zope_pope
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From: Aurora,
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Hey Guys,
I have been flying my 260 for a two weekends now, and I am absolutely love it. Rolls are very axial, landings are very slow and stable. It is a very easy and fun plane to fly. Ready to fly weight on mine is a mere 16lbs 2 oz, this is with NiMH batteries too! I plane to go carbon on the landing gear, wing tubes, stab tubes, and AW is saying that I can save 1-1.25 lbs! That would make this thing a rocket. Anyhow, balance was dead on with no adjustments.
I do have a few tips you guys should look out for though. The recommended aileron throw is 2.5" up and down for low rates. Now this was way too touchy for low rates in my opinion. Maybe I am just not so hot a pilot, but it just didn't feel right. Landed with no incident, and got used to it, but it was just way too quick. I am guessing around a 540-720 degree/sec roll rate on LOW.. If you want to stick with the low rate, dial in some expo. It was manageable with about 40% expo, and now it feels like a good hi rate in my opinion. So if you stick with recommended settings (which aren't bad, just too much for my taste and compared to past models), expect it to roll fast. Another thing to note is the pull pull linkage on the rudder. The aluminum clevises that mount to the servo arms just don't hold. I mean, was I supposed to solder them down? I think not, and the instructions don't mention any special techniques. Anyhow, I have been flying just the basic IMAC sequence and some basic aerobatics to get used to the bird and the arm always pops off and I have to make a crooked landing as well as a really rough roll out since it is hard to fight the left turning tendencies with no right rudder.  I am out to the hobby store tomorrow to replace these with ball links.
Besides these two problems, everything else about the plane is working out great. Now to get this thing dialed in.  Thanks AW for a great plane, and by far the best customer service I have ever experienced from an ARF manufacturer. I was lucky that they were at my field for my maiden, so they checked out the entire plane for me and gave me the go ahead. Great experience. I hope everyone else is enjoying their Extra.
BTW nice graphics lazy eight.
< Message edited by zope_pope -- 11/8/2006 12:17:02 AM >
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RE: 50cc QB 260 build thread - 
Hope to fly it this week if the weather gets better. I think the checker boards look good. Brad has some good ideas. Give him a call he can help make your bird stand out. The cowl will have the DA logo across the top like everybody does and then the Powered by DA 50 on the side. I will shoot some outdoor pics this week and put them up for all to see. I have to get some new axels when I tighened mine up they snaped off like nothing. the metal was weak. I think I will put the Lightwight ones on from Troy Built models. See ya!! Cowls fitted now just need to due a little more triming and fileing to get it just right. Hope to fly it this week some time. 
Brad I will get you some good pics taken outside with it all togather soon!! 
