Originally posted by rwh
... got my UCD 46 last week, now she's ready to go, but in Massachusetts, the rain, she's a comin' :cry: That maiden flight is set back a few days, for sure.
Good points?
This is a BIG plane! A lot bigger than a Somethin' Extra! (and lower cost!) Very complete. With the one piece wing, preinstalled blind nuts for the engine mount and wing, predrilled holes in the wing for mounting, a nice fiberglass cowl and wheel pants, this is a VERY quick building plane. Good quality hardware too. Socket head screws for the control horns? Yipee!
Bad points?
Tiny little landing gear mounting plate. Wing mounting screws sunk way down in the belly pan, hard to deal with. Very little meat between the heavy front of the fuse and the long tail. There's gonna be a lot of structural issues here. Fragile fuse, hard to pick up and hard to install the wing at the field without causing some damage.
They suggest a 0.46 or 0.50 two stroke? No way! I put in an OS 61 FX and she's still tail heavy. Put the biggest battery I had right behind the fuel tank, and my CG is 5" behind LE. (4.5 inches suggested). Weight? an astonishing 6 lbs, 12 ounces! Without fueling valve, cowl or wheel pants! Ouch! What did I do wrong?
All rigged out and with full fuel this things gonna top eight pounds! You guys with the 91 four strokes have the right idea. Is this thing gonna hover with a 61FX? I doubt it...
use caution when you fly if its like mine the tail will drop it slow flight when tail heavy i used so much lead up front it flys HEAVY i wont get another one