I put my 2005 BRIO Deluxe on a diet and did some testing. I took out two triangles for the landing gear, removed two 6x32 screws and lock nuts, changed the throttle servo from a 4721 to a JR368. Next step is to exchange the rudder for a built up version. This is all done to lower the weight.

Add magnets for better fuel economy, and thus a 20% smaller fuel tank. Read more on my forum if you want to hear about that one....

I also put in a few degrees of anhedral in the stab. About 1/4 inch a the tips. I flew it a couple times but its been very windy to make any preliminary assessments. This was an easy process, given the stab tube is aluminum.

Here are my setups. I am going to work on my snap control setups this winter to optimize. 100% on ailerons and elevator, 86 percent on rudder. There is 18, 22, and 86 percent expo on each respective surface. This has a big impact on snap entry and exit display.


The plane flew very nice same behavior as my old one. I was wondering what percentage should I input in my Snap condtion. My AFR values for snap condition are increase Aileron by 80% same Elevator and decrease rudder by 20%. I'm not happy the way the plane snaps. Any suggestions?