Went out this morning and flew "crazy cricus airplane" as my wife calls Beast because of the way I fly it I guess . She makes me laugh at the nicknames she has for my planes. Sbach is "fast little black and white one" and Corsair is "WWII plane from TV series". She is a great sport with my r/c addiction. Had lots of fun as seems like attack black birds are gone or have mellowed out. I wonder about servo failure many people have had. I know in all my nitro planes I use better digital servos in the high performance ones. Maybe on these UMX planes the servos just dont put out enough torque for what is required in these high performance planes. What works fine in Champ or T-28 may not in UMX planes going 30+ mph. Just a thought .

Nick

Originally Posted by Wookster

sometimes the cheap stuff may work better, not sure if you have any scrap around, but when it's real small a thinnner cheap vinyl sometimes helps out. it's not as high quality so it is thinner and softer and the blade passes through better. another "trick" is to use a light oil, something that won't stick to the rollers and be impossible to clean on the face of the graphic. lowers the resistance. just clean it off before you weed it. I hate small cut vinyl, but the result sure looks cool.

Okay, thanks Wookster.

Originally Posted by SLK Count

Hi...

as mentioned here is my video with my Beast.
There was no hard road for landing-sorry
enjoy it...

Count, this is excellent flying, GJ! More videos please You have great control of this little beast.

How long have you been flying aerobatics like this?

Originally Posted by SLK Count

Hi...

as mentioned here is my video with my Beast.
There was no hard road for landing-sorry
enjoy it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNPor..._order&list=UL

Wow. Your Beast looks so relaxed and smooth ... And so close to the ground! I wish I could fly that well!

Originally Posted by maukabud

Before you guys start goin and taping up your creases, it pays to "steam" them flat w/ a sealing iron and wet paper towel...the steam "puffs up" the foam, back into shape and lessens the severity of creases. Also straightens warps.

Also works good to flatten bubbled decals.

The little "trim" sealing iron works great on small, hard to reach places...full size iron for wings and such. One reason my 4Site lived such a long and productive life....that and my awesome piloting skillz, of course.

Bud, flat and straight Bud

Amazing. Used my old Monkote iron and a Viva towel, wet. The creases in the horizontal stab took two tries. The first time they went away but came back when it cooled off. Second try they are 85% gone.

Went ahead and smoothed the wing decals at the same time. Worked good. Thanks Bud!

Now, should I just wrap scotch tape around the LE of the stab, or glue a small carbon rod? Hate to add weight that far back.

Originally Posted by maukabud

Sent a PM yesterday...I've been known to clutter up threads w/ O/T.



You can also get 5030 and 5043 props from Hobbyking- $2 and change for six. Usually the black ones also:

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...dProduct=10034

Just ordered up two bags muself.

Will those go on the beast prop adapter without modifcation?

Awwwww mannnnn! LHS now says they will be here Friday, not today. Boo.

Originally Posted by SLK Count

Hi...

as mentioned here is my video with my Beast.
There was no hard road for landing-sorry
enjoy it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNPor..._order&list=UL

Great flying SLK! I love the peaceful nature of your flying! Im trying to do more of that. Often times I just open her up and fly full throttle but it's beautiful when you hold her back!

By the way - never been to Hamburg but I've spent a ton of time in the Koln/Dusseldorf area. Also some time in Munich. I love Germany.... A great place to visit!

Originally Posted by turnerm

Great flying SLK! I love the peaceful nature of your flying! Im trying to do more of that. Often times I just open her up and fly full throttle but it's beautiful when you hold her back!

+1 on that. Very nice flying.

Originally Posted by SLK Count

Hi...

as mentioned here is my video with my Beast.
There was no hard road for landing-sorry
enjoy it...

I am in awe. That was some beautiful and graceful flying.

Batteries charging I got

I followed the steps to get flaps but it didn't work. I put the sticks in the position shown and plugged in the receiver but it doesn't switch to dual aileron mode. Help?

Originally Posted by SLK Count

Hi...

as mentioned here is my video with my Beast.
There was no hard road for landing-sorry
enjoy it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNPor..._order&list=UL

Excellent flying. Very smooth and you manage your speed very well. It looks so easy when you do it! Now I know how relaxed it can be flown and still do nice maneuvers I'm going to try it myself. Thanks.

Originally Posted by FuzzballOfDoom

I followed the steps to get flaps but it didn't work. I put the sticks in the position shown and plugged in the receiver but it doesn't switch to dual aileron mode. Help?

When I tried it I was in low rates ... Make sure you switch to high rate

Originally Posted by telos81

When I tried it I was in low rates ... Make sure you switch to high rate

That was my problem too. See my notes on this in my "blog".