jpartis
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Joined: 11/14/2007
From: , TX, USA
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Hey guys.
I've been flying my Do for about 2 months now and have around 100 flights on it.
It's been in 3 minor crashes when I first started flying it, but I managed to fix the damage and recover back to its origonal luster fairly easily!
Just buy some monokote and an iron and the four colors and repair it over and over. No need to buy a new one!
I would like to thank everyone for all the good tips regarding the landing gear as I applied all to my Do and have NEVER had the gear come off.
Even in a VERY HARD BELLY FLOP. The gear actually splayed out quite a bit but did not come off or even crack the wood! All I had to do was bend them
back straight and keep on flying... What an AWESOME PLANE!!!!
Well, I thought I would just share what I did to my plane to give back some.
1. I first removed the landing gear block (1/2" thick)
2. Cutout a bigger landing gear block (1" thick) and installed with epoxy.
3. I pinned from the wing side all the way through with 2 drywall screws
4. I used a piece of fiberglass tape and epoxy to overlay from under the vent ramp, back to where the wing dowl hole is located.
It's proven to be VERY STRONG, and even held up in crashes.
This plane is so very easy to fly once you get used to it. I started out flying low rates, but braved up and started using the recommended high rates
and they are perfect! You just have to go very easy on the controls as they are fairly large compared to low rates.
Even when I take chances, it is still very very forgiving.
One thing I never do though, is fly with the throttle wide open.
I climb out with open throttle but imediately pull it back once I am straight and level. This is NOT A SPEED PLANE!
If you have the NEED for SPEED, then get another plane to fly to get this out of your system.
The Do is so much fun to fly because you can fly is SLOW, and it's so very light. It hovers itself with little effort and is very addictive to fly!
I've even flown mine in a drizzling rain and it loves it!
For those interested, I have an OS 55 AX installed and it is a just enough to have fun hovering etc.
I will say though that I have often wished that I had just a bit more power to pull out of a hover a little quicker but it is enough to get the job done.
One thing I love to do is while coming in for a landing is, never let the Do touch down, rather, just keep it inches above the runway all the way to the end
then blast it for another go. It just looks so cool and people are held in suspense, thinking your trying to land. There is NO reason to crash this plane
as you could go on forever just giving it a little juice to keep it floating above the runway until you feel its just right to land softly.
Take it easy on your Do! Its a sweet little gem that you should fly with respect so that it will bring you much joy and fun for a long time to come...
Sorry for the long post but its been a long time coming. I love this plane so much that I just had to share it with everyone.
Oh, I almost forgot. The prop I currently use is APC 13x4W. I tried a 14x4W and it worked but not as well as the 13x4W. Less RPMs and not as much
vertical. I also have a 13x5 nylon that I plan to try later. A guy at the RC shop told me it works great. I will try to come back and let you know how it
works later...
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Gary...That's awesome?????!!!!! You inspire me. Maybe I'll have to try that. I have a couple of friends that fly off snow, but I'm afraid of the cold. 
