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Okay, a few of us have made sucessful solo's. I made mine this eve. After only 4 buddy cord flights. 1st, my engine wouldn't fire up.
Reason, prop nut was loose. Then, it still wouldn't start. Reason, not enough juice in field battery for electric starter. Had to use instructor's. Finally started it up and gave full power, held plane verticle, no bogging, let it down. Taxi'd out and gave it full, slight pull back and it lifted off and I gave it a tad right rudder (torque from engine). Made about 15 laps with fig 8's etc.
Lined 'er up for landing and set it down. Instructor said "great! You don't need buddy cord anymore". Plane is awesome! I am gonna however add a little more end travel in the airlerons. I have the end points at 65%. I will put them at 75 and try it. The OS .46 AX pulls
the Arrow around very well. My next big step is maidening my U Can Do 3D 40 as soon as it gets here and I finish it off. [8D]
I fly electric too and there are some that are totally against glow/gas. There is just something to the power and sound of these models.
My goal for next year......model that I can throw in a Saito 1.20 4 cycle...maybe a corsair w/retracts etc. Damn this is fun!!!!

Dave...:D

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U can do 3D for a second plane....

See you in the crash forums, i would seriously go against having a U can do 3D for a second plane. you might try a low wing plane first befroe moving to 3D.

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The U Can Do is a mid-wing model. I am throwing a Evolution .46 in it. I don't plan on doing harriers etc. Just loops and rolls
etc. Hell, I'm doing those right now with my electric planes. The U Can Do 40 slows down very well for landings. I am not afraid of
flying fast etc., its the final approach and landing that I think I need a tad bit more practice on. I can land but its not the prettiest
of all.....

Dave...

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LuckyArmpit ... hmmmmm ... most interesting handle! As for your landings, you need to hold the elevator and keep the throttle ready for smooth landings. Remember ELEVATOR controls SPEED (flairing the plane) and THROTTLE controls the RATE OF DESCEND.

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Hey Lucky glad to see it all went well, now you know what I went through when I got into glow and retired the electric stuff, Still have most of itbut only use the indoor stuff in the winter now. I just managed to pick up 2 new planes from some friends that are moving to bigger stuff, I got a 60 size Yellow Aircraft Edge 540T for $150 (sells for $250) and a 40 size Thunder Tiger Giles for $70 and the best part is niether of them even had a engine mounted and the YA Edge is not even put together yet. So I guess I'm saying welcome to the glow addiction:D

Dauntae
http://www.yellowaircraft.com/images...0/edge60-1.jpg
http://store1.yimg.com/I/ehobbies-com_1804_1256922141

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Have you flown a u-can-do? I have. You will be fine with this plane lucky. Why does everyone hear 3d and take a jump back? As a general rule 3d planes have the lightest wing loading out there. They are VERY easy to fly. It's the rates that can get you into trouble if you are not careful. You don't have to have a lot of throw if you don't want to.

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Dauntae, thanx man!!! Still keeping my 'lectrics but am thinning the fleet out so to speak. There are only handful that I fly regularly.
Actually, just got a sailplane that I'm putting a nice 05 sized brushless in. I will need to change my shorts when I fly it!!!
Those Edge 540's are nice!!! A guy at the club has one. Its I think 28% size. I know he has a 4 stroker on it. You could say it flies just a little on the fast side!!! But boy does it sound great!!!
Red, yep, any new aircraft I take up with the first time, I always have the control throws set down and will use expo. Until I get used to the model's characteristics, I leave them with not a whole lot of travel. Learned this from the many electric planes I have. And believe me, I've crashed a few of them on maiden flights!


Dave...

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Sounds like you are a beginner that is well on his way to being a teacher of others. Keep sharing your many experences

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Glad to hear your solo went so well Lucky.

Having the experience with faster electrics helped I'm sure. I'm guessing that you'll do fine with the U Can Do; you're taking an intelligent approach to it all, and that's the best way to be successful. ;)
Dennis-

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although technically it looks like a midwing, it flies like a low wing. (is there any difference anyway?) my point is the Ucando has no dihedral, no self correcting at all. you point it, it flies. ..

as far as landing, you can get yourself into trouble landing it fairly easily. it slows down too well, and will sometimes stall and just drop vertically. this is really easy to do into a wind. compared to a trainer, it is quite a bit more difficult.

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rkramer,

Why bother... Read the first post soled after only 4 flights on the buddy cord (also flys electric electric planes) and next year maybe a corsair with retracts...:D

Its posts like these that make RCU so enjoyable

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It's possible that not everyone progresses at a pace that you apparantly have. It's posts like this that make RCU so enjoyable.

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redbirdy,

You are absolutly correct.... Except that his post was a statement, he wasn't asking for advice and yet everyone (including myself) saw fit to give it. I quoted his entire first post maybe you could find where he asked for advice or opinions all I see is a series of statements
:eek:

And that is the reason I personally find these types of posts so enjoyable...

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What is your reasoning for going into glow powered models? In my area the trend is just the opposite.

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flycatch, my reasoning is this. Any model with the exception of 1/3 or 1/4 scale can be electricfied with the right motor etc. Take my Arrow. Its 5.5 pounds and OS .46 powered. To get this type of power in electric, you need a good sized hacker or AXI brushless motor.
This will set you back $200 or so. Then, you need a brushless ESC because your converting DC to AC (brushless run on 3 leads unlike 2 leads on regular DC motors). To handle the amp draw, you need an ESC that will handle 50 or more amps. These cost almost as much as the motor. So, now your roughly at $350. But hold on!!!!! Batteries, you need batteries!!!! The best would be to use lipoly because of the weight. And these aint cheap either!!!!! About at least bare minimum around $100...most likely 200. So, now you got $450 to power a 5 pound plane as good as an OS .46 can power it. And, you gots 1 battery pack. Good for 1 and only 1 flight until you re-charge it. I paid $105 for the .46 engine new. Money wise, there is no comparison once you get to a certain size aircraft. I fly glow because I like the sound and, its cheaper than electric in these sizes. I don't like the cleanup though!!! Who don't?
As far as how fast I was able to accomplish solo'ing, I fly a little 20 inch flying wing. Little 50 cent motor and a 4x4 teeny weeny prop.
My state cop buddy clocked it at 56 mph on level run. The elevons on this thing are huge!!! Any accomplished RC pilot would have trouble at first with this wing. I toned down the throws and fly it full throttle. It rolls 5 times a second. I've learned to be easy on the sticks and know what to do when aircraft is stalling, tip-stalling (provided its high enough) etc. because I have experienced all these things flying electric. I also have a brushless powered hotliner sailplane that will do over 100 mph in a dive. Its a little on the fast side. So, my progression into glow models really isn't all that hard. Glow models are just a little heavier and make more noise! Set the throws low at first until your used to the tendencies. I'll do the same thing with this U Can Do 3D. Since the elevator etc. is large, I won't need all that much deflection in order to climb or turn. I've also learned the hard way to do maneuvers 2 mistakes high. And,
never fly inverted 3 feet off the deck!

Dave...