J330

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Where is this $60 off coupon you speak of?
I only see $30 off.

My experience has been different,

What was the very bad?

J330

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The Zen 50, one of the fastest planes at the flying field only surpassed by the Tai Ji 60. There has never been a complaint about the Rambler 45, I got 5 years out of that model before I sold it. Truly one of the best planes I've owned. US40/60 are great in kit form, but rue to the nature of GP ARFs, they do not make an ARF match their kits. Don't get excited this early over exaggerated projections. The Kaos flies nothing like the original. You'll see the ARF version of the US 40 story unfold.
But I do not see $60 off on anything on Tower until you hit a $400 purchase.

So, how's that VMAR you bought coming along?

hsukaria

You're right, I started with $150 instead $200, sorry. But the Ultrasport looks a lot better than the Airborne planes except the Spot On, IMO.

The Vmar ARF is waiting for me to finish another project. The engine mount fits the OS 46SF quite tight and the Super Tigre 51 perfectly. It should work nicely.

I had a Airborne/World Models Hawker Tempest that was quite expensive at $260 that never worked right. The spinner would not stay assembled, the retracts were trash, the plane would nose over when taxiing without tilting the retracts and modifying the retracts mount and wings, the covering was crap, etc....After fighting it all summer, it augured in on the second flight and I was not even upset about that. I was just happy to move on. For that price l could have bought a Hangar 9 60-size warbird.

Maybe their pattern planes are better than their warbirds?

J330

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Wow, yeah, that fits a "very bad' description alright. I would be really irritated $260 bought that kind of headache. You could write to the company. They sold me a Sky Raider once. I lost the covering to the top side of the wing.They refunded my money

I'm fond of the US40/60 kits, kind of skeptical a $199 ARF ($169 after coupons) is necessary. They're expecting to charge a premium because of the US40/60 history, but they put out similarly good planes for $50-60 less.

I CA or resin seal all my ARFs around the firewall, goes for GP as well. I should be more open minded about the US 46 ARF I know, but it irks me when you browse tower, you see existing ARFs are $99-159, and all the new released $199 and up. It's not a deal breaker, but what I'm hoping to see if the eager take the plunge first, report good flights, and then I'll ante up. For now, I'm more inspired to break out my kit and start building it. I snagged a US40 kit recently and just am on the fence if I need to save it for later or not.

The Aeropet is coming and I'll gladly give it an honest review, but I sure hope for $134 it's not going to nose over. It takes a 4 stroke inverted, and Saito isn't forgiving with that sort of impact.

J330

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http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/rc-p...opet-50-a.html I don't encounter the same issues others do, and others don't encounter mine either 100%. Reinforce the landing gear area as usual, and I'll take a look at the fuel tank location. The thread is 9 years old, surprised it didn't ever hit page 2. Hmmm....

hsukaria

Not to upset you or anything, I purchased my kit-built US 40 used at the Toledo Show for $60 with servos, OS 46Sf, and quality mechanical retracts. Only the covering was bad. But I got 2 seasons out of and plan to recover this winter.

I think all the newer ARFS are designed to allow for electric power. Sometimes that may compromise the looks or performance of a classic glow powered design.

hsukaria

The VQ Models Taipan price has been reduced quite a bit by Hobby People. It needs the wing dihedral corected, but still worth it for the price. It is essentially a US 60 knockoff.

OOPS, the Taipan is out of stock. Is it discontinued?

J330

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$60. Wow. I don't see those kinds of prices anywhere.

I stay away from .60 these days or I'd be on that VQ.

hsukaria

A guy at the club bought the Taipan ARF and plans to put a 90 4-stroke. Will probably see it in action next summer. But I am happy with my US 40

J330

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Aeropet is sold out.

N410DC

I had the old Ultra Sport .40 ARF many years ago, long before is was discontinued. It was probably the best flying airplane I've ever had. Glad to see that it's been revitalized!

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Originally Posted by hsukaria

A guy at the club bought the Taipan ARF and plans to put a 90 4-stroke. Will probably see it in action next summer. But I am happy with my US 40

The Taipan was discussed in this thread, or perhaps in some other thread. People seemed to be decently impressed with it. The main criticism was the fact that it has little to no dihedral, which makes it a little less likely to track nice and straight, as most pattern aircraft do. Some builders modified the wing spar to add a little diherdal, and seemed to have pretty good results.

J330

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An elderly guy local here at our field, has for 16 years, been trying to sell me his old ARF that sits in his closet. It has the old G servos from Futaba and a castor stained and locked up FP40, yet he won't take less than $200. That explains the 16 years it has been sitting in his closet. I wasn't impressed with the ARF version on HIS particular plane, the covering certainly didn't hold up all these years either, and it's heavy. Some flying characteristics improve with weight (fighting wind) and some degrade (landing glide slope, if any.)

paladin

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my son and I both have ultra sport 60s built in 1986. mine was built with half the dihedral his was built stock. his was nicer to land because the extra dihedral would allow a not level wing to settle out, where mine I have to get the wing parallel to the ground. but in stall turns, wing overs, skidding turns (rudder turns) mine requires little or no opposite aileron. when you do a stall turn with your full dihedral us60 and don't carry opposite aileron the wing angle on the down leg is only 160-150 degrees from entry, but with half the dihedral its darn close to 180 degrees.

so much so that he bought the tiapan and built it stock and loved it so much he gave the 30 year old us60 away.

Joe

Mikey954rr

Ok gang this is my first ever post on RCU and I am excited to say it is about the new in the box US 1000 I just received. I am currently finishing up a Super Sportster 90/120 and when that is done it is on to the new US. 2 questions I could use some help with are as follows:
1)Flaps or no flaps and why or why not?

2) What power-plant to use? I have an OS AX 120, OS 160 FX, and a DLE 30 on hand. DLE 30 is most tempting but I have yet to find anyone talk about using this engine and its actual performance in this particular plane.

I am an intermediate sport flyer and am not necessarily worried about burning holes in the sky. I am just looking for good performance and the ability to hopefully slow the plane down a bit for a short-ish grass club field.

Thanks every one,

Mike

P.S. What does a guy have to do to earn his number here?

Super08

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the Ultrasport has a very pointed nose and a DLE 30 won't look too good. The 1.60 will give incredible performance and not fit too bad. The 1.20AX is what I planned on using. It can use smaller props which is better on grass fields. The Ultrasport 1000 doesn't have the best prop clearance.

Twin_Flyer

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IMO, flaps are not needed as it lands just fine without them.

I partial to four strokes, had a tired 120 in mine and moving to a Saito 150 now. Large two strokes are just too thirsty for me.

Prop clearance will be a problem for a DLE30. New , longer landing gear and large wheels would fix that but it might look weird when done.

Just my .02........

KaP2011

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I have built Ultra Sports both with Minnflyer's mods and without them and I have to say I like the Ultra Sport with the mods, including the flaps. Yes, as most have said in the past, the US lands just fine without them but there is a noticeable difference with the flaps.

Mikey954rr - the Minnflyer modifications I'm talking about are found here - http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/kit-...ld-thread.html

The plane Minnflyer was building at the time was the 60 size but I believe everything is transferable.

jrf

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The clipped wing version of the 1000 is the original design. The kit offered the long wing to make it IMAA legal, but it doesn't fly as well as the original and it is harder to land (the flaps work best on the long wing). The clipped wing is one bay shorter on each wing and I believe it is offered as an option in some of the kits.

Jim

Dan.H

Quite a chore with all the sanding but my oh my does it redeem itself in flying quality, it turns very sharp and banks amazing at slow speed very solid on the roll axis. I went with retracts one bay outward on the ribs and it handles very well, crosswind skids sort themselves out nicely. Use the Great Planes .60 mechanical retracts and the struts that come with them are fine.




Only problem i had was the wheel wells are too small on the drawings for the recommended 2.5 wheels


If you want to dye your canopy use the stuff on the left its called Dyemore, old rit dont work so well.

hsukaria

Wow!!! That is stunningly beautiful. Is that monokote or ultracote, or something else?

I am now inspired to restore mine.

Dan.H

Thank ya! Its monokote in platinum and silver, the charcoal tips are ultracote. Restore it! I cant keep my hands off the radio.

smkrcflyer

I'm getting out of nitro and my US60 is the only glow plane I still have. Has anyone put a 2st gas engine on one of these maybe Evolution 10GX? Would like to know how it fits and how the performance is.

hsukaria

I have not seen an Ultrasport on an Evolution 10cc gas, but somebody in our club has it in a 46 size sport plane. That was good performance. You might need to go to 15cc gasser. Usually the gas displacement needs to be equivalent to a 4-stroke glow engine.
You will also find it challenging to cram the ignition module and cable in a Ultrasport 60. I would experiment with a 15cc gas but with the ignition removed and replaced with OS G5 gasoline glowplug. There are a few videos online running Evolution and NGH engines on the OS G5 glowplug.

smkrcflyer

G5 might work or I could sell this one and build one for gas. Put the servos in the tail and put a small gas tank over the cg.

hsukaria

Maybe so, but a lot of work for sure. Another option is the OS 15GGT that has the G5 glowplug already. But you will have spend some serious cash for that one.