No sir, I don't have plans on "REKIN'"it very soon. The reason I am selling it is because I am getting the $$$$ together for a small foam profile to practice on here at my house rather than go all the way to the feild. (20 miles away) I have an idea of what I want but not real sure yet. Prolly somthing brushless and have a single wing....not a bipe. Any ideas?

Joe

I sold alot of my old rc car stuff a while back to get an electric. Messed around with a GWS corsair for a few flights, but wasnt what i was looking for. I bought the Yak-55 from Hobby-Lobby, bought it with the recomended motor they had, both plane and motor were on sale. Picked up the speed contoller on Ebay, and a lipo at the local hobby store.

Check out the Hobbico Mark II charger if you dont have a charger already. For $50 it will charge NiCad, NiMH and Lipo. It says LiMH on it, but they updated the web site and it does charge 2-3 cell Lipo, plus it charges 2 batteries at a time. Good charger for 50.

I like the yak, got it cought in a try and bought some depron and rebuilt a new one, good thing i traced the peices. Damn wind blows those foamies like crazy.

If you have enough room around house(I don't even have enough for a foamy really) I have seen this one fly (click link) fly's very well!! but not a foamy ...
http://ohiomodelplanes.com/3dbuddy/

the 540 edge

Koko while you're there check out the boxxer..there might be one comming to my house very soon!lol

well me and my son had a bad day, got his new saito 91 mounted early this morning and got it all broke in(just ran a fuel line to a gallon of fuel and burned it up) tweaked her down enough to fly and went to the strip got her up and she was awsome and then he brought her down to land and came in a little wide on the edge of the runway and hit a large rock which broke the engine off the mount,bent a pushrod and tube and broke off a couple of fins and cracked a valve cover but it will live to see another day.

as for me i bumped my throttle and my plane jumped out and bit me, applied pressure to my left forearm and plugged the holes(4 five inch cuts) and off to the urgent care where they put most of the skin back in place and said they wernt deep enough to sew(would have called Barry for that), but my plane flew perfect and i brought it home in one piece, what a day, im tired, bye bye

gjeffers, Man, I am sorry. Nobody should have that kind of day. That arm really looks sore. That has got to hurt. My thoughts are with you.
Thanks,

Barry
PS: CA works better than sew for skin cuts.

I guess everyone must give a little flesh to the hobby they love.

Kokamo

Check out page 76 of the new Model Airplane (assuming you get it). Thats the Yak, and the motor at the bottom is the motor i use. They have a video on the site that shows it flying, i can testify that with that set up, thats how it flies.

Last week I went to the field with it and showed a couple of guys, we are all trying to learn 3D, and there i am hovering with a little foamy. Not well, but still hovering.

Also, not to get U Can Do'd out, but the U Can Do EP looks indestructable, its like a big foam sock with wings. The owner of a LHS has one and he loves it.

The biggest tip i can give is go Brushless and go LiPo. I tried to get a feel for it with a standard can motor and a NiMH and almost gave it up till a friend talked me into the yak. I am walking up the block in a half hour to go fly, charge when i get home and go back up later. Its great. Once you get the bug and the electronics, there are lots of free plans for Depron and fanfold planes out there.

gjeffers, sorry to see and hear what happened to your son and you! Those darn whirlly things can do some damage. I don't get to go flying today, but I am going to get some more airplanes ready for monday or tuesday.

Oh Man!! If you get away from this thread for a couple of days you can really miss a lot!! [:-]
Gjeffers, Sorry to hear about your son's plane and your arm. Yikes! That looks nasty! [X(] [X(] I hope it's feeling better by now...... Did you get the fuel tank question resolved? I got my finger cut to the bone by a guy in the LHS last year and it was with my knife. [:-] Man that hurt...... I forgot untill then the joy of getting stitches............

I got the Twist done finally....... It's looking cool [8D] I didn't get a chance to fly it yesterday. We put some money on a new house last week so I had to spend yesterday spiffying up this place to put it on the market. So now we are moving again but at least I'll have a really good spot in the new house to set up a hobby room. The room even has it's own bathroom. [X(]

I've flown a Twist before and they are a little simular in flight to the UCD but a little different too. I'm looking forward to getting this one up this week.........

hey ceegee, all you need is a fridge and a microwave and you would never have to leave the hobby room!!!!! Good luck with the twist, have fun.

Fridge and microwave!! [X(] You must have been reading my mind......... A coffee maker too.

Here's some pictures of the Twist. All I need is to put the spinner on and give it a coat of wax..........[8D]

Oh, That's a Saito 72 under the hood with a 13x4w APC prop. I can hear Tim Taylor grunting now..........

LOOKING GOOD CEE!!!!!!!mmmm72 saito ...[>:]

well we got Brocks plane all repaired, just waiting on the push rod tube, push rod and valve cover and it will be better than new, since the front fuse was busted a little we just went ahead and took the ramp out and reded the whole front and beefed up the inside of the firewall, turned out great,(made Brock feel a lot better).its a new day and the roses are blooming.[8D]

nice plane CeeGee ive thought about gettin one,just might later!

ps, building a better restraining devise for the back of my Blazer[sm=thumbup.gif]

gjeffers, are you starting the plane in the back or your blazer? I know this is going to sound like preaching, but that is a big safety hazard as you have experienced. The only time that I am in front of my airplane is during starting, but after that every thing else is done from behind it. Do you have a thing called a third hand? If not let me know OK. The one that I use is stuck in the ground and then the tail goes in it. No chance of the plane getting away. Another way it to get two Iron rods about 15 inches long and pad the upper 7 inches and then stick them in the ground to capture the tail. I can make either one and all I ask is for the cost of the materials and postage. here is a pic of the one that I use.

thanks goldenclan, i do it on the tailgate because this is a very sandy place and i have started it on the ground before but i noticed that sand was swirling and getting on the cowl(thus going down the carb) so i built a plywood tarmack with holes for the gear and a 10 lb weight for the tailwheel to go in and i forgot the weight because we were so intent on getting that new saito up, but i wasnt right in front(might as well been) but off to the side and when it came loose the wing tip hit me and the plane turned right into my arm at probably about 6000rpm,well it wont happen again, im building a cage to fit on the tailgate so itscant get me again.

Thanks

Sorry Gary about you and your Son's problems!!... But the tearing up of
planes is pretty much normal in this hobby... I know it does not feel good
But all we can hope for is, problems that's far and few!!!

Now that Prop biting thing:-(... First off really sorry about that!!, And Glad
it's as best as it can be!!.... But man get that cage/strapped hold down
build!!! And USE IT!!! Not most the time,, EVERYTIME!!! Props scare me
to no end!! Min. time in front... No time on the side.. Max time in back:-)
Alright I'm off of it..... Sorry... And I know you won't do that again!!!
Hope you and your Son have a Ball!!! Tell him we said Hi:-)

i deserve all the blasting, heck im even blasting myself, thats why i told everyone, i came into this hobby by myself and learned everything off this computer and im a quick learner and thought i had it but like i said before, you learn more than you think you know everyday[&:]but i havent had anyone around to get on my butt for anything so i can guarantee i learned a good one this time,HA HA,ouch that hurt!

CeeGee, Nice looking twist. Coat of wax?
Thanks,
Barry

CeeGee... Nice Twist!! Guess you have the power!:-) ConGrads on your
new place!!

Gary... Yeah, There's something to learn everyday!!... It's real easy for
me... I always forget what I've learnt the day before!! You and your son
have fun!!

Great Day at the field!! My YS sure is liking the Pro Zinger 13x4... Heck
I may put my cowl back on.... Well I better wait till it really gets hot first..

Anyone out here running a Saito82 and a 15-4 prop?? I'm running a 14x4w right now ...not sure if I like the high revs on it ...would like to keep it down under 10k ..running 20/20 ys

Man Gjeffers- That could leave a mark. Hope your feeling OK.

CeeGee- The twist is sure a good looking airplane. Have fun

Sctcrash- I'm with the the 3004's guy's, use a 6V & you have plenty of torque. Let's all remember if you use longer arms on your servo side your effective torque goes down, they're rated at oz/in, so if you use a 1.5" arm your torque is reduced. I have the std arms, one hole up on the cont horn side, with the high rates at 120% and I'm getting 45 deg of travel.

An update on my UCD- While I was away at work the tower elfs delivered my spinner & props. Got them on today. Looks great with the alu spinner. I like wheel pants so with them left on I had to add 1oz behind my rud servo to balance. Oh well, with the 91 on there whats an oz.. Current wt. is 6lbs 4oz. thats with TRU turn, APC 15-4, 3004's, fut. 9 chan syn rec, 2100mah NiMh 6V, & the stock kit + OS 91 SurII.

Hey KoKo- I have the YAK 54f & the Tribute both from eflite- been flying the Tribute like crazy in the evenings, great plane- Haven't set up the YAK yet so can't comment on that as yet. But you can't go wrong with the Tribute- it's on its 8th life now [ hope it doesn't take after cats].


SPUD37 out

Gjeffers,
really sorry, i hope you are ok soon.

Sergio

im ok now sergio, just my pride is hurting

So.....anybody interested in my spare wing? Just giving everyone a second chance!

Joe

Joe... Thanks for the offer, Bit I don't need it..... Man.. now watch what'll happen