RE: Ultra Stick 60
 

:D
I too buildt it with quad flaps although I was advised to use the full span ail first until I
get comfortable with my new 2nd plane.
Quad flaps can always installed later.
Didn't listen and on the fifth flight i played with the mixes. The plane handled different
and much faster responding in rolls, loops and turns with flaps to elevator mix and
ail/flap to elevator mix.
Forgot to turn the mixes off before turning into base leg and overcontroled the plane,
it turned too fast and i lost orientation.
I guess I better fly without any mixes for a while until i get more comfy with the stick('s).
Exponential is also quite useful.
Good Luck.
Pat

RE: Ultra Stick 60
 

Well considering it only lasted a day or so before the stab came apart that is probably not that unreasonable. I played with it a couple of times, did the harrier, 0 ground speed flight in a light wind that sort of thing. I guess it was nice but it never got my blood going. What I did the most is just fly the thing at full throttle and rip it around the sky just as fast as I could get it. I had a bunch of fun doing that.

I would like some sort of flap however and I was just thinking of using the flaperon mix with the full span version this time..

RE: Ultra Stick 60
 

Oh, okay. I thought you had some time on the model.

Got my wing servos in this afternoon; going to sit down this week-end and see what's the best program for the 9Z- Sailplane menu, or regular plank menu with some convoluted p-mixing for crow, etc.

P.S.: The problem with flaperons is that in many cases you're seriously reducing aileron response with the flaps deployed, especially at low speed. Of course, now that I think about it, you're doing the same thing (compromising aileron effectiveness) with crow...

I'm going to give this plane an honest effort, but I've got a feeling I'm going to wish I had gone with something converntional...[&o]

RE: Ultra Stick 60
 

Steve,

I had a lot of fun with the airplane while I had it, the 91 gave it a bunch of power, a lot of vertical, definitely not unlimited but not bad. It was fairly aerobatic with the cg sitting at the recommended location (Never got a chance to mess with that either), and fairly quick with the right prop.

I was just kicking the idea around in my head as to what wing to build now that I have a "Do over." I have an idea to build the 4 flap wing again just so I can play with it a little more. I guess with the crow deployed it would do things a bit different. but then again I think I would like the increased roll rate of the full spans. I have an older JR 347 and I cant both couple the ail. and flaps and use the crow at the same time. I have a JR 662 that I fly electrics with but that one cant do it either. JR just came out with a 9 channel radio however that really has me drooling, the 9303. Sorry, I am a JR fan. :D

RE: Ultra Stick 60
 

No need to apologize; I flew JR stuff for a long time before going back to Futaba.

Their new nine-channel does indeed look promising. In fact, from what I've been told, this radio may even cut into the 10X's territory, since it has a few desirable features (like assignable switches) that the 10X doesn't have. And it is apparently more flexible than the 9C in a few areas. So, perhaps those of us (me included) who thought Horizon was delaying this radio's debut for marketing reasons, were wrong.

One thing is for sure; if you want to get the most out of these sophisticated fun-fly type models, you need a big-nut radio. These entry level "computer" radios just don't have the horsepower for complicated mixing/coupling.

Good luck on your new kit...