i only wish i worked for spinmasters. i'd buy a crate of AAs to last me a life time!

techincally, you dont need to adjust the rudder to make it spiral with no throttle. but, it may be a good idea to do it anyway, cause if the RX loses signal, and the motors just stop running, the wind still may just take it away.

you can actually make the rudder function like a normal planes rudder to provide steering. all it takes is an actuator wired to the RX. i've done it before, but not with the AA itself, it was on a differant plane with the AAs electronics. only slight drawback with doing that is the actuator is getting power at all times, so if the actuator is low in Ohms, it may suck up more juice than you'd want. easy cure for that would just be a high ohm coil with a stronger magnet.

i attatched a picture of what happens when i dig out my box of spare parts. i found the body and wings from my X-Twins and slapped one on top of the AAs wing. since they're identicle bodies, it was a perfect fit, it weighs it down a little too much though, not to mention it has an absurd amount of lift. i have the lower wings too, but i think i'd have to swap out those little 6mm motors for some 7mm SS motors, bigger props and a bigger lipo. it would be intesting though, thats for sure.


nick