Hey Ron, Are you sure you are dealing with the post office or pony express.......?[X(]

You know Rob... Last time I went to the P.O., I now remember seeing a few horses
outside.. Guess that's why their rates went up... Feed must cost more now.....

You should have looked through their saddle and seen if your money was there.....

Thank you all for the info! I will definitely be beefing up my landing gear and firewall as I do with all my ARFS. Flying on the ice out here in MN has been pretty rough on the gear this year. I was planning on putting the UCD together over the weekend but when i got home from the office on Friday afternoon I had a package waiting for me and inside was a flying lawn mower kit. Needless to say, I took that straight to the garage and began building it. I got to spend a few hours with my wife and 1 month old but the rest of the weekend was spent getting my john deer ready to fly (what super bowl?). I think next weekend I'll spend some quality time with my family and hopefully the following weekend I can put the UCD together. Thanks again for all the insight!!

Everyone - Heres a good suggestion on beefing up the landing gear. On my last UCD, I drilled two small (1/4") holes in the area just above where the gear attaches. What this did was allow access to the cavity inside and then I squeezed in a little Gorilla Glue, turned the plane upright and let the glue cure.

Gorilla Glue is great stuff, with super adhesion qualities. I felt that the little additional weight was worth it.

If someone wants pics,, let me know.

Also,,, I have a Saito 72 for sale that has about 10 flights on it. Make me an offer and its yours.

Barry, what was the thrust numbers on that ys110, just wanting to compare, i did my 125 this weekend with a apc 16x6 and it pulled a whopping 13lbs 15oz, which i thin is great unless you bust my bubble
i also have a good idle on it at 1900[8D]

and Ron, dont listen to Rob, hes always in trouble, you know you get shot in az if you get caught going through someones saddle bags still[X(]

gjeffers...

I have 5 of the devils. The best one is 13lbs 4ozs, all others are right at 13lbs 0ozs. I'm using APC 16x6 prop and 30% Cool Power. If you're getting almost 14 on 15% I'm gonna say that Saito is equal or better than the YS. The biggest number I've heard is 15lbs 4ozs but that was 30% at sea level. And that's the highest number I've heard. Most say 15lbs even.

I'm hoping that Saito is a monster. I haven't even started mine yet but I'm looking forward to it. The YSs are so dang hard to get. And the Saito is 3ozs lighter.

Sounds like you've really got a winner. What do you think about it in the UCD? I'm betting you're grinn' like a goat eatin' briar.

Thanks
Barry

Yes i am grinnin, its great in the 60, when i take my edge back out ill see what the 100 is doing also, but the 125 is easy to start, runs great in transisition and dont stumble a bit, its great

i do have a Q for ya since its been awhile since i played with the cg on it and its not flatspinning great.
my cg with the 125 was 5 3/8 and i just cut a hole in the fuse and moved the battery back there and now the cg is 5 13/16, what do ya think?

Thanks

gjeffiers...

Mine is at 5 5/8" I like it there. I've had it back as far as 5 3/4" with my other engine. I think you'll be fine at 5 13/16". That will definetly help with the flat spins. My 60 won't flat spin as well as the 46 but I can get a very slow rising inverted flat spin. The engine just made such a difference. Literally I like flying this plane more than any other. I only got about 30 flights with the 110 before winter set in. I was just starting to get the trim down but I was extremely happy with the performance. It just made it a whole different plane. At least for me.

Thanks

Barry

Gary... I hear you about getting shot here in AZ land......, Even tho growth has
been unbelievable[:@] these last 3-5 years here... It's still not as bad as say in
some of the closer states... But rummaging through anything here will bring
the old west back....
I also think you'll be ok at your CG setting... I know I was having problems with
my "Do" when I went to the S100 in holding the inverted flat spin, it went into it
fine, but it wanted to loop back out at the slightest throttle increase. I moved my
CG back, put some mixes in, used low rates/expo. etc... Then I just went back
to the normal settings and just worked the sticks... I never quite worked it out,
But I did have a couple great spins/rising spins by just waiting a bit longer and
letting the "Do" set into the stall before adding too much throttle before she died.
But as you know, having "Monsters on the nose" Makes for delayed subtle
changes..IMO..... Guess more reason to just start off with the Monster

"grinn' like a goat eatin' briar. "

Just out of curiosity, what kind of build time should I set aside to put the UCD together?

Thanks

I still think if the post office isn't pulling the load you should take a peek......[X(] Hey, maybe you'll find someone's plane in the mail......[8D]

I would plan on 20 to 25 hours. That depends on how fast or slow you build. Many will say 10 to 12, but that would be solid building time with no stoping. I like to work a little and set it down and come back to it. I find I tear things up less when I do that.

Its Showtime....

On build time I use this equation. Book says 6-8 hours. I'll start with 8. I double that = 16 then I times that by 2 = 32, I subtract 5 = 27 then I add 8 = 35, and then I always think I can do it a little bit faster so I subtract 7 = 28 hours. That equation works for me. 27 hours.

Thanks
Barry

I want to know what they were smoking to say 6-8 hours. Granted if you wanted more glue than monokote on the outside of plane I guess you could. I guess if you did not measure anything and just stuck it in and glued it, yeah it could be done in 8 hours. NOT!!!!!!

hey, do any of you guys know how much oil is in coolpower 15% (green)?i have a new hobbyshop to buy at and he didnt know but said everyone uses it, (famous last words)

thanks guys

18%
Thanks

Barry

Well....... I got some flying in today and a guy was there flying a UCD 60 that he had recently gotten. Man! He looked like he knew how to fly one. I was impressed. He said a friend of his has a 60 also and has flown the 46, 60, and giant one and likes the 60 the best. I'll have to get my act together and learn how to fly mine better. I'm planning to go again tomorrow. Should be fun..........[X(]Pick a Do, Any Do..........[8D]

Boy!!! they sure are doing alot

alright Rob!!!!!! fly that thing, i was getting real close to harriering mine the other day, would bring it in like i was going to land and then let the nose go up and then just throttling just enough to keep her going and i even draged the tail a couple of times with out the main gear touching and then flying out, this is a great accomplishment for me and i want to go flying again, just like when i started

Gary, drag that tail gear in the snow and take pictures. I'll do likewise, just the marks in the snow. I've tried to take pictures and fly at the same time. Doesn't work, so I'll trust the marks in the snow.

Any one have any experience with this aircraft and a ST G-51? If so, how was it? Details preferred. Thanks in advance.

Alquad, I've flown the Twist with a ST .45, a .51, an 82a Saito, and the OS .61. All of those engines do very well with the Twist. It's really a matter of what YOU want, the style of your flying. The .51 has plenty of power (use a 12.25 x 3.75 apc prop). If your ST 51 will handle it in your warm weather, try the Master Airscrew 13 x 5. Here, cold weather, we tend to use the bigger props for all our engines. But in warm weather they can get overheated. The general rule for 3D flying is to use the longest prop with the narrowest pitch your engine can handle.

My flying pal used an ST 51 through his first THREE Twists. Loved it--and he could make that bird do just about everything. Now he has an OS .61 FX on his Twist--and loves it more because of the long (20 plus minutes) flights we're getting, very efficient engine. The .51, if I recall correctly, got a bit over 12 minutes, safely, on the 11 oz tank.

What's REALLY nice about the SuperTigres is that much is interchangeable from .40 size through .51: carb, needle valve, head bolts, carb nuts and screws, and the muffler and stack.

If the Twist doesn't do well with the .51, it'll not be the engine's fault.

Best wishes, good flying.

Jack

Thanks for the informative reply. Just what I needed.

-Alqwad

Aaaahhhhh... No snow where Gary's at. Lots of sand, but no snow......