Originally Posted by NitroCharged

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I got a great surprise this morning - my Sabre arrived.

Why such a surprise? I found the box behind my green waste bin around the side of my house when I went to fill the watering can this morning!!..

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I am really looking forward to reviewing this jet! It has been said by all who have received theirs that it looks really nice in real life. I agree, this looks great!

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Yeah Baby!

Dave,

So happy you got yours! It may be Monday down under, but wouldn't it be a bummer if that F-86 was there since last week! I'd be asking the Post person 'what's up with hiding the Gold behind the barrel'...

Good luck and have fun! I'm hoping to get mine out side pronto, even with the bits of snow still around, it's almost getting warm enough to keep your fingers thawed!

Fred

Originally Posted by NitroCharged

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.....I found the box behind my green waste bin around the side of my house when I went to fill the watering can this morning!!..

Hmmmmmm..............

You can't be too careful with these scarce F-86's.

Now I understand...

not a good experience with mine....balances on the cg, as soon as it takes off (both hand launch and ROG), it pitches up and stalls....looks like ill be adding weight to the nose!

Originally Posted by dreisinger

Ensign Jimmy, what size carbon rods did you use on the horizontal stab and did you inlay them or just glue them to the top of the stab? I just got my Sabre this weekend and haven't had a chance to fly it yet. I noticed the stab is pretty thin so some reinforcement definitely seems like a good idea.

1.5mm diameter rods. There are some moulded panel lines in the stab that I just cut into with a hobby knife to slip the rods into. The vertical stab could use a rod too. I found that out when I landed on grass and flipped the Sabre over.

Now if I could only remember where I hid my jar of silver paint.

Originally Posted by lotech

not a good experience with mine....balances on the cg, as soon as it takes off (both hand launch and ROG), it pitches up and stalls....looks like ill be adding weight to the nose!

Check all control surfaces...
these buggers are small and any little imperfections in them can mess with the flight...

That is a good idea about the carbon rods, the vertical stab is very vunerable.

Here is my second flight and it was a blast constant winds of about 7mph with gusts to 10. Overall it flew very well with the hyperions!

F86 Video 2.wmv (2 min 55 sec)

Originally Posted by brushless55

Check all control surfaces...
these buggers are small and any little imperfections in them can mess with the flight...

As well being tail heavy.. I flew with 320's today, a little nose heavy making up Nanotech 300's now..

I bought the F-86 micro jet this weekend and here are a few observations:

The craftsmanship is outstanding. My hobby dealer let me open the package and inspect the contents first. When I saw the detail of the control surfaces and the workmanship, I was convinced this would be a good buy. Who cares if its small!

The "Any Link" set up was a breeze with my DX-7. Mine was included with the purchase of the plane. This is a special going on until April.

The manual states the CG should be 70mm from the leading edge. With the battery installed all the way forward, it was still tail heavy. I had to add 3g of weight to the nose for the CG to meet factory specs. Has anyone else had this problem? Is 70mm (2 3/4 inch) the correct CG?

One of the landing gear got hung up when I tried to install it. Minor issue, the result of molded plastic.

I stuck some velcro in the battery and in the compartment. I would hate to crash because the battery slid or fell out. Long story but its happened to me before.

The ducted fan spins up with no vibration whatsoever! Nearly every EDF I have set up so far needed some balancing to the edf unit. Not this time.

I manufactured a charging cable for the battery so I can plug it into my main charging system. Using the included charger will be slow and lacks feedback circuitry but it works fine.

Will I hand launch? I honestly suck at it. Many of my planes look like a bulldog thanks to my dorked hand launches. I think I will try a ground take off.

Originally Posted by Sgt Stretch

I bought the F-86 micro jet this weekend and here are a few observations:

The craftsmanship is outstanding. My hobby dealer let me open the package and inspect the contents first. When I saw the detail of the control surfaces and the workmanship, I was convinced this would be a good buy. Who cares if its small!

The "Any Link" set up was a breeze with my DX-7. Mine was included with the purchase of the plane. This is a special going on until April.

The manual states the CG should be 70mm from the leading edge. With the battery installed all the way forward, it was still tail heavy. I had to add 3g of weight to the nose for the CG to meet factory specs. Has anyone else had this problem? Is 70mm (2 3/4 inch) the correct CG?

One of the landing gear got hung up when I tried to install it. Minor issue, the result of molded plastic.

I stuck some velcro in the battery and in the compartment. I would hate to crash because the battery slid or fell out. Long story but its happened to me before.

The ducted fan spins up with no vibration whatsoever! Nearly every EDF I have set up so far needed some balancing to the edf unit. Not this time.

I manufactured a charging cable for the battery so I can plug it into my main charging system. Using the included charger will be slow and lacks feedback circuitry but it works fine.

Will I hand launch? I honestly suck at it. Many of my planes look like a bulldog thanks to my dorked hand launches. I think I will try a ground take off.

I was flying with it at 65 today,, I think 67 is going to be the sweet spot..

Originally Posted by livonia bob

As well being tail heavy.. I flew with 320's today, a little nose heavy making up Nanotech 300's now..

Originally Posted by livonia bob

I was flying with it at 65 today,, I think 67 is going to be the sweet spot..

Ok, thank you!
that was a question I was going to ask.. if maybe we should move the CG more forward.. and I was going to try mine on the first flight at 65mm

let me know how those 300's work, I may buy some from HK

I went to the hobby store today because my 3 year old wanted some playmobil boat... left with the boat and an F86! Can't wait to fly it!

I just completed 'binding' the model to my DX7.

Now, here's something interesting:

In Australia, most of us fly Mode1, including me, but the Anylink is set for Mode2.
Instead of trying to re-channel it, I removed all the plugs from the Rxer and plugged them back in Spektrum style:

Ch 1 - throttle
Ch2 - aileron
Ch3 - elevator
Ch4 - rudder.

Job done.

The plugs came out and went back in without fuss. The ESC lead was juuuuust long enough to make it over to Ch1 from Ch3...

Lipo's are charged, pre-flights are good. Now I'm just waiting for a chance to fly.

Originally Posted by AWDEVO8

I went to the hobby store today because my 3 year old wanted some playmobil boat... left with the boat and an F86! Can't wait to fly it!

Sweet!
welcome to the family..