phoenix funstar
 

looking at this plane for 3rd anyone familar with it and how hard is the inverted motor to start?

RE: phoenix funstar
 

I dont have personal experience with it but it is definatly a 3D plane and it looks similar to the harrier. as for the engine mounted inverted no worries some are a little more tempermental than others but all should run just fine. I run 2 engines inverted on my planes. A ys 1.10 in my Funtana 90 amd a YS 1.40 in my Quique Yak. Ideal for lateral balanceing.

RE: phoenix funstar
 

Knight - its a lovely plane to fly, easy to built, only hard part building it is the routing of the throttle cable, the darn thing is designed badly that when you put in the wing it will push against the rod, so you need to add some balsa blocks as guides. Other than that its easy to build. She is totally easy to fly, however it bleeds speed pretty fast for a 3D plane. Inverted engines are easy to run as long as you learn to spend a little more time to tune her (I would say just spend about 1 hour extra only). My TT46 on the TT Spirit 3D runs inverted ... I start by twisting the spinner backwards. If you can try out the TT Spirit 3D ... its a much much better plane than the Funstar but the Funstar is a lot cheaper. Go for the Funstar if its your 1st 3D plane ... don't worry about the plane being so transparent, when you fly 3D you do not fly that far away ... also you should always just concentrate on the planes orientation in flight. Its not that difficult to see.

RE: phoenix funstar
 

Awesome airplane and the OS .46 AX I have in it runs fine inverted, starts on the first flip.