demand, the Addiction 3D has been updated and its Version 2 is being released.
In designing and developing the Addiction series, our main target was you – the pilot!
We aim to build your confidence, make you a better pilot and inspire you to challenge yourself and succeed in maneuvers that you could only dream of before.
With more than 12,000 sold, the Addiction proved that 3D flying is challenging and fun, and with the right aircraft it is within the grasp of anyone regardless of experience or skill level!
Making an already awesome airplane even better is not an easy task, but Shaun Vanunu, our chief engineer, attacked it from many angles:
- New aerodynamic design allows much higher flying-speed for precision flying and higher energy maneuvers, while keeping the ability to fly at crawl-speed for the Addiction’s famous slow-3D.
- New construction using PA’s most up-to-date innovative FiberFusion techniques – more solid than ever!
- Custom-made new airfoils further expand its flight envelope
- Even more powerful iPAs set up – the all new Thrust 25 motor combined with NXT70-HV digital servos for a completely new level of performance, never seen in the Addiction before.
- Factory-ready for night flying – extending your flying hours into the best time of the day, when temperature and wind drops.
We are proud to say with complete confidence that the Addiction V2 is simply the best 3d plane in its size, incomparable to any built-up 3D plane on the market.
This small airplane is extremely capable, allowing you to fly night or day, fast or slow. Easy, predictable, stable and relaxing or go wild and push your throttle for a high energy flight experience.
It is designed for 3D beginners, 3D addicts working on bringing their skills to another level or any pilot who simply wants to have pure unadulterated fun.
The Addiction features exceptional stall and slow speed handling characteristics, quick recovery and robustness – allowing any modeler to fly hardcore 3D with ease, inches off the ground.
The new Thrust 25 motor was designed specifically for the brand-new Addiction V2. With even more power it expands the Addiction’s flight envelope to a vast range of maneuvers which were never available in a single plane before. Now, its your call how fast or slow to go.
This powerful set up makes the Addiction extremely responsive providing absolute control, so you can get out of the most difficult situations with ease. You will be naturally flying much lower and more aggressively than ever before.
If you already own a Thrust 20 motor, we’ve made sure the motor box configuration will accept your old motor and you’ll just need to adjust the CG.
Did you ever come back from flying sessions a little disappointed from your flying skills? Well not anymore! The Addiction’s forgiving and stable nature makes it exceptionally easy to hover vertically without much aileron input.
Torque rolls are slow, smooth and stable requiring very little control corrections. This means you’ll be able to torque roll with the rudder merely inches above the ground.
Knife edge is simply stable with close to zero coupling making it easy to execute knife edge circuits. Rolling harriers require very little control input and effort, ideal for learning to harrier roll for the first time. The exceptionally low wing loading allows ample time to think and react during the maneuvers. Jaw dropping, flashy tight waterfalls are simply easy to perform a few meters off the deck. The blenders stop immediately, meaning that you can do this as low as you want without fear of returning home with a bag full of balsa toothpicks. It harriers exceptionally well in both upright and inverted and is perfect to learn harrier figure eights and spot landings.
Apart from excellent 3D flight characteristics, the Addiction performs very well in the precision flying department, allowing you to mix 3D and precision and widen the scope of aerobatic maneuvers that can be mastered and performed.
New in the Version 2 of the Addiction is the higher energy maneuvers – the V2 excels in faster snap rolls, more precise point rolls, high speed knife edge circles and even tighter knife edge spins and blenders.
So, if you feel that you have had just about enough with flimsy foamies or are still struggling to learn that seemingly illusive hover or torque roll or just seriously addicted to fun, this is certainly THE plane for you, but you should know – looking so good can be addictive!
Following PA tradition this model too gives the word QUALITY a whole new meaning. From the design to the construction, the hardware and the level of finish – the attention to detail is second to none
The Addiction is a TRUE ARF, 99% built for you in our factory:
- Pre installed CF anti rotation pins
- Fiberglass pre cut cowling reinforced with carbon fiber. No cutting is required! The cowling aerodynamic design (intakes, outtakes), clever motor box design (for either Thrust 20 or 25 motor) and two large air scoops allow airflow to efficiently cool the motor, battery and ESC.
- Pre-fabricated tinted canopy and hatch is one unit attached to the model with very strong magnets. No canopy trimming or gluing is required.
- Pre-drilled stiff CF landing gear and pre-installed blind nuts in the fuselage allow a quick and trouble free undercarriage installation.
- Pre glued motor box with the correct thrust line already built in.
- pre cut fiberglass wheel pants with ply mounting plate (pre-installed in the mold)
The brief assembly is a joy and most modelers will have it set up in one evening.
