ORIGINAL: Boomstriker
I would have to disagree.
If you keep it very light and the CD way back, it will do anything you want, and much slower.
Use a small AAA NiMh pack, not nicds.
Drill the gear or use something lighter.
Use Ultra light tires.
Use a mini or micro on throttle.
Use HT mini's on the ails.
Use P/P on rud and a carbon or glass rod on ele.
Use a wood prop, not a heavy APC.
No spinner, pilot, canopy or anything not necessary.
With a .46 on a light pipe (Macs) it will come out just over 4 lbs. and easily pull from a hover with an 11x6, so it'll be fast enough to do something other than hover.
Now, move the CG (batt pack) back until the tail starts to sag at low speed when the tank is low.
This plane is very forgiving tail heavy, most aren't.
A 4 lb. Pizzaz is night and day from a 5.5 lb. one.
Kirk
Kirk
that is great that you have this plane at 4 lbs, and I am sure it flies nice...........but will it 3D ????
This also seems like a lot of work as compared to to a UCD3D .46, funtana .46 or profile that will fly 3D stock out of the box.
The days of the pizazz are over, look on horizons web stite.......it is gone.
Not saying that it is a bad plane, it is a cool plane that looks cool in the air and out of a hover.......but for 3D there are MUCH better solutions out there.
IN MY OPINION
To answer the question "if not 3D what will it do?"
Rolls fast or as fast as any plane I have ever flown
lands at walking speed or less
Cool snap roll to hover, snap roll to hover, snap roll to hover........
Very fast plane for such a thick wing, even with a 4 pitch prop
Chase the tail loops
basically 2 year old fun fly stuff, not up to the new age of fun fly 3D