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Old 07-01-2013 | 08:30 AM
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Dave McDonald
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Default RE: Need Help with My 3D Twist

Although the Twist is marketed as a 3D plane, it's not really a 3D plane. It's just a fun fly plane with oversize control surfaces. Oversize controls surfaces do not automatically transform a sport plane into a 3D plane. Will a Twist hover? Sure! But just because a plane can hover doesn't mean it's a 3D plane. If that were true, then an Eagle 2 would be a 3D plane, which it definitely isn't.

Now that you've figured out that the Twist is a poor 3D plane, you should get a real 3D profile that will truly hover, harrier, knife edge, spin, and tumble like a 3D plane is supposed to do.

You've already got a Saito 82 and an OS 55AX, which are great 3D engines.

If you don't want to build a kit, the Sabre 47 ARF from Value Hobby is a pretty good 3D profile ARF that would be a perfect match to either of those engines. Here's a video of a Sabre 47 ARF with an OS 55AX.

If you're willing to build a 3D profile kit, then there are a lot more choices available to replace the Twist with a true 3D plane.