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Old 03-13-2003 | 03:05 AM
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Default hobbico superstar select 40

Originally posted by Whirley Bird

WOW!!!.
I heard so many say they got bored with the trainer.
I have an Airstrike that has not been flown yet.
But I have the Super Select 40 and it does well with the OS 40 engine.
The Airstrike wing is about 6 inches longer and with a 46LX will do 60 +MPH from what it says in the manual.
Now with the Super select 40 with a bit of a shorter wing I can see how much better it will fly with a 46LX on it.
I have all the throws on mine set for MAX.
With that 46LX have you tried a knife edge turn by holding the nose up with the rudder?
Lots of fun for the price
Whirley Bird, I must say WOW!! to you. I see that you registered in Jan '03 and you already have 845 post. WOW!!! I have a total of 2 including this post. HAHA..

I do think that a trainer can be a lot of fun and even easier to fly, especially if you put a servo on each wing, therefore you can enable the flaperon option to help slow for landings or other stunts. I haven't tried any knife edge stunts with the trainer yet. I only do the simple stunts with the trainer. All the throws are set to the suggested throw setting for the plane. I thought about increasing the throws to see how the plane would react. There is a gentleman in my club that has flown for probably longer than I have been alive and I am 29. But he brings his old trainer to the field to play around with sometime which looks very close to a Superstar or Avistar trainer. He has a .40 size trainer with a YS four stroke installed which literally drags the plane behind the motor. I have seen that trainer do some amazing things. The plane is not modified, it is merely overpowered severely, but that makes for a spectacular experience even just watching what a trainer can do with a lot of power and an experience individual behind the transmitter. Just imagine if I added a tuned pipe to my 46FX on a trainer.

Hmmmm, I may just have to do that..