- The NYX is a new molded F3F, F3B, F3J model that should be in production, and in the air, before the end of the year 2001. These days it can seem as if there are new mauled models everywhere, but this isn't strictly true. What there is, is choice,
which didn't exist some years back. Some specialization has taken place in mauled model design, with F3F and F3J model models beginning to move more towards particular styles, which are seen as beneficial in those particular tasks. Designing an
all-rounder is difficult by any stretch of imagination, but succeed, and you have an F3B model.
- The NYX from Breta model is pitched squarely at F3B/Slippery F3J end of the market, but even a cursory glance at the model will tell you that it's going to be a contender in the F3F field as well. It is quite large by F3F standards, it is told that a 3.0 meters version is being mauled for dedicated slope use.(Quoted from Quiet Flight International 53 Oct./Nov. 2001) (see the more comments bellow in this page)

(Mr. Miyakawa's Comments on 13 January 13, 2002)

NYX has been imported to Japan 29 Dec. 2001, which was the first model that imported to Japan. We asked Mr. Miyakawa to evaluate NYX, who is a excellent F3B competition flier. We could see its maiden flight on 13 January 2002. His first impression on the kit is that the quality or completeness of NYX was more than his expectation. The stiffness of nose is stiff enough comparing with nose corn type fuselage, which enable us to stab at the ground when targeting the landing point precisely. The characteristics of trendy F3B model is the thin and super stiff airfoil such as that of Estrella and Champion A-model. The profile HN354SR is quite similar to the SA series profile adopted by Breta-model so far, and is very thin. Here we can have his report about maiden flight at the bottom of this page by Mr. Miyakawa including comments on the stiffness in the direction of spar of airfoil. The best time of his maiden flight was 16sec for Task C. (He pointed out that airfoil was much warped or deflected while launching in strong against wind and turning quickly in TaskC. However, Breta model treated his comment with quite sincere manner and quickly agreed to make airfoil stiffer. The reinforced airfoil will be provide very soon, from the first quarter of 2002. ) C-tail is very skinny surface rudder and stabilizer, is almost transparent as shown in the following photo. The fuselage is very robust, because it has thick orifice at the root of C-tail. The tortional rigidity seems to be enough to prevent C-tail from twisting at launching and Task C. The most grateful thing is that all wiring has been installed including 9 pin connector at the airfoil and fuselage as shown in the photo. See the following comment as for its detail.

Sophisticated, modern fuselage moulding techniques make cruciform/ T-tails a much more easier prospect than the bad old days of fuselage with a large ugly bandage of glass fibre reinforcement wrapped around them, right where they always break on landing. V-tails were an easy answer to that problem, but they simply don't fly as nice as a good cruciform or T-tail.

The Ballasting option is likely to be increased for the slope and F3B use. The ballast tube for F3F and F3B is lager than the one for F3J.(Quoted from Quiet Flight International 53 Oct./Nov. 2001)

(Mr. Miyakawa's Comment on 29 Dec. 2001)

The NYX works! Good pull on launch, great legs, landing is silky smooth. The NYX shows exceptional handling and a wing that is very efficient. I have the D tube version now and I know it will make a great performance TD ship for those that want the extra search capability of the HN section. The model comes pre wired with a auto plug in DB9 and the wires ran to the pre molded servo boxes. The NYX also includes a ballast tube and ballast bar of 17 oz for the TD version, a larger ballast tube will come with the full carbon F3B model.(Written by Tom Copp of F3X.com)