Originally Posted by
daveopam
Best of luck Mike! One final word of advice. These planes fly great when heavy but dead stick is another story. Even with a 90 2stroke biplanes glide terrible. With the big 1.20 up front it's a different ballgame. Look for a place to land RIGHT NOW if it dies. Do not try and glide it unless you are 500' up. On the plus side, they don's tip stall and will come down flat but the pants go right through the wing.
David
WORD!
Lost mine due to the throttle arm coming loose and the throttle closing. No altitude and a hard tail wind meant it came down fast and hard.
I balanced mine upside down, doesn't really matter on a Vanessa rig as long as the tail and wings are level. It flew great up until it could fly no more. Someday I will need to dig up the pdf of parts someone sent me and get them into Coreldraw so I can cut them out on the laser and rebuild the Fuse.