Dynaflight butterfly?
09-18-2006 | 01:30 PM
#27
RE: Dynaflight butterfly?
buzzard bait,
Totally agree with you on the R/E/T - I think most who do recomend ailerons on a trainer have never flown a 2 or 3 ch, and need to fly something like a Smog Hog to learn what 3 ch is like. Heck, my Q-Tee and S-Tee will darn near do an axial roll like they had ailerons!
Mr.Extra 260,
The Butterfly II is a great trainer. It's easy to initially start trimming - since it's a glider, give it a good toss over high grass (with out the engine running, or course) and see what it does. Then adjust the trims as necessary to acheive a decent glide. Once trimmed, it really does fly its self and all you do is give nudge it around to the direction you want to go (and hand launches very easy for flying out of rough fields). The first time you catch a thermal, kill the engine and don't come down for an hour or more you'll be hooked on silent flight
. I've flown the Butterfly both with and without and engine (using a winch and high start) and either way it's a great flyer. Mater of fact, I still have a set of wings back in my Mom's basement from the last one I re-kitted. I think I just added another plane to the list.
It will take a while to build, and is a typical die-crunched kit from the '70's/'80's era - not a very good kit, but you'll get a very good education on how to build a plane an ARF just can't give you. Just take your time over the winter and it'll be ready to fly when it warms up in springs.
Hogflyer
Totally agree with you on the R/E/T - I think most who do recomend ailerons on a trainer have never flown a 2 or 3 ch, and need to fly something like a Smog Hog to learn what 3 ch is like. Heck, my Q-Tee and S-Tee will darn near do an axial roll like they had ailerons!
Mr.Extra 260,
The Butterfly II is a great trainer. It's easy to initially start trimming - since it's a glider, give it a good toss over high grass (with out the engine running, or course) and see what it does. Then adjust the trims as necessary to acheive a decent glide. Once trimmed, it really does fly its self and all you do is give nudge it around to the direction you want to go (and hand launches very easy for flying out of rough fields). The first time you catch a thermal, kill the engine and don't come down for an hour or more you'll be hooked on silent flight
. I've flown the Butterfly both with and without and engine (using a winch and high start) and either way it's a great flyer. Mater of fact, I still have a set of wings back in my Mom's basement from the last one I re-kitted. I think I just added another plane to the list.It will take a while to build, and is a typical die-crunched kit from the '70's/'80's era - not a very good kit, but you'll get a very good education on how to build a plane an ARF just can't give you. Just take your time over the winter and it'll be ready to fly when it warms up in springs.
Hogflyer
