question about Kyosho Calmato ?!?!?!?
 

I have found only acouple of posts, adn no reviews on this plane... I like the bolt on wings,I like the symetrical wing, I like the alum. landing gear-- it seems to maybe top the avistar. Any reviews, Input...? etc

RE: question about Kyosho Calmato ?!?!?!?
 

I have just buddy boxed one with my beginner friend (his plane) and it was solid... and plus he says that it took him just a few hours to put together (he said 30 minutes but I think that is grossly understated). All around a solid and stable plane.

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I just ordered one today.
I also like the same features and quick build. I tried searching for info around the net, but it's pretty new still. The most info I found was on RCU.
I just can't help thinking about tomato juice for some reason.:)

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From what I seen at my local field they are solid fliers except for the problem that seems to be plaguing a lot of these kind of planes, The wing folding in flight. I've it twice now with that plane. My suggestion is to re-enforce the center joint with fiberglass and remove a little bit of dihedral while your at it. It might sound a little intimidating but it's actually pretty simple.

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With no dihedral it looks like this. Used all the provided hardware except substituted larger wheels and swapped out the wing hold-down hardware for nylon 1/4-20s. K&B .61 for power. Waiting for the weather to compare with Avistar - but them's big shoes to fill. :D

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PLease :Dkeep me posted on how this goes for you,,,, I'm really interested in your input

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Looking forward to hearing of your experience...do you think a .61 engine is too much for this plane?

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Hey what was your final verdict on this plane ?

RE: question about Kyosho Calmato ?!?!?!?
 

forestroke

your beginner is not far from the truth. All I had to do was to put the landing gear,horizontal tail, and all of the linkage rods in and cut two holes and drill one and I was done. Everything was done at the factory. Of course, I had to install the motor and electrioncs. I took it to the field today but didn't get to fly it because I didn't glue the wing together(Dumb). The hands at the field was
asking me what I had to do to get it set-up and they told me that the avistar was nothing like the kyosho as far as being prebuilt.

Will let you know how it flys next week

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thanks for the info...what kind of covering ison the plane ? the adhesive backed stuff or monokote (like on the avistar). Also- what engine are you using ?

Tbird

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It's monokote and it look like it painted on with no bubbles. now will all the kits be that way, you know how that goes. I useing a OS 46fx on my.

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SO I guess you would reccomend it Highly :D right ?
It looks like an awesome plane. Where did you order yours from ? And did you need anything other than motor , radio and what came in the Kit ?

RE: question about Kyosho Calmato ?!?!?!?
 

You can get it here http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXEZX3&P=0 Even though I hadn't flew it yet it a nicely built kit and yes all you need is the motor,radio and what comes with a radio. Don't forget to glue the wings together. I did buy heavy-duty pushrod connectors to use on it.

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A friend has one. I was going to get one myself after seeing what this thing could do but I could not hold off for shipping. I ended up going for an Avistar in stock. But I still am amazed at the Kyoshu Trainer. ITs an awsome bird.

Tom
Pearl Harbor, HI

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Is that Clamato or Calmato? Can't help it! This plain makes me think of Clamato!

RE: question about Kyosho Calmato ?!?!?!?
 

Okay, finally got a maiden flight in yesterday. Did 8 or 10 circuits of the field with a couple of Immelmans and initial impressions were very positive. However, I was having trouble with roll trim as it kept changing. Decided to land and check things out after full left trim was needed to fly reasonably level. Discovered the two outer ca hinges on the right aileron had come loose and the surface was barely hanging on. It appeared that the ca had not wicked to the aileron, but the hinge was securely attached to the wing. And yes I had administered the PULL test. These are factory installed hinges.

Performance with the K&B .61 and 11x7-1/2 was hot! I replaced the wheels with larger ones for more ground clearance and will try a 12x5 next. A good ball bearing .46 should be a good match for this plane, but I wanted more vertical and the .61 has been zip-locked since trying to eat my finger two years ago.

Removing the dihedral had no ill effects, and though the plane seemed stable, I really didn't do much with it. Tomorrow and Saturday look like good weather so I'm looking forward to more flights.

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Thanks keep 'em coming.. I'm trying to decide between this and one other plane.. I just havent heard to much definitive info on this one. Also can you confirm how long it took to assemble and if you did any other re-inforcing. Also can you confirm it is actually monocote/ultracote covering and not the cheaper adhesive backed paper . . .


thanks,

Tbird