No scar I learned to fly on a grass strip with an Eaglet 50 powered by an OS FP-25 Never have used a paved runnway
Also flew several Royal 20T and 20S with the same engine all from grass strips.
When flying off grass I simply increase the size of the wheels I believe I was using 2.50" nose wheel and 2.75" mains but I may have gone as high as 2.75" nose and 3.0" mains.

Just so you realize this most of my recomandations are based on actually having done it not just idle speculation Sorry I wasn't more specific.

P.S. .25 sized planes are easy to hand launch also... Guess how I Know

I almost forgot I've got a modeltech .25 J-3 Cub that has no problems taking off from a grass strip with an FP-.25

*tim allen laugh* more power


I want to get a .40 (well, maybe a .46) because if i crash this one beyond recognition and no longer have the ambition to fix it I can always throw the same engine in a new plane.

I hear ya. My first was a Sturdy Birdy with a .25 FP, my second a Senorita with another .25 FP, I still have them both hanging in the garage, and I wouldn't recommend them to anybody. Either one, with a .40, would have made learning takeoffs easier for me.

Maybe our grass is different - did you ever read the SR Batteries writeup on the X250? I bought it, and eagerly tried to ROG with it at the field. HA! I've flown it a lot, always handlaunched.

That's my experience. The only .25 I ever had that was easy to get off the grass was an old Ace Super Pacer that I picked up at a garage sale for $15. Fun plane!

I see Skitchen's going with a .40, and I think that's a good choice. I can think of cases where a .25 wouldn't be as good a choice, nor less expensive.

Just my opinion,
Good luck
Dave Olson

HI GUYS do the bigger wheels work for electrics planes to as far as ROGs on grassy land ?

Yes they do, but be sure you get light wheels.

One of the guys at our field regularly taxis and ROG with his Aerobird on our grass field. The little wheels that come with the plane bog down in the grass.

I just picked up some wheels, 1 3/4 inch I think. I am going to see if I can adapt them to the Aerobird. I may have to change the wire that makes up the landing gear as I think the hubs on the new wheels are larger than the wire on the aerobird gear.

Could be fun. I have never done a ROG launch. It will certainly eat up a lot of battery, but so what. New things to try!

Make the Aerobird fly!

thanks .....just a tip batts come in all different MaH you can also make your own batts , never let the size of the cell fool you , good luck and practice hard.[8D]

Skitchen8

So how is it going? Did you attend a club meeting?

I am dying to hear what you will ask Santa to bring you (if santa visits your house).

This is a great hobby, a great Father and Son hobby and there is so much you can learn about electronics, radios, aerodynamics and other cool stuff.

If you and your Dad get Aerobird Challengers you can ad the combat modules and dog fight! Wouldn't htat be fun!

So, where are you today with this?

I ordered a SIG LT-40 kit a few days ago, and am waiting for it to arrive in the mail. I have made visits to a club member, where he let me borrow a simulator, and says he will show me his workshop when he gets it cleaned up a little bit more, but have not had the chance to attend a club meeting yet.

As far as santa I am getting skiboards (already got them actually, gotta wait for the bindings to finish being mounted) which cost a little over $300 so that will greatly reduce what I can get for christmas. I'm going to ask for either a Futaba 4YF or a Futaba 6EXA for christmas along with the OS .46 LA, but kind of doubt I will be getting either of them. If I do end up getting one or the other then that will pretty much have me set for Christmas, at least until the plane gets finished and I have to buy more stuff for it.

Spumds great! good luck with it!