RE: Hobby Lobby Mini-Telemaster Glow Conversion?
Just for kicks, and between other kit building, I got a Mini-Tele and put an ASP .25 on it, with an HS-81 throttle servo and two HS-225 for rudder and elevator. It definitely had the performance, but frankly, didn't fly very well being so over powered. On the first flight, I got it trimmed out, then started trying other things, namely to see if it would spin. Tried several times to get it to spin, and figured it was too nose heavy to spin well. After about 5 tries, it went into a tight spin, which terminated with contact with the ground! Tried everything all the way down, to no avail.
About 4 flights later, I did it again, and invoked the same spin. About 8-10' off the ground I got the spin stopped, and applied power, and the torque apparently took over having no forward speed, and it went into the ground again, breaking the fuse. I may try an .049 next time, 2 channel. I'm sure it would be an excellent flying plane if it were built per plans. For now, I'll stick to my Senior Tele for the fun.
Randy