I should be able to get my reactor ready by next weekend.

sweet let me know how it flies! video to if possible

Sorry, but there wont be a video, we don't have a video camera and our digital camera won't zoom in good enough for a flight video. But, I might be able to get Mom to take in flight and ground pictures if you want.

its fine i was jw how itd fly with a smaller engine a flight report would work just as good!

I just ordered the reactor! got a .52 mag xls for it along with hi torque metel geared mini servos! Im excited should get it sometime next week!

I just ordered one too. I hope its everything they say it is.

cwick, the parts for my reactor should come tomorrow so if the weather is good enough I should get to fly it and give you a flight report on Saturday.

what servos did you get.

I talked to a guy who has had more than one out at my flying field! he said theyre great planes and that hes owned more than one until his eyes got to bd to see the smaller planes so he sold em about a year ago but he said he loved his! and that the .52 will be plenty!

My local hobby shop recommended hobbico cs-35mg servos.. they have metal gears and more than the recomended torque for the plane! I hope theyll work good cause Ive never messed with the mini servos before!

the cs-35s are the same as the hs-225s that Im using. I am using a hitec hs-5485hb standard digital karbonite gear servo on the rudder.

So mine should work fine! Im ready to hear your flight report!

My reactor setup will be:

I already have all except for the aileron servos

Saito 91
Hitec 5245mg on Ailerons
Hitec 5625mg on rudder or 625 mg
Hitec 5475 on elevators
Hitec 82 mg on throttle
Futabs MSA-10 servo synchronizer

Mine is coming in on Wed...but there's a chance I might not get it together until the spring as my components are in my Showtime 50, and still want to fly the hell out of that - its a great flyer.

And I'm ready for the parts to come! Hurry up UPS! And It's supposed to rain and snow tomorrow too.[:@]

Whats aa showtime? whats it look like? a .91 saito? think thats enough engine


Man whats up with this weather? Its really nice the days Im bbusy but the days im off and dont have anything goin its either windy clody raining or all the above!

This is a showtime: See link for specs. Its a great plane, very well built.

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products...ProdID=HAN4275

Oic that pretty cool!

I promised a flight report and here it is.
~10mph wind along the runway and ~34*F
The engine started up amazingly good for the temp. and after a little tweaking it was ready to go!
The Saito .82 4s and 15X4W APC had gobs of power and in about 10ft. it was off the ground and heading straight up with lots of power.
when I got to altitude I trimmed it out (which only took 2or3 clicks of aileron). KE is great, absolutely no roll coupling and it only took a hare of up elevator to keep it straight. And it had plenty of rudder for climbing KE. For me, the recommended low rate elevator was not quite enough so I increased it slightly and it was perfect. I wasn't able to hover it because of the gusty wind. With a head wind it landed at walking speed. I tried a flat spin but couldn't get it to flatten out but that is prob. because I'm not very good at flat spins anyway. It does rolls and snap rolls great, I don't know how it does loops, I tried some but the wind messed with it alot when I did loops. It glides as good as my ltra stick. I gave it one washer width of down thrust and it flew great inverted. To sum up the way it flies, WOW!!!

BTW, I have the CG at 4 3/4" and the fuel tank at the cg. I am using a hanger-9 4.8V 1400mah nicd reciever pack, and byron 20/20 fuel.
here are some pics the in flight pic was the climb out after my second take off.

Looks great! I haven't got mine done yet

Looks like a great day out at the field... I probably would have been there but brother Gregg's wife is in the hospital right now.

Keep up the good work!

Thanks for the review! mine wont have quite as much power but i think itll do good! i should be getting mine in sometime next week!

Congrats! Looks good, glad you got it in the air again. Hope to hear some more reports as you fly it more.

Here is another flight report-I flew it again this afternoon and I was having too much fun, I flew it too long and ran out of fuel and found out that it doesn't glide as good as my "stick" the wind just made it seem like it, I tried to land it but I stalled it and one side of the lg folded back and ripped the side of the fuse out, broke the motor mount and shattered the lg mount. Looks like I wont be flying it again until I have $90 for a new fuse.[&o] Jeff, now I see why it was your favorite plane, it flies great! cwick, the wind died down enough to hover and It does that great too, even with less than the recommended 3d rates!

Why not try to fix it yourself if on a budget. Go to your LHS, match up the wood and put the puzzle back together. Its not as hard as it may seem. If youve never done it before, just let it sit a few days and go back and take a look at it. You might be surprised how simple it can be, just time and patience.

Bummer! That's the only thing about these ARF's: they're built lite to fly great, but it doesn't take much to tear them up! My new Extreme Flight Chinn Yak took a sorta hard deadstick landing on its nose, and it broke all of the ply and fuse tubes behind the wing. I have been piecing it back together, and hopefully will have it back in the air soon. good luck with yours!

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Why not try to fix it yourself if on a budget. Go to your LHS, match up the wood and put the puzzle back together. Its not as hard as it may seem. If youve never done it before, just let it sit a few days and go back and take a look at it. You might be surprised how simple it can be, just time and patience.
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Thats true theres a guy out at our flying field thatll crash a planes and will piece a plane back together and glue every piece back together and within a week he'll have the same plane back in the air! also once crashed my easy sport off of my barn and crunched in the entire left front part of the fuse! (all the radio compartment on the left side) I just cut it off smooth and cut a piece of balsa to match and within 20 minutes had it glued and recovered! might take a lil more work with your reactor but itll be worth saving $90 bucks if you ask me!