Originally Posted by rkopka

Just the mechanical problems which are apparent. Inverted the whole mechanism just holds by the small plastic parts of the cover. ...

But according to the description of the pilot, the crash was not caused by a failure of the folding mechanism.

Jürgen

No, the two plastic halves stayed together. What I meant was "is it capable". I would of sworn that in the first two flights I did a couple of curcuits inverted. The last flight when I rolled inverted it dove to the ground. I am thinking that the troubled launches dislodged the control horns enough that I didn't have full negative deflection of the control surfaces. I just would like to be sure.

Does anyone have a small plastic parts set for the glider version? I haven't been able to find any in stock. It looks like this plane is on the way out....

Originally Posted by Fentonflyers

No, the two plastic halves stayed together. What I meant was "is it capable". I would of sworn that in the first two flights I did a couple of curcuits inverted. The last flight when I rolled inverted it dove to the ground. I am thinking that the troubled launches dislodged the control horns enough that I didn't have full negative deflection of the control surfaces. I just would like to be sure.

Does anyone have a small plastic parts set for the glider version? I haven't been able to find any in stock. It looks like this plane is on the way out....

It's been around a long time, so that's a possibilty. But also parts for these planes are typically rare and hard to get. Maybe the best approach is to buy another kit as spare parts....

I'm sure Jurgen knows about the future of Xeno ...

Originally Posted by Papangue

I'm sure Jurgen knows about the future of Xeno ...

Sorry, but I can't say anything about the future of the Xeno.

Spare parts don't seem to be a problem - at least not over here in Germany:

http://www.vogel-modellsport.de/RC-F...69a79ebdff4640

(Just an example)

Jürgen

Originally Posted by Jurgen Heilig

Sorry, but I can't say anything about the future of the Xeno.

Spare parts don't seem to be a problem - at least not over here in Germany:

http://www.vogel-modellsport.de/RC-F...69a79ebdff4640

(Just an example)

Jürgen

Well it would almost be cheaper to buy the kit than pay for shipping from Germany to the USA.....

edit: never mind! I see tower hobbies shows the xeno as discontinued, so I guess it is already......

Originally Posted by billyd60

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edit: never mind! I see tower hobbies shows the xeno as discontinued, so I guess it is already......

Well, it looks like the Xeno is still available - not from Tower, but from Multiplex USA:

http://www.multiplexusa.com/model-kits/index.html

Jürgen

Originally Posted by Jurgen Heilig

Well, it looks like the Xeno is still available - not from Tower, but from Multiplex USA:

http://www.multiplexusa.com/model-kits/index.html

Jürgen

It doesn't look like they sell direct.

But they don't list the Xeno as discontinued..... yet.

see the price near the factory :
http://shop.lindinger.at/product_inf...de41fd6119d383

Hello pilots.

I saw in 2 posts that some people move their vertical stabilizers to the end of wings, like winglets.
In these 2 pics it seems that stabilizers are not in line with the flying wing central line. So is an angled winglet a problem or no influence on flight? (I'm building a new flying wing starting from my multicrashed Xeno wings)

Thanks!
Denis

EDIT: found the answer after some research on RCG and on other websites: the winglets "toe-in" can help to stabilize yaw, acting like dihedral. Seems that angle between 2 and 9 degrees is commonly used, my angle is 8 degrees, I will try that and modify if not ok.