Can youi identify the plane in the picture. All I know is that it is a 40 size. Also looks like you have to mix ailerons and rudder together. Do you know how you take it off.

A correction- you do not mix ailerons and rudder (looks like none here) on a tailless model. You want to split the movement of the elevator servos between the roll control and the pitch control which is known as elevons.

Looks like a Diamond Dust or something similar. Very fast little sucker, that's for sure. It likely uses elevons, which is a mix of elevator and ailerons. You launch it by going to full throttle and having a friend toss it in the air for you. It's not for the faint of heart, but should be loads of fun.

Gosh!! you mean it is going to be faster than my Cub. I think I am in trouble--probably need to sell it while it is in one piece. Plus I don't have any friends. Kidding I hope

Irish: I had a Ripmax Rapier once. Very similar to the one you showed. Mine had a v-type vertical stab was the only real difference. I had an OS 50 on board and it did scream. We clocked it at 121 mph with a police radar. And, with the 'proper' prop, it would go even faster.

It was not a handful once I properly set up the aileron and elevator functions (separately for the Elevon setup) and removed some of the throw, (on maiden, it would corkscrew aileron rolls to the tune of about 2 per second.. jeech). My instructor flew it first, he landed it, then I toned it down a bit, he flew it again, and it was fine. So, I put it up. What a blast!!

One thing you have to keep in mind with this airframe is if yours does NOT have landing gear, you have to shut the engine down on final and land it dead-stick. So, you have to be sure of your landing, confident it's doing what you want it to do, then cut the throttle. The prop has to be set up properly too.. with the prop on parallel with the wings (on the same plane) so that the engine is just beginning the compression stroke as the prop is parallel. That way, when you shut down, the prop stops and won't hit the ground.

Mine had skids on the bottom that had a layer of ply to take the scraping on the ground when landing.

It was a lot of fun to fly, for sure. Looked pretty neat too.

I was in England a few years ago working most of the summer over there and went to an big.. and I mean huge.. RC airshow called The North Weald Wings and Wheels Extravaganza. The manufacturer of that particular aircraft had several of them, all set up and different colors. They were all on different frequencies so they flew 12 of them at the same time as a demo. Pretty slick!!! They were doing this huge formation flying demo. And, yes, there were some mid-airs. Left the ground with 12, landed safely 8 of them. They didn't care... manufacturer flying the things. The attached picture only shows half of the ones that flew that day.

You ought to consider keeping it and flying it. You will have lots of fun with it.
CGr.

http://www.btemodels.com/vortex.html
A similar but bigger version that I've seen flying. CAN be fast and agile if desired and yet docile for landing. Great flying manners.

Hi

I believe it is a lazer arrow.

http://www.radio-control-airplanes.c...lta_Plane.html

Great fun to fly and very fast.

It needs to be well enouph powered such that a gentle push hand launch is all thats required.

Once trimmed it should be possible to fly it and launch it yourself

Simon

Hiya , Irish, don,t worry too much about the product name for the model , it,s not important ! The thing is ,as others have said it,s a delta type model with elevons (make sure your transmitter can cope with these , read the manual !! Once you have the plane set up correctely , (check with the guys at the field ) , this type of model is great to fly , hand launching is fairly simple , if it doesn,t have a little ply skid on the underside cut a slot down the centre of the fuselage and epoxy glue one in , 1/4 ply is ok , it should look like the bottom of an old time yacht . This gives you something to grip while you or your helper launch the model flat and level . Keep your stick movements small at first and don,t go mad with the gas stick , these type of models are well known for there wide speed range and slow landings with the nose high , so if it lands slow it,ll fly slow , just remember though , put the nose down and your Cub will be a distant memory , have fun . Mail me if you nedd more info .