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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / September 2006New plane advice please
Hello all I am in need of a new aeroplane after my skycat hit a gravity concentration and would like suggestions for a suitable replacement. i have got a couple of ic engines( a 40 and a 25) so would prefer to use one of these.i dont want anything too wild, at the moment i'm using a zagi and an ehawk glider, the skycat was ok to fly but wasnt ideal for i.c. i need a model that i can hand lauch and will take rough landings because my field is a bit overgrown with grass and stubble this time of year(and the odd bush). i would prefer artf and am not too bothered what it looks like as its solely for flying. ideas please TIA Blimey, where to begin! I used to fly a skycat with a .25 in it...so maybe another one of those? I really like the look of the new MPX AcroMaster...very nice, but leccy and I think you want glow. If you dont mind leccy how about a twin star? They are great, hand launch, belly land, loads of fun etc etc etc. Mind you, that .40 you have would go great in a Super Sixty...but not exaclty ARTF ;o) Its the hand launch bit that's bothersome...most hand launchers these days are leccy I think. HTH D > Hello all > I am in need of a new aeroplane after my skycat hit a gravity [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > ideas please > TIA >> Hello all >> I am in need of a new aeroplane after my skycat hit a gravity >> concentration and would like suggestions for a suitable replacement. >> i have got a couple of ic engines( a 40 and a 25) so would prefer to use >> one of these. have you looked at a World Models Super Stunt 40. A £70 ARTF. A little big perhaps at 66.5" span for hand launching, but with slightly larger wheels and a fixed nose wheel ( not steerable) Mine is a grown up trainer, very user friendly, copes with a rough Dairy meadow and offers scope for most of the aerobatics I need. Also it is very repairable, and as long as you avoid 'Gravity concentrations' just floats in to land. http://www.theworldmodels.com/para/products/airplanedetails.php?airplaneid=53 happy bunny! P >>> Hello all >>> I am in need of a new aeroplane after my skycat hit a gravity [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > P Only thing that matters with a hand launch is that the stall speed is not much faster than you can run and throw. Been launching my 60" vintage all the time no trouble - total pussycat. The Super Stunts are a terrific plane - easy to fly, easy to see, and I think a good performer. But the two 40 size SSs I have, and my 60 sizeSS, do have steerable nose wheels. I guess you could make them fixed, but am not sure why you would want to do this. The SSs are a great trainer as well as a fun plane to fly David > >> Hello all > >> I am in need of a new aeroplane after my skycat hit a gravity [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > P > The Super Stunts are a terrific plane - easy to fly, easy to see, and I > think a > good performer. But the two 40 size SSs I have, and my 60 sizeSS, do have > steerable nose wheels. I guess you could make them fixed, but am not sure > why > you would want to do this. Hi Quiet Guy, Well its like this! A seasoned flier would never, ever, jolt his nosewheel on landing and risk stripping his servo, but I am not yet seasoned! I just built it that way, and I quickly discovered that the model can easily be steered to take off point, as that enormous rudder is directly in the prop draught. Just as well cos in taxiing we often have to avoid fresh cow pats. It is a different matter if you touch down in one, then the S**T really hits the fan! Enjoy P Hey. I am not a seasoned (or even good) flier at all! Only been solo for a month or so, but I must have good servos (Hitec 311s) cause I haven't stripped one yet - despite needing to straighten my nosewheel wire a lot. Maybe just lucky? David > Hi Quiet Guy, > Well its like this! [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Enjoy > P > Hello all > I am in need of a new aeroplane after my skycat hit a gravity concentration [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > ideas please > TIA Big tough trainer. If you hadn't say ARTF I'd have said a Chris Watt design - acrowot etc. Ive been out flying in the stubble today, and wiped an undercart off a scale model hitting a clod..bugger. The best model for landing was an old vintage thing with huge wheels and a big set of balloon tyres, but ARTF it ain't. Go for a fairly low wingloading for handlaunch - a 60-70 span on the 25 or 40 seems good to me. I think SIG do some decent IC stuff don;t they? Who makes the Telemaster? Is it ARTF? For .25 power what about a foamie warplane combat thing. Glass it up and go? Another possibility is: Hanger 9 Das Ugly Stick for the 40! Roy > Hello all > I am in need of a new aeroplane after my skycat hit a gravity [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > ideas please > TIA  SignatureUsing Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/mail/ Twinjet! > Hello all > I am in need of a new aeroplane after my skycat hit a gravity [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > ideas please > TIA thanks all the super stunts look ok,however, i have an old precedent t180 which is a similar model and i'd never manage to throw that up which is why its been in my shed for years.(i should have said one that could be hand launched by an oldie)would really prefer ic.how about a prangster?anyone flew one of these? looks like my choice has been made for me ,i've just bought from a friend of a friend an old plane complete with an os40 engine and radio,its a mid wing called a "vandal",was very cheap and it looks fairly robust and even has u/c held on with rubber bands,anyone heard of this model?,needs a bit of work to tidy it up but is basically sound > Hello all > I am in need of a new aeroplane after my skycat hit a gravity [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > ideas please > TIA Go to the model local model shop. Ask their advice and just look. Its all part of the fun > Hello all > I am in need of a new aeroplane after my skycat hit a gravity [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > ideas please > TIA > Go to the model local model shop. Ask their advice and just look. Its all > part of the fun [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > ideas please > > TIA There's a considerable number of ARTF trainers suitable for 40 size engines any of which would probably suit your needs. Malcolm |
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