The Twist Rocks!!!!
I Have flown my twist for two days and I love it. It seems like a crime to have this much fun for $99. My only complaint is that my Magnum .46 doesn't quite cut it. Maybe a hot .50 (o.s. or enya) or I'm sure a YS .63 would do the job. I flew today in 15-25 m.p.h. wind and had a ball. (no kidding!!!) BIG FAT WING!!!! My options were limited in that much wind, but I thoughroughly enjoyed hanging it in the wind - kind of like a stationary harrier - and doing two or three rolls and ending up right where I started. I then made about my prettiest landing ever. I would highly reccomend this plane! I used the reccomended throws for low, high and 3-d and used 0%, 35% and 55% for expo respectively. I would advise landing with some power on with an aft cg. I have mine just foreward of the aft position (5") and she will nose up pretty hard if you try to float her in, not that it's hard to handle. In fact, thats about the best way to enter a Harrier with this bird. I would give this plane, out of five:
Value: 6
Quality of kit: 4.5
Performance: 5
appearance: 4.5
Another bonus is that the plane fits completely in the back seat of my VW jetta!!!
My one complaint -- This is my second Hangar 9 arf. my first was a Funtana. I won't get into the problems I had with it but there were some were problems with the wing fit. The twist gave me four pieces of 2-56 threaded wire of random sizes that were too short for their spot. The motor mount screws were supposed to be 3/4" and two were 1/2". HUH? I think they need to tighten up their Q.C. at the factory.