rolsen12

Does the Velox realy fly?
I have had the one I got take off twice into what looks like a power on stall and never catch flight.
Before I through the damm thing out ,has anyone seen this thing fly?

wolfshound

the velox flys great,you must chek your cg i think it's not correct.
see the webside from digitech,i love that plane.

digitech

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there is no better proof then this?
and it was almost a year ago...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj9sNCN9n7U
most problems asre found when people did not believe the suggested CG settings and read manuals..

CJ2006

Yes, they do fly, and fly well too. It's no secret that the Velox has a few strange characteristics around the stall and it's also sensitive to the CG setting...but once you abide by the rules and know the limits of the airframe (same as any other model) you're in business. You might find this useful:

http://jmajets.co.uk/forum/viewtopic...er=asc&start=0

If I can help further, pse feel free to pm me.

Rgds,

Dick
England

john agnew

Dick

I think what you describe regarding the stall is exactly what happened to mine, I got the nose too far up at low speed and the elevator was blanked and became inneffective. I could not get the Velox out of the nose up position and it eventually rolled inverted and went in.

If you avoid that situation it is a very nice flyer!

john

Jim Cattanach

Sounds like it has the same characteristics as the Tango I once had.

rolsen12

Junk is junk, no matter.

McclureMitch

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Boy, I would love to tell everyone what your other RCU name is but it's really not important to start another flame thread on your dumb *****, its funny how even when you post with your real name still makes you look like an idiot. Next time don't be such a moron and use a different IP address if you don't want to get busted.

A good friend of mine has given me some stick time on his Velox after I lost my Hot Spot and it is a wonderful flying jet, a lot nicer and a lot easier than my RIP Hot Spot.

digitech

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i had a tango also , believe me it does not even come close.....[:-]

John Casey

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It sounding like a "DeepStall"

Because of the placement of the T-tail horizontal tailplane is to close to
the wing.

The wing at high angles of attack blankets the stab/elevator making them
less or ineffective (note the Long booms on BVMs stuff moving the stab back, same thing with the bobcats)

Its a problem with t-tail designes that has to be watched.

If you look at the pictures in RCJI, the amount of elevator shown in that picture would cause
most aircraft to.... loop .

rolsen12

I agree with you on the tail placement, bit I don't stay with producyts that don't work.
On to the next project.

digitech

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the product does work , and it works great
we where the first one,s to receive the Velox last year
we have set a very safe CG point and trows , however if people dont use them things can go wrong.
i am sorry for your loss , but you never said anything about what went wrong.
the worst thing that can happen is that if you make it to slow , the tail will drop on you .
and it looks that is what happened to you.
this is a warning that has been said in the manual .
there are plenty out there who are flying it , and are happy with them.

DavidQ

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Hi Sandor,
My Velox with a P70, all 8411 servos, lithium ion X2, full UAT and 6 oz of lead in the nose came out at 22.5 lbs []. Shouls I be worried?
David

digitech

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no we fly it with a simjet 3000 ..
absolutely no problem , just read our manual
make sure your turbine exhaust points downwards!!!

PeterDays

Yes it flies

This was a maidened on a nearby club not too long ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzpkx6-qeLU

BlackCloud

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Flies fantastic.
Super Bee powered one came out to 21 pound 2 ounces with just the UAT full and no lead. Plenty of power for it. Adding more thrust if you want to really get wild with it but flies just fine on the Bee including verticals. P-70 is way more than enough. The airframe is very clean and I saw it pass an Elan with a Wren SuperSport in it (Bee powered Velox). Slows down quite nice with only takeoff flaps. Haven't tried full yet...doesn't really need it though. I can only imagine full flaps and some crow it would probably come close to hovering.
Thanks to the information from Dick Spreadbury. His numbers made a great starting point especially with the flap / elevator mix was spot on for no change in pitch.
Cheers..................buy it.......fly it.....I think there will be many more of these around soon.
BC

SGT.SHAGGY

The Veloxs is sweet, I just sold my rookie so that i could replace it with a velox.... After seeing one fly at fijr I could help my self

J. Campbell

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I personally witnessed the maiden on a Velox at our local field last sunday. Flew GREAT!!! Power was an AMT 180, plane flew well, had great speed even at half throttle and landed fine without any issues.. If your velox does not fly, you need to look at your setup, probably C.G.

Randy M.

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Yes, it flys! And very well. 3 more flights last Sunday on a 400ft runway. It's a missle with the Mercury and slows nicely for landing. CG is slightly forward of manual. Will be moving it back a little next flights.

Lil Hoss

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I sure am glad to hear that it flies well. I just recieved mine the other day from Sin City Jets. Looks to be a decent model.


Hoss