I saw in the latest Model Airplane News that Banana Hobby has extended there 20% offer til Aug.
MANR8731

Originally Posted by dawnabby

After shearing a LG cover, fixing and then breaking again I decided to trim some off them. I wanted to retain them in some form or other. No wonder they break as the spring action allows the extreme front of the covers to contact terra firma!I also froze the spring action. Two great flights this am and all went perfect. I land with a fair amount of throttle and full flaps for nice smooth scale rollouts.
4000mah 40C Zippys come down bang on storage voltage at 7 minutes.

I did basically the same thing with my doors, cut off about 1/2" on both angles to make it look more like the origianl.

freezing the oleo struts is really not a bad idea and they really don't function with all that fwd rake in the gear. The foam wing acts more like a spring than the spring in the strut. You would have to touch down with the strut nearly vertical (and hard) to make those oleos compress, and that generally means a trip onto it's back!

Tom

Originally Posted by twiztidbowler

I saw in the latest Model Airplane News that Banana Hobby has extended there 20% offer til Aug.
MANR8731

Thanks ask them if they fixed the faulty retract issue for me ,,,,or the 580s flying apart ...

Originally Posted by Tom Hunt

they really don't function with all that fwd rake in the gear. The foam wing acts more like a spring than the spring in the strut. You would have to touch down with the strut nearly vertical (and hard) to make those oleos compress, and that generally means a trip onto it's back!

Tom

I have to disagree mate. After reviewing camera footage of mine, the "suspension" clearly compresses as it should on normal landings. Even while taxiing I have observed it in action.

I do admit that it's not very effective and is mainly for appearance, but it does work a little.

Originally Posted by esoteradactyl

Now the million dollar question is..... If you added a ubec, do they still work

I'm using a CC 10A BEC with it's default settings. My Rx is a FlySky 8 channel. My first flights were stock without the BEC. But, I add the BEC for insurance on all my larger planes. I've not had a single issue with the landing gear before or after adding the BEC.

Todd

Hi

My fw190 draws the same current with full throttle running the standard batteries prop and motor.

Problem i have is i only get 4 to 5 mins flight time and that time leaves to standard battery down to 17% Th eguys that get 10 to 12 mins i wonder what batterys they are running .

I do find that flying at 50% power the bird is a little i feel under powered

be interested in any comments

What size battery are you using?

Originally Posted by JohnP47

Hi

My fw190 draws the same current with full throttle running the standard batteries prop and motor.

Problem i have is i only get 4 to 5 mins flight time and that time leaves to standard battery down to 17% Th eguys that get 10 to 12 mins i wonder what batterys they are running .

I do find that flying at 50% power the bird is a little i feel under powered

be interested in any comments

I set my timer for 5 minutes and usually put about 40% back into my 3300mah batteries. But I rarely go full throttle most of the time I'm at half to 3/4 throttle.

Originally Posted by paintballer987

I set my timer for 5 minutes and usually put about 40% back into my 3300mah batteries. But I rarely go full throttle most of the time I'm at half to 3/4 throttle.

With 4000mah 40C Zippy I get 7 minutes, comes down at storage level. I had to do a little bit of shaving on the sides of battery compartment for easy access. Except in loops etc no full throttle, half to 3/4 flys it scale like.

The silver lining of my fire is that I can now fit a 5s 4000 perfectly

I have noticed the suspension working on mine and after fitting the HK 514 retracts it has been all fun with this bird. Flies great no other issues. I wish I didn't have 2 sets of faulty retracts sitting in my spares box and the money from the second set back. However the mrrcsoundsystem mod and the 514's are the only mods needed to make this a super bird.

Very impressed with the handling on the ground and in the air.

Originally Posted by Lexta

I have noticed the suspension working on mine and after fitting the HK 514 retracts it has been all fun with this bird. Flies great no other issues. I wish I didn't have 2 sets of faulty retracts sitting in my spares box and the money from the second set back. However the mrrcsoundsystem mod and the 514's are the only mods needed to make this a super bird.

Very impressed with the handling on the ground and in the air.

Mine should be here any day now ...also did the 514s have the set screws included?

Originally Posted by JohnnyCrash.NYC

Mine should be here any day now ...also did the 514s have the set screws included?

I retapped my 514's for 8-32 set screws as the 3mm ones are difficult to get tight enough (and stay tight)

Been told mine should be shipping from xtremehobby in QLD next week, can't wait to get it!!

Gday all, sorry if this is a silly question, but should the switching frequency on this plane be 8khz or16khz, the plane is completely stock apart from the esc, just trying to get her ready for the maiden on the weekend, "hopefully", Thanks.