BEA flyer
Oct 03, 2007, 02:04 PM
I bought one of these 4 months or so from Tower Hobbies. I have finally gotten aroud to assembling it and have flown it a half-dozen times. There does not seem to be a lot of info on the web about this model so I thought I'd start with my two bits:
It is beautifully put together and covered, and went together pretty easily. I had two left rear wing strust but the pliers rectified this. The plastic inserts that they put into holes wherever the screws go in work well. It probably took for or five hours to assemble it and install radio. The motor was a little more challenging but the manufacturer seems to have the angles all covered. I used an AXI 2820-10. Mine does not have the goofy mount lik ethe newer ones but I installed it with "binder bolts" from the hardware dstore and some gussets. I tried reinforcing the glue joints on the box that mounts the motor ahead of the firewall with epoxy and microballoons. I would recommend that anyone who is using a 300 watt plus motor figure out how to reinforce this area so it is more robust. I think the stick mount with a geared brushless 400 may be OK.
Mine came out to 40 oz. I have a 3000 lipo-3 cells. It flieds great and looks very nice in the air. I found the landing gear will not survive anything more than a perfect three point toiuchdown though. I currently fly sans Landing gear and hav eto put it into 3 to 4 foot high grass.
It snaprolls and spins like all getout. I think I need longer arms on the aileron servos for faster axial roll rate. I used 2 HS55s ffor the wing, and two Waypoint 11 gram ones for the R and E, a Berg Rx, and a E-flighht 35 amp ESC
It is really nice looking in the air and would make a beautiful display model as well. the covering and painting of the cowl and wheel pants are meticulous.
Just throw away their landing ger when you fly it and land it in really tall grass everytime.
It is beautifully put together and covered, and went together pretty easily. I had two left rear wing strust but the pliers rectified this. The plastic inserts that they put into holes wherever the screws go in work well. It probably took for or five hours to assemble it and install radio. The motor was a little more challenging but the manufacturer seems to have the angles all covered. I used an AXI 2820-10. Mine does not have the goofy mount lik ethe newer ones but I installed it with "binder bolts" from the hardware dstore and some gussets. I tried reinforcing the glue joints on the box that mounts the motor ahead of the firewall with epoxy and microballoons. I would recommend that anyone who is using a 300 watt plus motor figure out how to reinforce this area so it is more robust. I think the stick mount with a geared brushless 400 may be OK.
Mine came out to 40 oz. I have a 3000 lipo-3 cells. It flieds great and looks very nice in the air. I found the landing gear will not survive anything more than a perfect three point toiuchdown though. I currently fly sans Landing gear and hav eto put it into 3 to 4 foot high grass.
It snaprolls and spins like all getout. I think I need longer arms on the aileron servos for faster axial roll rate. I used 2 HS55s ffor the wing, and two Waypoint 11 gram ones for the R and E, a Berg Rx, and a E-flighht 35 amp ESC
It is really nice looking in the air and would make a beautiful display model as well. the covering and painting of the cowl and wheel pants are meticulous.
Just throw away their landing ger when you fly it and land it in really tall grass everytime.