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Old 01-18-2007 | 09:29 PM
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Default RE: C 160 Transall setup

Mine balanced right where the plans call for I put a piece of velcro in the front of the fuse to stick the battery pack on I just kept moving the pack until it balanced. My trim is at neutral elevator. I guess the larger engines some guys are using make it nose heavyish. The OS 32's should work fine I just used the OS 25 LA's because another member in the club had them on his and I flew so nicely. Just keep in mind that the larger the egine you install the more fuel is used and the tank area is limited by the nacelles.. Hence the post for selling nacelles, With mine the tanks that came with it give me about a 10 minute run and I fly at 1/2 to 3/4 so I havent sucked the tanks dry yet, knock on wood.

Mine is all white with grey covering on the bottom US NAVY scheme. I havent had any problems seeing it in flight yet. As for the other guy who said he looped, and rolled his C-160, I too have done that and the 25's are plenty for that kinda stuff but not many scale C-160's do that and survive. I'm the kinda guy that flys the model like the real ones. If its a scale transport then fly it like one if its a scale CAP 232 then wring it out. I have all kinds of different planes and fly them accordingly , most of the time. Like I said I looped and rolled the C-160 just to see if it would and it does very nicely but I dont fly it that way all the time. At full throttle its really to fast to look scale. One of the neastest things it does is scale looking takeoffs and landings.. Once you get the feel for it you can hold the nose off the runway on take off and landing. Really looks cool. One other thing Its not really a windy weather plane. Its really light and trends to bounce around a lot when the wind gets it.

Have fun with it it flys great. Just make sure the engines run like sewing machines all the time.

Pete