Finally received my Dazzler! What mods should I consider before building? I'm sure you all have some great ideas!

Kit or ARF? What type of flying are you looking to do? I recently built an Uproar (more or less the same plane), but built it virtually stock with the exception of a 1/2" larger rudder. Both planes have fairly skinny fuselages which don't help too much in knife edge flight. Based off what type of flying you plan on doing will dictate the type of mods you'll do.

I have the kit. I already enlarged the rudder a little,I would like to fly hard and for it to do as much as it can do.I also have a high speed digital servo for the rudder with a futaba gy 401 gyro I want to squish in there somewhere.

Build it light. Build it straight. Leave the gyro to the heli. (Don't understand the reasoning to install the gyro?). These planes are made to "wiggle". Why dampen the fun? The kit is the better choice as the ARF has a plastic turtle deck which I didn't like personally. Bill

I bought my Uproar because of information that I read regarding its fun fly abilities. I subsequenty learned that this model ain't necessarily the best 3D performer, so I basically buit it stock with the exception of a little bit extra on the rudder. Doesn't make the rudder authority all that much better, but it's better than nothing. I'm contemplating either getting another Uproar kit or scratch building one now, with more elevator and even more rudder. I found a site that shows some mods which make the Uproar/Dazzler even better. It looks as if the rudder they created is 3/4" taller and 3/4" longer than stock (mine is only 1/2" longer) and the elevators look about 1/2" wider than stock, plus have a larger opening to allow for more rudder travel. On the elevator side, it should be plenty, because my plane is capable of elevators/harriers with the stock elevator and lots of travel (on high rates, they go up and down almost 2"), but I'd go even bigger on the rudder (probably 1.5" longer would work well, there are tons of folks flying Somethin' Extras with 2+" longer rudders), and/or build the turtledeck higher to get more wing outta the fuselage...

BTW, EXCAP232 is right regarding keeping the plane light. I only started flying last August, but I'm able to hover my Uproar for upwards of 15 seconds now. I believe that it's due to the fact that I've kept the plane light (it weighs 3.75lbs), by using minimal glue, lighter covering (towerkote, and transparent ultra/monokote) and the use of a brushing 42 (12 oz). It's also highly manuveurable (saying it's aerobatic wouldn't do it justice). It's definitely the type of plane to go out and just bang stick to see what will happen. A gyro would definitely dampen the fun, I'd recommend leaving it off as well unless you could turn it off and on in the air. The plane will land at walking speeds and control is extremely positive even at very low speeds.

Have fun with your Dazzler, I'm really enjoying my Uproar right now. If I can only make it hover as well as a Magic, I'd be all set!

I made the elevator larger, just took away from the horizontal stab, and also made the rudder larger. Did a nice harrier! I ran an OS .32 on mine and that was plenty of power!

I heard the tail wheel is to weak, is this true and what should I do to fix it? Thanks for the help so far guys!

Don't know if the tailwheel is weak or not, but I don't like the stock setup so this is what I went with...



A little extra light ply is used inside the fuselage where the tailwheel mount attaches (with screws). The natural wood is light ply covered with thinned epoxy, then glued to the fuselage. It gives the tailwheel assembly a little bit more space to clear the rudder. The music wire is then run through a sliced up fuel tube bolted onto the rudder. And the actual mount is attached with wood screws. I've found that this setup works great if you're flying off a grass field.