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ORIGINAL: Gryphon

KegRaider. Welcome to the thread.

Do you fly R/C/ planes?

If not consider starting with the likes of Aerobird 3 from hobby zone then get a Stryker for your 2nd bird. With your friend’s guidance that is easily do-able.
http://www.hobbyzone.com/rc_planes_hobbyzone_aerobird_3.htm

Brazman can tell you all about FMA Co-pilot.


KegRaider. DARK SIDE is calling you. What does that mean? Just ask Brazman.


Thank you both for your posts.



Gryphon

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ORIGINAL: iamman711

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ORIGINAL: Stryker_Viking


I helped a guy the other week at the field with a similar setup as yours, this is what I had to do to make his Stryker balance correctly:
* Removed all duct tape in front of COG-dimples
* Replaced the frontwheel with a Light-Weight alternative that I had laying around
* Replaced his stock 6x4 prop to a 5.5 x 5.5
He later used spray paint to the areas where the very heavy duct tape had been...

Good luck

Stryker Viking

thanks Stryker Viking,

What happened to your friend's plane did he even have the guts to maiden it.. if so, what was the result? My big question to you is about nose-heavy planes. I heard that if you fly nose heavy its no problem. if you fly tail heavy, you fly once.
So given that my Stryker is nose heavy (assuming that carving out the foam in certain places did not mess up the center of gravity of the plane at the COG dimples), will this present a problem or what?

I might remove the duck tape because i am positive that it adds a lot of unnecessary weight to my plane, although removal probably won't affect medial balance (nose-tail heaviness). Do you think the clear transparent duck tape i covered the rest of my plane with adds too much weight as well? it is the duck brand packaging tape and i have it all over the place on my Stryker. (Only a single layer) If I remove the heavier duct tape along the middle of my Styker, should I replace it with clear transparent packaging tape like the rest of my plane or can i use strapping tape which is heavier. I just wanted to make my Stryker strong in case i crash it hence the duct tape.

Last question is about the 5.5 X 5.5 prop. So it is shorter than the stock 6 X 4 prop but has greater pitch. How does the 5.5 X 5.5 prop compare to a 6 X 5.5 prop? Just curious, and do you think i can upgrade to 6 X 5.5 with no problem.

*just for clarification as it gets confusing:

duck tape = clear packaging tape by duck brand, which i used everywhere on my plane except where I used duct tape
duct tape = colorful, heavier duty tape also by duck brand, which i placed on middle of plane on its underside.

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Thank you everyone.

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ORIGINAL: iamman711

Stryker Viking, maybe if you modified your Zagi with flaps you could bring it down easy... just a thought.

Btw, how do you make those digital backdrops in your uploaded pictures, not this most recent one but in the past. Do you just use Adobe photoshop?

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ORIGINAL: iamman711

thanks Stefan,

I'm glad you reminded me about using the gorilla glue to patch up the gap/hole. The gap is right behind the nose landing gear aluminum pole which I want to keep unglued to the foam. Can you suggest a way for me to fill the gap with gorilla glue while keeping my nose gear in place and not letting the nose gear get glued in as well. (I know i can use the gorilla with the nose gear removed, but then i will have to dig another hole to slide the landing gear in again).This is so that my removable landing gear can stay removable.

I didn't realize nose heavy makes Stryker more jet like. That's what i observed in my maiden flights indeed. My bird takes off like a jet, requiring long runway but it looks good/scale in my opinion.