Flew the first few flights on my XL tonight at our first indoor fly-in. I'm impressed. The XL behaves like a larger version of the original McFoamy. Of course, I guess that should be the case . The XL is definately much more stable in the high alpha and hovering versus the original McFoamy and I would expect such. I found that a CG of 9" from the XL's nose worked best for me. One thing that took me a couple of flights to get accustomed to is the power and throttle response of the Hacker A20-26M motor . This is noticable in the hover if you don't manage your left hand very well. When applying throttle in the hover, just a very small blip is needed. Anything more and the XL would want to climb out of the hover. Anyway, I had a ball flying the XL and I wish I had some video, but forgot my video camera. I'll try to get some video next weekend. However, I did take a few photos from several angles. Perhaps, this may help you guys who are in the build process.

I really like that color scheme, though I do wonder if there's too much white on the bottom.

Looks very nice! So when you were talking about the throttle, are you saying when you pull out of a hover it will shoot up fast?

racin06

Nice pictures, looks like you did a great job on the build. Post a video if you remember the video camera next time.

Originally Posted by wmflyers

Looks very nice! So when you were talking about the throttle, are you saying when you pull out of a hover it will shoot up fast?

Yes, the Hacker motor pulls the XL out of a hover very quickly.

Originally Posted by bdiesel3

racin06

Nice pictures, looks like you did a great job on the build. Post a video if you remember the video camera next time.

Thank you very much. I'll get some video next Saturday night.

How in the world did this thread drop to the second page? Greg, I'm assuming you have recently sold several XL kits? This thread should be booming with activity! Come on, guys...lets see some activity in this thread!

Originally Posted by racin06

How in the world did this thread drop to the second page? Greg, I'm assuming you have recently sold several XL kits? This thread should be booming with activity! Come on, guys...lets see some activity in this thread!

Been quiet lately ... some dont even know about RC-Groups

Video helps bump threads along more than anything ... Hint Hint I just might have to get anther one in the air.

Greg M
WMParkFlyers.com

I'll hopefully be flying mine at the jr indoor festival here in Columbus. That should grab some attention

Originally Posted by bullittjeff

I'll hopefully be flying mine at the jr indoor festival here in Columbus. That should grab some attention

We will be sure to throw in some business cards for the indoor festival.

Greg M
WMParkFlyers.com

Originally Posted by WMParkFlyer

We will be sure to throw in some business cards for the indoor festival.

Greg M
WMParkFlyers.com

You should be there to represent.

Azarr

No prob, I'll also do a lot of belly in hovering to flash the logo.

Originally Posted by WMParkFlyer

We will be sure to throw in some business cards for the indoor festival.

Greg M
WMParkFlyers.com

I posted earlier that I was trying a 3s 1550mah battery, for me, this is too heavy. As my earlier post said, I would go with 3s 750mah-1000mah.

Also, I still am flying with some right thrust, this is going well and plan to leave the right thrust there.

Just got my xl and everything looks really good. Let me start with my first stupid question. How do you mount the suppo motor to the stick mount. Does the circular plastic piece take place of the x mount. So you just bolt the plastic circular thing to the back of the motor.

Originally Posted by bullittjeff

Just got my xl and everything looks really good. Let me start with my first stupid question. How do you mount the suppo motor to the stick mount. Does the circular plastic piece take place of the x mount. So you just bolt the plastic circular thing to the back of the motor.

You got it ... The prototype had the back side of the black disk countersunk to match the angle of the mounting screws. Put a drop of removable locktite on the screws and snug them down.

Enjoy the build.

Greg M