Originally Posted by chucksolo69

Changes like those should be made only after you have turned off the VI on this plane. The VI will not let the plane fly right if you make changes contrary to those settings stated in the manual.

as i mentioned in the last video i have VI off for a while and on high rate mode,lastnight i went to the inner most hole on the control horns (more throw) and done the final modd the elevator complete witdh on the back.

what i can i say,the plane now flys amazing,more aggresive but i wouldn't reccomend it to new pilots,takes some getting used to.

here is a video of it today doing some aerobatics.

cheers
f/punch

Advanced aerobatics by dan (3 min 44 sec)

You are a wild-man, f'punch!

Very good flying...

... Lennie

Originally Posted by .quietguy

You are a wild-man, f'punch!

Very good flying...

... Lennie

haha,cheers!

this thing is great fun when fully opened up,i am amazed at it,i think it's two planes in one,a beginner and an aerobatic.really does nice stuff when the elevator/rudder are set to full throw.

..you need a new plane for aerobatics.
Nice location, where did you fly ? on a hill ?

Hello,

I got a new Stratos fuselage from hobbyzone and I need to install the pushrods on it.
http://www.horizonhobby.com/products/HBZ7709
On the side of the servos there are 3 parts to put togheter: a tiny z-bended arm which will connect to the servo, the pushrod itself and a mini tube. How should I put that togheter? Glue? what kind of glue? any recommendation? any other way?

Thank you,

Originally Posted by Pythagoras

Hello,

I got a new Stratos fuselage from hobbyzone and I need to install the pushrods on it.
http://www.horizonhobby.com/products/HBZ7709
On the side of the servos there are 3 parts to put togheter: a tiny z-bended arm which will connect to the servo, the pushrod itself and a mini tube. How should I put that togheter? Glue? what kind of glue? any recommendation? any other way?

Thank you,

I'm attempting to do the same thing myself very shortly (like this weekend) on one of my Stratos and I understand that the z-bend piece is glued to the pushrod (CA, JB weld, ?), with the shrink wrap over the glued connection. I assume I've got to attach the z-bend end to the servo and then glue the piece to the push rod that has already been threaded through the fuselage. On the other Stratos, I'm taking a different approach to replacing the push rods--- I'm using 0.032" music wire as the push rod, and I plan to solder the z-bend end piece to the music wire push rod. To avoid future bowing of the push rod I'm installing styrene plastic tubing through the fuselage to run the push rod through, and I'm changing out the clevis-type push rod connectors for Du-Bro mini E/Z connectors (cat. # 845). It will be interesting to see how the different push rod systems perform over time--- I've had the original Stratos push rods bow badly on both planes. If I ever get this done, I'll report back. Good luck,

Tom

Originally Posted by Pythagoras

Hello,

I got a new Stratos fuselage from hobbyzone and I need to install the pushrods on it.
http://www.horizonhobby.com/products/HBZ7709
On the side of the servos there are 3 parts to put togheter: a tiny z-bended arm which will connect to the servo, the pushrod itself and a mini tube. How should I put that togheter? Glue? what kind of glue? any recommendation? any other way?

Thank you,

The tiny Z-bend rods go on the servo and connect to the carbon fiber rods via CA and heat-shrink tubing. Make sure you put the tubing on and heat the tubing before CA dries. The other end is the exact same way. On mine, I heat-shrunk the CF rods to metal rods that I pushed through from the tail first and pulled them back out with the CF rods following. It's a lot easier to do if you carefully pry up the RX board and reattach with rods connected to the servos.

Has anyone been able to determine CG on the Firebird Stratos? I put larger wheels on and I'd like to confirm CG with battery in.

Originally Posted by LonB

Has anyone been able to determine CG on the Firebird Stratos? I put larger wheels on and I'd like to confirm CG with battery in.

I believe the CG is almost exactly where the two "notches" are on the battery hatch cover (the location of the CG is cleverly hidden in the manual). I slip a rubber band through the notches, secure the hatch cover, and hang the airplane upside down--- then look to see if the wings are parallel to the ground. This works for me.

Tom

Originally Posted by black6088

I believe the CG is almost exactly where the two "notches" are on the battery hatch cover (the location of the CG is cleverly hidden in the manual). I slip a rubber band through the notches, secure the hatch cover, and hang the airplane upside down--- then look to see if the wings are parallel to the ground. This works for me.

Tom

Thanks for the info, Tom. Much appreciated. I managed to find this on HobbyZoneRC.com:

"CG (center of gravity): 0.8 in (20mm) in front of landing gear wire"

I noticed Spektrum has a dual ESC receiver (AR6410T). I would love to be able to fly my Stratos with my DX6i. Has anyone successfully made the swap yet? The AR6410T handles 2A for motors and the Stratos has brushed 180 motors but I haven't yet put an amp meter on them.

Originally Posted by LonB

I noticed Spektrum has a dual ESC receiver (AR6410T). I would love to be able to fly my Stratos with my DX6i. Has anyone successfully made the swap yet? The AR6410T handles 2A for motors and the Stratos has brushed 180 motors but I haven't yet put an amp meter on them.

Why would you want to?

IMO, the Stratos is perfect out of the box for what it was designed for: a trainer.

Why not pick up the Super Cub LP... this would work perfectly with your DX6i.

Originally Posted by .quietguy

Why would you want to?

IMO, the Stratos is perfect out of the box for what it was designed for: a trainer.

Why not pick up the Super Cub LP... this would work perfectly with your DX6i.

I understand your point there, but why not let others explore options with their own planes? It has absolutely no effect on you if someone decides to mod their Stratos. I own both the Stratos and Super Cub so I can understand why someone would want to do this. And besides, isn't the Super Cub designed as a trainer as well?

Originally Posted by 59er9er

I understand your point there, but why not let others explore options with their own planes? It has absolutely no effect on you if someone decides to mod their Stratos. I own both the Stratos and Super Cub so I can understand why someone would want to do this. And besides, isn't the Super Cub designed as a trainer as well?

I'm not trying to "make" anyone do anything...

quietguy has a point here. The difference is, that the Super Cub has loads of room for full sized servos and electronic gear. The FB Stratos, not so much. I for one wouldn't mod either one, as it would be more expensive to mod, say, the Super Cub with an ailerons and a brushless system when you could just go out and buy an Ares Gamma 370 Pro for less than $100.00. I would say modding the Super Cub 2 or 3 years ago made sense, not these days though. And yes, I understand why somone would like to mod these as a sort of project, I personally just don't see the point. Yes, the SC is a trainer, but why try to mod a trainer when there are viable 4 channel planes like the Gamma already in existence. But I do see that if you are really determined to "build" a 4 channel Super Cub.............not so much with the FB Stratos.