rambler53

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Stryker 27 C, First flight was enjoyable, but like any other elevon controlled plane, handling is limited. I had a glitch in the first flight and didn't think too much of it, unfamiliar with BEC / electric airplanes. I landed and spent the next 63 minutes charging the battery. Oh joy, 10 minute flight time and an hour intermission, is just nothing you experience with nitro. On the second flight, the receiver went totally dead, and this came down, breaking in half. Receiver goes in the trash, it's twitching all over the place. The rest survived. So...how do you put the front half of the nose back on? A friend of mine said for me to use "this glue" he uses on his foam combat wing projects, Weldbond from Tower. He competes and makes his own designs from scratch so I guess he's got a lot of experience with this glue and working with foam than I do. It looks like white glue to me, but it takes 24 hours to dry. The amazing thing is it dries perfectly clear. I gave it a shot on a canopy too, and wow, you can't even see a brush stroke on the clear plastic just after an hour of cure time! But thinking to myself that I need to help the broken joint have more integrity than just glue, I dug up some shish-kabob skewers and practiced some voodoo on the plane through the fracture joints, getting the idea from how the hatch covers are held on with plastic 'nails'. Tomorrow, when it's dried, I'll test it and if it's strong, I'll dremel off the excess. I didn't want to trim off any bubbling mess from other glues that expand when they're dried so this glue may be useful to others who fly transmitter package materials.

Mayday!Mayday!

Edited- not worth it.
I say rebuild it, put in your own Rx and esc and give it another whirl.

rambler53

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I found the glue website, http://www.weldbondusa.com/. Now, to charge my batteries in my Ultra Sport 60 for tomorrow......aaahh.

Cyberfyn

You must have got a bad one. I have a Striker in my fleet and it's a blast. Mind you it's not stock anymore

Ian F.

rambler53

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Oh I agree, 20 minutes total flight time and the receiver goes, that's certainly bad, but it was a Hitec 555, not stock. It was nice how it could float and not stall, so it's not all bad. But I've got Stiks and 3D planes that do it better. How nice to have a plane with a power switch. Some modelers fly pizza boxes and coroplast too, looking into one, but framed up balsa can't be beat. It's worked for me for decades. The most fun part of the whole thing was not bringing fuel and a starter with me. Anyway, if you ever need to sweep up the belly of your Strykers off the road, use this weldbond glue. STOCK nitro is always so much more affordable than having $300 in batteries on hand to keep a modified electric in the air as often. I shudder to think I almost put in an order for a balance charger, phew!

Cyberfyn

Lol. I can see you're a 'bit' angry with all things electric Granted the Striker isn't the best delta out there. I also have a Projetti that will do over 100mph. Much better. And it doesn't upset the neighbours as much.

But I do prefer my gas birds and heli's



Ian F.

rambler53

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Oh thank you, I agree! The fuselage is very strong once again, and I'm ready to list it (yes, stating it was repaired), and never look back again.

rambler53

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I just bought a "Shark" flying wing from Roger Gagnon in town here. I installed an OS SX .32 with header and pipe, and wow, this thing screams! If the Stryk-out does 80, then this thing must be doing over 100. I listed my Stryker for $99 with a buy it now at $150.