Two things to post today:

1. Stop flaming about the engine recomendations. The instructions say 1.00-1.10. A 100 will fly this, not great but it will. I have a UCD that is 8lbs dry. The 100 flew it great. I think most people don't understand there are two types of 3D flyers. Sport and Serious. If you monking around with 3D and don't really care then when you hover at 3/4+ you don't really care. Every smaller 3D plane out there have engine recomendations that hover at 3/4 this is cause they are for the guy "monkeying with 3D. When you start getting in to the bigger planes they start moving the recomendations up. Like the H9 260. Does a 14lb plane really need a DA50 for sport flying? As McConville said (Paraphrase) "When people see the vertical of the 260 with the DA50 it usually beings with holy and ends with explitive" (I have 260 with a 50, no one "messing" with 3D needs that kinda power)

So if you want ubber preformance go with a bigger engine and chill out. Zurgreturns lay off the caps, please.


2. Broke one of my SFGs yesturday. I think my 1/4 throttle blender did it in. (Remember Mokie 1.8 under the hood) No, I did not hit it on the ground. I broke a top one off. Even thought I put more stress on it then is probably prudent I'm really unimpressed with the consturction of the SFGs. The metal rod that connects the two does not extend above the wing. If you look at the SFG half with the rod the top of the tab (wood part that actually goes in wing) is where the rod stops. except for a 1/8X1/2 piece that runs in the center the grain of the tab that goes into the wing is running parallel to the wing. I really like how they attach I thought it was really neat. I think they might need to rethink how they are constructed though.