This is my first post ,been out of flyin for a few years but got the fire back and like to try this 3d stuff.I got a ultra stick 40 with a os61sf as a power plant.The sucker climbs like a cat.I had some problems with cg but its fine now,had to cut an access hatch in the rear and put a larger battery pack in the tail.I have the futaba fp-t7uaf radio got all the bells and whistles for flaps ,crow ,etc.However i did loose the manual ,i searched the futaba site and found the pdf file but the literature doesn't cover all the options on that radio.I'm not exactly sure on mixing the radio with this model,any help would be appreciated.Also the whole concept of "the wall" ,"hover" , "torque roll" is a little foggy for me.Any ideas on how to approach doing the maneuver and the setup of the plane would be great.A side note to mention :this is an awesome site full of helpful criteria...thumbs up to the moderators and all member for dedication provided.

There is another thread that would probably help going on at the moment http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/What...1140309/tm.htm

This is a good place to start. If you have a specific question (or half a dozen!) easiest to ask them individually.

As for practising a hover, you have the number one requirement - excess power. If you are really rusty it is probably a good idea to sharpen up your general aerobatic flying first to re learn all the control movements and orientation. If you are comfortable using the rudder then you are 90% there.

Thanks for the tips "sprink" .

After you read how to do the hover, keep in mind its not one of those things like a snap roll that if you just press the sticks a certain direction it does it It takes some people weeks, some months, others years, and a few of them never learn. As far as the wall goes, its not hard at all to do with the right set up. I am pretty sure that stick will wall with super high rates on. As far as hover and torque roll, the Ultra Stick should do it just fine. Keep in mind that the key to this 3D thing is having a light weight plane and awesome throwage (there are other things but this is where it all starts).

Appreciate reply thanks from Goose Bay,Labrador.

What helped me the most was the Real Flight sim. There is a plane you can download from the Real Flight web page called the Perso 3-D Ultimate. It will torque roll all day long. It's really to easy. But it gets your mind right as far as what input does what.
later David

David, I learned to TR on the Perso too! I then went on to the big Cap232 and mucked about with the setup til it was quite hard to do, but I could get the plane to do pinwheels really low! I doubt it would do it for real but great fun. The secret to hovering and TR is using the rudder effectively - timely but small inputs are the key.