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Old 01-07-2010 | 06:15 AM
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Default Oxai Amethyst thread

Hi

Having finished and Oxai model late last year some advise and caution. As the plane comes very much ready to fly one can't really call this a building thread, hence some photos on the installations performed. The box arrived three weeks after being ordered and was found to be the normally high quality finish one expects from Oxai. Weight of the plane out of the box was 2600 grams and I immediately knew that weight was going to be a problem as I already had complete Hacker Comp set-up with Jetti Spin controller.

On completion of all standard and lightest possible recommended equipment (Futaba, MK hardware, etc) the plane was a whopping 200 grams over weight meaning that some drastic and expensive weight reduction had to take place. On contacting Oxai I was told that the plane was within the manufactured weight specifications (they keep record of every part manufactured). As this was my sixth plane purchase from them I was told that if I was un-happy, I could send the plane back to them and they would refund or supply another make. Great customer service compared to some other war stories I have read on this site.

After discussion with Wolfgang Matt he confirmed that the weight was on spec and that the only significant reduction can be achieved with spinner, prop and lighter batteries. So started the expensive extras (carbon prop from Mejlik, carbon spinner from Philippe Marquette and new set of TP 4350 pro-lite packs) to get the plane at a finished weight of 4994 grams. Wolfgang states that his plane as flown at the W/Champs with TP 4350 was 4950 grams and that they use the TP 5300 mainly for practise.

Plane flies like a dream, snaps are great and handles cross winds better than I thought. Below are my throws as set-up with Futaba 14 MZ. I know it sound like too much expo but try it, even if on a separate condition switch.

Elevators 14 mm up 13 mm down (65% expo)
Aileron 18 mm up and down (60 % expo and no differential)
Rudder (70% expo)
No snap throws
4% up elevator mixed to both left and right rudder
4 % right aileron to left rudder and the same amount amount reversed for right rudder. This will give you perfect flat rudder turns.
For knife edge 2% down elevator for both left and right rudder and aileron mix stays the same.
2% down elevator on low throttle setting for down lines.

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