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Old 01-26-2011 | 11:04 AM
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mbritt
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Default RE: Funtana ordered. What else is required?

I have the Funtana 125, built it this last summer and it has descent hardware but mypush rodswere short, the spinnerdoesn'tfit the motor and it came and it came with CA hinges.I'mnot dogging the plane because I like the plane but Hanger 9 and Horizon leave some to be desired.

~ Its a heavy plane but seems to be quite durable
~ The manual has a many places that are wrong. When you fly your plane make sure...and I do mean make sure the thing is nose heavy because the CG specs are off. I fly mine not too far from the forward CG.
~ Be sure to go light on the tail.I am using the Hitec 7775MG low profiles all around but recently switched the elevator servos to the 225MG to lighten the tail as the plane will fly tail heavy at their recommended CG.
~ You will want to shave weight when possible if you are going to fly this plane 3D.The plane will be heavy with an 8s setup if you do electric. I have mine that way now and am in the process of changing it to a 6/7 s setup and I am going to try and run the AXI 5320/18 as it fits the power 110 mount perfectly. I am using the Hitec 7775MG.I changed the wheels, and anything I could to get the plane down in the mid to low 9lb area and on less batteries it should be lighter. Use a Extreme Flight spinner (lighter than Dubro) and a 18x8 or 18 x10 xoar prop (43g) vs (73g).
~ itdoesn'tcome with the SFGs. You will want to use these as the plane will have significant rock at low speed.

With all that said its a good plane if you can overcome a few of the frustrations. I also had the servo lag issue with the dual elevator and am going to go with the Smart Fly Equalizer to do the servo sync as the Dx7 seems to not mix equally.