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Old 03-21-2010 | 11:50 AM
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Default RE: Vanquish MkII Finished

Hi Guys

I am running the Torque 2812/720 in mine with a Turnigy 2650 4S battery and it is perfect. The airplane was designed around the Torque 2814/820 and I'm not sure about that being enough power. Having said that, I have not tried the 2814/820. The only thing with the 2812/720 is that it is longer than the other motor and I had to modify the firewall to get the engine to fit properly with the cowl on. All I did was dremel the firewall so the motor  passes through it and the radial mount is mounted on the back side of the FW. Easy enough to do. After posting a short flight report a couple of days ago I have put on another 6 flights and I have to say the more I fly it the more I like it. Actually the word love could come into play here. I have just about got it dialed the way I like it. I added a little more expo on the ailerons and elevator. To get the throttle/rudder perfect I went to a programmable mix (JR9303) and have a curve set up for the rudder. I was having trouble staying on line after pulling from a vertical downline just as the power was coming back on so I added some rudder mix at about 1/4 throttle and now it is perfect.  For those who will opt for this setup the curve I have is 0,-3,-7,INH,-9. It was also pulling to the belly very, very slightly when it was on it's right side so I added just a little up elevator mix and it will now fly knife edge all day long with no pitch or roll couple. It's perfect when it is on it's left side. No mix required. Those are the only things I have come across and now it's just practice, practice, practice!! EF has itself another winner (imho)!!

Cheers

MJ