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Old 05-01-2012 | 03:22 PM
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Steve Westphal
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Default RE: Electric Jets

I bought an XB-70 EDF from Toysonics and it is beautiful aircraft BUT their customer service was a good bit short of great. I had a Tx that wouldn't contact the AA batteries. Had to bend the contacts a bit to get the batteries to connect. Once we figured that out it wouldn't mix for elevons. Which is essential as there are no elevators on the canards. I have talked to several people who fly the aircraft and they all say it is a blast. But once again. I wasn't impressed with the customer svc. I bought a Tx/Rx from HobbyKing and it seems to work fine!!(cost me 45 bucks including s&h.) Can't beat that!! It mixes too!!!!! The B-70 has always been my favorite American aircraft. What beautiful lines. If it flies as good as it looks it should be quite an experience! I need to do some searching as there was an entry very recently about bumping up the motor a bit. What a grand plane. Toysonics just didn't seem to care a whole lot about my problem. I guess I will steer clear of them in the future. He treated me like a novice! My brother and I have roughly 100 years of flying so the basic stuff is old hand...BUT....we are starting up in electric and there is a lot of stuff for these geezers to learn. Some one on the board said that they were going to bump up the power a bit so I will be searching for his entry. Can't wait to fly this bird. I have a complete set of plans for a Valkyrie that is about 9 or 10 feet long with about a span of around 6 feet. It takes a .91 pusher. Would love to put 6 turbines in it but that would make it a 5 or 6 thousand dollar airplane and my live in "navigator" said "no way Jimmy Doolittle!!!!!" If anyone who flies one please drop me a line with any recommendations, etc. Thanks gang.

Steve

ps....am in the process of drawing up an indoor XB,70. About 20 inches long with about a 13 inch span. Gotta find a small ducted fan unit. The smallest DF I can find is28 mm. Anybody know of a smaller one? Let's see pics from anyone who flies a B-70.