Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / July 2005

Does it dive when you toss it?  Someone brought one to the field and we had
to do quite a bit of adjusting to raise the trailing edge of the tail to get
it to fly properly.

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Morris Lee
morris.lee@verizon.net

i bought as used firebird commander a few weeks ago. it's great becaus
the motor was already zip tight and the seller also put some epoxy o
the nose as a result of a previous crashes.

I flew it about 6 times now. crashed about 3 times because it was to
windy and lost the plastic shim. I found a rubber piece that is abou
the same thickness as the original plastic shim, so i just taped i
over and it seems to work.

overall, it's a great trainer, very easy to fly. much better than m
first plane, an airhog defender.

the problem i have now is the bottom of the fuselage that is startin
to split due to several hard landing without the landing gears. i trie
putting layers of packaging tape on it.

i also have ripped part of the wing because the prop that spinned on i
during crashes. just like the fuselage, i have been putting layers o
packaging tape on it to cover part of the wing that got ripped.

the plane looks pretty ugly now, because of the tapes that run all ove
the fuselage and the wing, but hey, the plane still flies and turns.

if anyone have other suggestions on how to reinforce the fuselage an
the wing, please let me know.

thx

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ra_flye