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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/18/2007 4:22:56 PM

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I think I'll try my OS 1.60 FX on this plane and see what happens...

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/18/2007 4:25:14 PM

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ORIGINAL: Planeclothes

I think I'll try my OS 1.60 FX on this plane and see what happens...

Be sure to get some video!!!

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/18/2007 11:16:24 PM

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Guys, i havent forgot just bin busy. i did take the photos of the cowling already just in case a misshap should happen(dumb thumb) cause we all know i cant blame the bird or the Spectrum

its getting so bad (the oil soaked wood) the covering is just peeling off everywhere

Hey, what if i go vertical to the clouds and then dive at full throttle and just finnish...........

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/18/2007 11:20:18 PM

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bet you thought i was going to kamakasi it to the ground! nope just finnish peeling the covering off

. i dont really think it would but it was a thoght. i'm really getting too confident with this bird. ricky.

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/19/2007 1:28:11 PM

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my covering was peeling off too but I broke my fuse and haven't finished putting the new fuse back together yet. I'm hoping that ironing the covering on better will help with this one. If not I don't know what to do with it.

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/19/2007 1:42:20 PM

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I think the problem with the covering is not how it's applied, but with the covering itself. Unless and until MonoKote improves, I'm sticking with Ultracote. I was a long-time MonoKote fan (20+ years) until recently. The color layer separates from the mylar and no amount of ironing helps. I switched to Ultracote and never looked back. It handles better than Monokote and I've never seen it delaminate.

Just say NO to MonoKote.

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/19/2007 5:01:41 PM

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You know Erik, I just don't get it. Of all the monokoted planes I've had, this is the first one where the film actually delaminates. I have seen planes where the Monokote needs to be touched up every now and then, but never like this. Maybe it's the colors they used or the way the trims were applied, I don't know, but I never noticed that happen to my 1/4 scale Giles, UCD3D 60, Gene Soucy Extra, etc.

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/19/2007 5:14:01 PM

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I think the problem with the covering is not how it's applied, but with the covering itself. Unless and until MonoKote improves, I'm sticking with Ultracote. I was a long-time MonoKote fan (20+ years) until recently. The color layer separates from the mylar and no amount of ironing helps. I switched to Ultracote and never looked back. It handles better than Monokote and I've never seen it delaminate.

Just say NO to MonoKote.

I'm in complete agreement with you there Erik. The newer Monokote is junk.

Terrible stuff. I'm an Ultracote fan all the way. The only time I like using Monokote is if I'm doing something using the Windex method of applying it.

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/19/2007 9:43:16 PM

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First time I have seen Monokote delaminate too. Maybe the adhesive they were using between the two layers didn't hold up to fluctations in temperatures from being shipped and sitting around or is just defective but it is pretty pathetic. I bought some clear coat to try and seal the edges but it started coming apart before I even finished the plane and got to that stage. It is sad because I like the color scheme but I don't think it will last very long.

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/22/2007 10:12:51 AM

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CUTE !! Glad you think it,s funny !

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/29/2007 9:51:37 AM

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With the landing gear mount fixed in the mid section of the Fuse, has anyone suffered structural damage from hard landings (you know from dead sticks etc)?
After reading the threads on this plane I ordered and am still waiting for it to arrive.

With the factory landing struts, what is the prop Clarence (Spinner to ground at level)?

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/29/2007 2:39:59 PM

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Max, I was concerned about that part of it too but I guess that's just a part of that design you have to live with if you want to fly it. It is built light but the landing gear area seems to be stout. I haven't had a dead stick with mine so I don't know. Here's some pics of the gear that I have changed to. It's bolted on the bottom with nylon bolts so it should break off the bottom easier if I have a really rough landing.

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/30/2007 3:27:34 AM

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I've had only one dead stick landing and it made no difference since the plane floats really nicely. One thing good about the stock landing gear is that it flexes a lot, sort of shock absorbing, and with the plane being so light I guess it would take an extremely hard crash landing to cause some damage.

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/30/2007 9:08:02 AM

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Thanks guys.

I just got mine so I'm able to answer some of my own questions.

Now the decision. I'm cannibalizing a CMP Yak54 52” wing that was always just too tail heavy. It came with Carbon fibre landing gear curved exactly the same as the Reactors landing gear only installed facing forward. It works out to the exact height as the supplied gear if mounted at the bottom of the fuse.

While I prefer gear that breaks away with out tearing up the fuse I tend to agree with Planecothes that the gear will flex on impact and the plane being very light shouldn’t cause the frame to fail.

So bend it to the proper pivot moment as shown in the picture on the side of the box and website (surprised no one commented on that; the landing gear in the picture puts the wheel straight out at the leading edge of the wing unlike the provided gear as advertised) or add weight with structural additions and place it on the bottom.

I’ll go with factory and bend them for now. If I still don’t like it I’ll mount the carbon gear on the base about 2” forward of the factory mount position. I like the swept back look.

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RE: Great Planes Reactor GP/EP 3D ARF .46-.70 - 7/30/2007 10:00:35 AM

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Hey Different question;

The instructions for the dual elevator offsets the two servos (with the fuse being so narrow at the servo mounts) but also says that you program your radio or use a servo reverser. Why not just turn one servo around and use a standard Y? Less fiddlin.

I suppose the offset still results in the horns travelling equally. Can't see why it wouldn't.

For those who put Saito 82's (17.6 oz) in theirs did the plane lean to the tail or nose before balancing it out? I'd prefer to use my Hitec 5625 for the rudder servo in a pull pull or inverted like the Flinton version. Any one try this? If yes what did you have to do to make it work.

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