I recently purchase a Global Freestyle on sale at my LHS. For those that have experience with this plane I have a few questions.

Is there anything that needs to be changed or upgraded on final assembly? Will standard airtronic 9402 servos suffice or should I upgrade any of them? The plane is designed for the Magnum 61-4 stroke. Does this engine have enough power or is it worth the extra $ to put a YS63 up front? Does the plane have any particular flight characteristics that I should be aware of before attempting to fly it?

Thanks, Charlie

I bought one used from a buddy at the field so I'm not sure about any upgrades you may need to do. I can tell you some of the things that I fixed on mine and how it flies.

The Rudder sees a lot of action so I would put the strongest pull pull control horn on it you can find with a large surface area in contact with the balsa. Also, and you should always do this when mounting control horns, after you drill the hole in the balso soak it with thin CA. That will make the wood able to take a lot more compression and strengthen the wood around the screw a lot.

As for servos, I replace his standard servos on the elvator and tail with Hitec digitals. A 5625 on the elevator and a 5925 on the rudder. I have been very happy with both. Chief Aircraft has the best price. The elevator probably doesn't need the upgrade but I would use one on the rudder.

As for flying, the plane is great fun! But be careful it will snap unexpectedly sometimes. So get very familiar with it before you get too close to the ground. It will fly incredibly slow, especially if you use flaperons and knife edge all day long.

You are going to like it.

the only standard servo I have on mine is the elevator the others are minis.

I put a magnum 61fs on mine and it didnt cut it...I sent the engine back to Global two weeks ago and havent heard from them yet. I put a new Saito 72 on mine and it flys great...hovers at about 1/2 throttle and pulls out fine. This plane flys great...does all the 3D that I'm capable of..waterfalls, elevators flatspins, harriers etc...the landing gear is too flexible so I cut to fit, another one I had and put larger foam wheels on it for our bumpy grass field. DONT GO WITH THE MAGNUM 61. Put the money toward the ys63 or saito 72. Buy cheap, buy twice!!

Ron

Redwind,

If you want to stick with a 4-stroke, go with the Saito .72 or the YS. However, if you want to keep it cheap, I put a Magnum .75 2-stroke on it and it is bigtime overkill. I will be switching mine this winter to a Magnum .61 2-stroke and it will still be overkill. It will hover near 1/4 throttle on the .75 and should hover at about 1/3 throttle with the .61 2-stroke. For about $100, the Magnum .61 is hard to beat. A lot of guys don't like them but I have had good luck with them.

I put an OS91 Surpass in mine, and wow. I'm at 4500 above sea level so I try to put max plus in. The plane flys great. Landing gear doesnt cut it for long, I'm going to upgrade it. Funnest plane I've ever had.
Have fun

Charlie,

Go with the YS, its pumped and very powerful, fantasic liner throttle reponce and very reliable (I have 3 of these engines). There was a review of the Magnum 91 FS in the RCME over here in UK, dont rember the figures now but the rpm was down on the YS 63 (for the same prop) on average by 1500rpm. I get 11500 to 12000 rpm on a apc 13 x 6. Its weight a little over 1lb which by the time you add a scilencer to a 46 two stroke is similar in weight to the 2 stroke.

The only flame out I have had with the YS is when it is out of fuel

Bottom line worth every penny.

good luck

Kris