Based on lots of great advice here, I decided on the JKA E Plane for my first aileron plane. It flies great. Much faster than the old T52 and I love the maneuverability. Thanks again to everyone here for all of the help.

Brian

I have tried to attach a photo but apparently it's too big of a file. Not sure how to make it smaller. It's a regular jpg.

photoshop will let you reduce resolution of jpegs using the save it to the www option. Thats what I do and it really compresses size but seems to look fine on computer screen.

What's your setup (i.e. motor, prop, batteries)?


Mitch

I'm running a S480 with a 6X4 prop. I only have a couple of flights on it, but it seems to perform really well. The batteries so far are an 8 cell 600mah nicad and a RS NiMh 1600. I had to do a little reconfiguration on the RS model to make them fit. My AUW is right at 23 ounces.

Brian

Here's another angle.

Try a 5.5x4.5 prop.
I found the Master Airscrew 5.5x4.5 was a great prop for the E-plane.

I like the rounded wings. Was that something you did or is that a new wing option from JKA?


Mitch

Voyantus:

Looks great ! I like how you rounded the fuse corners.

Al

Thanks Guys. I'll try the 5.5 x 4.5 for fun. I left out the center wing section and rounded the corners myself. JK offers a new tapered wing, but I just improvised. I really like how it turned out too. It's kinda messy, but the pink foam is really versitile.

I also added a 30" x 1/8' x 1/2" basswood spar from my LHS in addition to the fiber tape that is recommended. I really didn't want to have to redo the wings. That is probably why I am slightly heavier than stock.

Good move putting the spar in there. You would have had to add it eventually anyway.


Mitch

Originally posted by Mitch
Good move putting the spar in there. You would have had to add it eventually anyway.

Totally concur.

mw