Hey guys! I have been flying electric trainers, and im ready for 3d. I was thinking about getting an ARF foamy. Doy ou know of any kits that would be good to a begginner? I fly helicopters though......so im familiar with electronics etc. But anyway, is the fancy foam blender a good d trainer? I heard it flies very easy and slow. Please help me!!!

I have been learning 3-D flight for approximately one year. I purchased another companies foamy and did not like it. Someone recommended that I try a D.W. 39" Foamy Yak. I purchased it and what a great airplane to fly. It will fly very stable at slow speeds both upright and inverted, hovers great and I am getting better with the rolling harrier.

I like it so much that I ordered a second one yesterday, for back up.

http://www.shop.depronwest.com/category.sc?categoryId=8

Ed

Is the DW foamies yak 38' a easy build? Can you give me instructions with photos? Is it good for a first arf plane?

Hey hey hey!!!!!!!! It's girrocks.

(It's Xpress from CoasterForce )

Yes, the DW Foamies are very easy to build, and can be flight ready in less than 2 hours if it is your first foamy. The 38" Yak 54 is a very clean plane. Flies very well on knife edge, hovers excellently, does blenders with ease, and can pretty much execute any 3D maneuver in the book.

The combo pack sells for $109.99, and includes your choice of 3 planes, a brushless outrunner, a 20 amp brushless ESC, and 4 servos-all of which are more than enough for hard core 3D. Also, for ~$20 more, you can get a 1000 mah Mojo lipo, 20C. The Mojo lipos did much better than comparable thunder power lipos in a comparison test. They held their charge longer throughout the flight, rather than slowly losing power. And the price is much better too.

I'm located down here in San Diego, and regularly fly DW Foamies, and I can vouch for them. Mike is a great guy, and is very helpful. girrocks, you should check out rcgroups for more info on DW Foamies. Just cearch for DW Foamies in the search tool (BTW, I'm Xpress.. on there).

Well, I have FLOWN other peoples foamies and I own some that i traded at the club I never actually BUILT one of my own though Anyway, how much would a complete package ( transmitter and EVERYTHING NEEDED) cost?

Well, DW Foamies doesn't sell radios or receivers-just servos, motors, speed controls, batteries, and planes.

It all depends on what you want. I use an Optic 6 w/ spectra module, and love it.

It would cost you around $400 total to get a high quality computer radio w/ receiver, plane, motor, ESC, servos and battery.

I know that the DX6I comes with a spectrum 6100 receiver....right? Then a lipo which is about 45$. So now im at 315$ The last thing i need is a charger....cuz mine is broken [:@]

Well, DW sells Mojo 1000 mah lipos for $20. They give around 8 minutes of good solid 3D flying.

And yes, the DX6i does come with an AR6100, depending on the version you get.

Your total price is at $290

Also, for chargers, you can use a simple Poly Charge 4 rom Great Planes. Or you can go all out and get the Hyperion 601i (I believe) charger.

Nice wheels! Blue with green? xD Retro wheels

Is this charger good enough for the plane? [link]http://www.hobby-lobby.com/chargers_lipoly.htm[/link]

If you are looking at the first one, it has an automatic charge setting and can charge up to 3 amps depending on the packs ability to take currant. I do not trust the packs enough to use a auto detect and set currant. Too easy for something to go wrong and cook a battery. Try scrounging up the cash to get the GP Poly charge 4 or an equal brand to be able to set charge currant while doing multiple packs. Along with one balancer with adapter plugs for the batteries you have, for the occasional rebalancing needed.
You will be buying a charger like it before very long anyway so bite the bullet now and not have to do it twice.

I used to use the same cahrger i showed youuntil it broke..and it worked fine. i actually had it for a good 6 years!

If it worked well for you, then it is probably ok to use. I use a Pro Peak Quattro (essentially a more manual use charger than the poly charge 4), and I've charged a big 3200 mah pack on it, and it never got above around 90ºF (I used a balancer tho).