RE: Multiplex Easy Star, construction, flight report
It'll loop, do sloppy rolls, tail slides, stall turns and fly inverted. It's much larger than the Terry or the Tipsy so it's easier to see and IMHO it's better in the wind.It's direct drive so all the noise is from the prop and the suppied Gunther prop is about the noisiest in that size, APC's are much quieter. The supplied Speed 400 is more than enough to keep you happy for a while on 8 cells. If you use the plywood motor mount I posted in the other thread you can stick in any Speed 400 size brushless you want later.
"Pretty much depends on your skill level and how much you want to push the plane. My niece has flown her Teddy (basically a powered glider) in 20mph winds, it flies, but it's a lot of work. Biggest thing to remember is to not let it get too far downwind, if it runs out of juice you won't get it back. My nieces Teddy spent 9 months in NJ's Pine Barrens because I let her get it too far out and the batteries quit and I couldn't get it back. "
The Easy Star is better in the wind but 20+ is pushing it with anything. The wind isn't hard to handle but the turbulence is. Close to the ground or near trees it's a bear but definitely doable.
It'll putt around at 15 or 20mph. It lands at around 10 and it's flyable in tight spaces, just be sure to max out the throws.
The wings got a fiberglass spar so it can carry pretty much anything you want to put on it.
If you go through the 3 long posts in the other forum you'll find about every motor imagineable on it and pretty much anything (cameras etc.) in it.
Mike