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100cc Yak Review - 3/24/2007 5:27:56 PM   
Mark Dennis



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Check out Joe Hunts latest review on our 100cc Yak 54 QB!
100cc Yak Review

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RE: 100cc Yak Review - 3/25/2007 9:03:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		Mark, I flew my AQ QB 100cc Yak yesterday. It flew absolutely great!! It weights 29 lbs but you'd never know it. It has unlimited verticle doesn't bounce around in the wind, snaps so slow I'm going to have to learn how to do snaps all over, drops the nose just great in a stall and stops rotating in the spin when I let go of the sticks!!

I have a DA 100, MTW 75K canisters and a Biela 3-blade 26 x 10 prop on/in it, 5955s everywhere but throttle which has a 5985 ( won one at the Sherman, TX IMAC contest last fall that Hitec had donate prizes for). Using trottle management I can get it to fly the same speed upline and downline - it seems like I have to add power to get it to come down!!

The CG is at 3 3/4" and is just perfect. The recommended low rates on everything are probably okay if using a 28 x 10 Mejzlik but with the 3-blade Biela they are just a little slow so I used mid rates (which is 1/2 way between recommended high rate and low rate) on all three control surfaces

the electonics are: SmartFly power expander/super regulator, SmartFly pin switches (all with heavy duty wre and Deans connectors), Fromeco 4800 Peerless Li-ions on the flight pack and a 2400 on ignition with a Fromeco regulator and Electro Dynamics optical ignition cutoff switch. The RX is a JR synthesized receiver with the sysnthesized module plugged on a JR 10X.

All in all, Aeroworks has done another fine job. I told Rocco that if he built a plane with "bolt in canisters" that I would buy it - it did and the best part is that, hard to believe, flys better than the Extra 260!!


Thanks Rocco, Mark and the rest of the Aeroworks gang.

Bobby

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RE: 100cc Yak Review - 3/25/2007 9:23:30 PM   
Mark Dennis



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Status: offline 		Bobby,
Glad to hear you like it! Ive been flying mine for about 3 weeks now and absolutly love it! Have fun with yours and let us know what you think when you get more time on it. My guess is you'll like it more than you do now!

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RE: 100cc Yak Review - 3/26/2007 4:23:16 AM   
Bobby Folsom


 

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Status: offline 		Here are several pictures of my Yak and equipment setup. The field is located in Mt. Pleasant, TX and is a great place to fly a first flight!! BTW, I went ahead and installed four 3/32" baffles behind the cut out wedge-shaped slots just in case. I added a 3/4 oz and epoxy finishing resin to them so that the oil/gas won't soften the wood. Didn't have a heating problem a tall.

Enjoy.

Bobby



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RE: 100cc Yak Review - 4/5/2007 2:51:14 AM   
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I really like the way you did your baffles. They should work out very well. Thanks for the idea. I'm going to borrow it and use in on another project.

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RE: 100cc Yak Review - 4/5/2007 3:07:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		You're very welcome Silver. I'm glad to help out. This project is my first with canisters - I love the way they sound. BTW, Tom posted some pictures on canister installation the other day and I realized that I had installed the silicon tubes incorrectly. I was lucky that they hadn't fallen out!!

Bobby

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RE: 100cc Yak Review - 4/6/2007 4:12:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		We are 3 guys here in the Oslo area (Norway) who has this plane. We have only gotten a few flights on them, but so far it really looks promising.


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RE: 100cc Yak Review - 4/7/2007 5:02:53 AM   
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Status: offline 		I also have the 100cc Yak, DA100 with stock mufflers, carbon gear, tail and tubes, Li-ons, Hitecs and Spektrum. Came in at 27lbs 1 oz. I noticed the three blade props. Im using a Mezlik 27-10 now. How much difference does the three bladers work and which size are you using? I am not a IMAC guy, just a fun flyer that does sport and 3D.

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RE: 100cc Yak Review - 4/7/2007 10:53:15 AM   
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Status: offline 		stick with the 2 blade for most types of flying. The 3 blades are nice for keeping the noise down, they accelerate smoother, and can sometimes help a bit with downline breaking. And, of course, they give you more ground clearance. Typically, though, 100cc planes used for freestyle/3D flying have a 2 blade. two blades accelerate the plane faster and typically have a little more grunt to the way they pull.

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RE: 100cc Yak Review - 4/9/2007 3:42:50 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks for the info Bodyworks. Im happy with the plane the way it flys now, but always looking for improvements. I ll stay with the carbon 27-10 Mez.

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RE: 100cc Yak Review - 4/9/2007 9:56:57 PM   
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Status: offline 		Is it necessary to use the clear iron-on mat'l on the leading edge of the main wing panels? as per plans

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RE: 100cc Yak Review - 4/10/2007 9:25:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Who knows if it is necessary... ?
But I wouldn't be the one finding out it actually is! So my advise is to apply it. It's not a time-consuming process, and the clear strips of covering are supplied in the box.

Lars

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RE: 100cc Yak Review - 4/10/2007 1:53:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		Where do your graphics generally start to peel.... along the leading edge. That's what the clear is there to protect. Sure, the plane will fly without it, but next year, it will look better with it.

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RE: 100cc Yak Review - 6/5/2007 8:20:12 PM   
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RE: 100cc Yak Review - 7/1/2007 2:55:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Bobby, I'm in the process of putting together a 100cc QB yak. In the instructions in says to set up the ball links in different holes on the aileron control horns on the same wing panel, did you do this? just wondering about the ratio difference.

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Frank

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