I am thinking of getting into electric with either the OMP 3D Buddy or Extreme Flight RC Yak 55 SP-E..........any opinions on which might be better? They appear to be about the same in price.

it's actually Ultra RC's buddy series. I think the EF yak is out of stock,

i have the original buddy, and it flies awesome, some say the Edge buddy flies even better, and the Buddy Katana's should be in stock soon, i think they would fly good too.

They are built in the same factory, and basically the same plane, just different shapes.

I would say it's down to which you like best, they are so similar that your not going to see a lot of difference between them.

The EF Yak now comes with a superbly made ply motor mount for a outrunner type motor, I'm not sure if the Ultra Rc range does though, I guess someone else could shed some light on this????

I would say an outrunner is the right thing for this type of model, it's got more torque than most geared drive and it's smoother than most geared drives.

But if your not going with an outrunner then that is irrelevant, again it's not going to be that different with a gear drive (ie. it's still going to be AWESOME!)

Here's my setup on the EF Yak:

Motor: Extreme Flight Torque 22T/930
Battery: Flight power Extreme 3s1p 1050
ESC: Castle creations Phoenix-25
Servos: HS-55 x4
Rx: Blue Arrow R3P5
Prop: 10x4.8

And thats never missed a beat[8D]!

So I would say that they are all going to be similar, pick out the one that stands out for you.

I hope this helps a bit.

Greg.

Thanks for the advice guys. It is appreciated!

I have The EF with their power system (the one in my AVITAR) Its a fun little plane. I have seen the 3d buddy flown too. eather choice i dont think you can go wrong.

The new EFRC yak 55sps have been improved a great deal over the old ones. they have sourced a new manufacturewho has both improved the design and impored strength. i stuffed my one in from about 40 foot vertically after a threw my lipo out on some tight bunts. i picked it up, put my lipo back in, and flew it again. it is very strong. Powering it with the torque 22T/930 is great too. Its most proberbly the most powerfull plane you could ever come across, with a fully charged lipo you are nearing 3:1 power to weight ratio.

Also, they are only a couple of weeks away (dont hold me on this, i dont really have anything to do with EFRC, only [link=http://www.freestyle-rc.com]Freestyle-RC[/link], thir UK counter part). Trust me on this one, hold on for a few more weeks and you will have IMO the best 3D electric flyer out there, and there arnt many who will dissagree to that one once they have flown it

Ian
www.freestyle-rc.com

The EF Yak now comes with a superbly made ply motor mount for a outrunner type motor





where have you seen the new motor mount?

in the kits

on a boat somewhere between here and China

While the Buddy can be ordered now

I'd start with a foamy, but that's just me

Stay with it!



Nice one Ian[sm=lol.gif][sm=lol.gif]!!!


See pic attached[sm=lol.gif]!!!!!

those guys would be safe! Balsa floats!

Yep![sm=drowning.gif] they even have some propulsion (EF Torque 22T/930!!!!).

just read on another forums that Atlanta hobbies will have the EFRC Yak 55sps in on Tuesday. now there is absolutly no excuse to have a sub-standard plane and not to have IMO THE best parkflyer out

I totally agree!!!! GO WITH THE EF YAK 55-SPE!!!!!!

Greg.

I just got the Buddy "KATANA".
I am hoping to have it flying soon.
Is there other thead's for the Buddy series aircraft?

Ultra RC has a few Buddy's and they are all great, I've got every one of them. The combo prices are insane too.

http://www.ultrarc.com/electric/index.htm