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RE: Great Planes Big Stick 40 problems - 2/17/2007 3:44:37 PM

bado

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I can't figure how to ask a question in this area, so I am trying this. Does anyone out there in RC land have a great planes big stick 40 KIT stuck back in a closet or somewhere else, or maybe a set of PLANS from the KIT ( not ARF) I built one a long time ago and would love to have another. If so , please email me at Wisher26000@yahoo.com

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RE: Great Planes Big Stick 40 problems - 9/2/2007 5:26:24 PM

dmintzer

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Well, last year I built a big stick 40 and the maiden flight was just the best. (This is my first glow plane, I have had some electrics) It later had a fatal failure ( my fault ) soooo I built another ARF and the maiden flight was very very short. I am not completely sure what happened, but I would greatly appreciate any thoughts. There was some wind maybe 15-45 degrees off the center of the runway. I wanted NOT to crash the thing so i had it at a 1/2-3/4 throttle Evolution 46 engine. It was rolling fast and as i eased up on the stick, it just flipped and made a beautiful inverted landing. I think my mistake was not flooring the **** thing and getting it up in the air instead of playing near the ground. Possible? CG and everything seemed fine. Thanks, Dean

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RE: Great Planes Big Stick 40 problems - 10/1/2007 10:40:53 PM

n2rc

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This is the very plane i learned to fly with after flying helicopters for several years. I could never see this plane as "Out of control". For me this was a great plane that flew with ease

< Message edited by n2rc -- 10/1/2007 10:41:47 PM >

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RE: Great Planes Big Stick 40 problems - 10/3/2007 2:31:10 AM

dmintzer

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thanks I bet it was my "flying" technique. I am putting a new rudder on and i plan to get it back into the air in a few days. The right way this time. Thanks Dean

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RE: Great Planes Big Stick 40 problems - 10/7/2007 6:58:53 PM

karolh

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My 15 year old and still going strong GP Big Stick 60, has given me more flying pleasure than possibly all my other planes put together. It was first powered with a ASP 61 on a tuned pipe and it's performance was simply unbelievable, but it consumed fuel at an alarming rate.

After a couple years I swapped that arrangement for a less thirsty ASP 75 with a Mac's muffler. Recently I went completely opposite and switched to gas with a Zenoah G20, which has proved to be an excellent choice for this model, now in a taildragger mode.

Everyone should have a Stick of some sort in their hangar.

Karol

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