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Old 07-20-2007 | 07:07 PM
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victorzamora
 
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I think that makes a lot of sense. A scale Edge sould do IMAC pretty well, and one that light with such big control surfaces should mean that it 3D's well. I've heard people talking about ballistic pull-out with the Showtime/Sait100, so I'm pretty happy with that choice...but the Inspire 60, Edge 60, Extra 60, or Showtime 50 should have about the same pull-out considering the weight similarities. I think I've decided to order the Showtime, mostly because it seems to be easier to put together. I like the Carbon Fiber pushrods on all of the other planes, and I've seen videos of nearly unlimited KnifeEdge with all of the Fliton planes...but a good friend of mine recommended the Showtime to me. He has an OS FS91 Surpass II on his, which weighs more and isn't as strong and has the same mounting dimensions. I'm glad I decided against the Magnum 91, even if it is a good engine, just becuase I decided long ago to stick to well-known and reputable brands. I'm going to break-in the Satio 100 with Master Airscrew wooden 14x8, recommended by the instrucitons. I was planning on running an APC 16x4W on the Saito 100 after the break-in period and a couple flights. I was also wondering if standard 3004 servos all-around (S3010 on rudder) would be good enough for that plane on 4.8V. Gas mileage isn't too big of a problem for me, because I'm used to flying hard 3D for 4 or 5 minutes then landing and letting my heart-rate go down a bit . I then like to switch over to a warbird or sport-plane like the Spitfire or UltraStick. True, they're hard to take-off and land...and they're normally pretty fast, but it's a much easier and relaxing style than hard balls-to-the-wall 3D flying. I like flying 3D because, after going knife-edge snap to knife-edge into a high-alpha knife edge 10 feet from the deck into an inverted harrier pulled to a hover, transitioned into a torque-roll, then a ballistic pull-out with 3 consecutive snap-rolls on the upline....it gives me a feeling of satisfaction. My heart skips a couple beats knowing I could've just plowed a couple hundred dollars into the ground, but the satisfaction makes it worth it.

questions, should i go with a 16x4W or a 15x4W on the Saito FA-100 for the best hover and pull-out? and will 5 S3004's and 1 S3010(rudder) be enough to really handle this plane?