donjr721

Last year I bought a stick at an auction that a local club had. I only paid $4 for it. I stripped the covering and added dual aileron servos. I placed an asp 61 two stroke on it. I do not know who made this particular plane, but the vertical stab was not round as most sticks are. This plane flew great. Unfortunately it met it's demise last weekend. I didn't even get to fly her a complete lap after take off. I was making my third turn, the plane inverted, I didn't realize it had rolled, I over corrected, then over corrected again. This thing was then spiraling like a football. I couldn't react fast enough. It rolled all the way in. The front end shattered, the center of both wings shattered, a hole in my muffler. I was devastated. So. Guess what caused this. I had switched from my 6 channel radio with dual rates to a straight 4 channel radio. I did not however adjust my control throws, this plane was very snappy on high rate. I am just not that good of a pilot to save one rolling that fast, maybe if I had more altitude.The sad thing is that I had thought about this before taking the plane out, I just figured I would just give less control input. Didn't work for me. I will learn from this mistake, if I don't feel comfortable, I won't fly. I will not fly if I have any second guesses until I fix them. I don't know if I can rebuild it or not, it's pretty bad. I will sit on it for a while before I decide. I haven't totalled a plane in over 10 years, I hate it. I will definately get another stick if I don't repair this one.

minicrazy592

It appears to be a Great Planes 60 Stick with a modified tail.

donjr721

thanks, i thought it may have have been made by great planes, i believe it was kit built and not an arf.  i would definately like to rebuild this one or buy another.  the addition of individual aileron servos made all the difference.  it was an awesome flyer.

minicrazy592

All of my sticks are my favorite flyers. No other plane that I have flies like them.

pminnick

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This plane is a "Rapier II" kitted by Pica.  This is the plane I learned to fly with.  Great flying plane. Wish I could find one now.  I built (and subsequently crashed) the .60 size "Rapier" and still have the plans, so might try to scratch build one. But would still like to find a Rapier II (.40 sized version)

Paul

Symposiumguy

Hi Paul,
I am kind of new to this forum stuff so I hope I am not breaking any rules.
I was hoping that you could help me out. I was planning on my winter project, Rapier II, when I found out that I had lost the instructions somewhere along the line.
I have the plans but the instructions can sometimes help a little.
I was wondering if it would be possible to get a copy of them from you somehow?
Let me know if you can help me out.
Thank You
Brian

lfinney

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you might ask over in the classic pattern forum, they have a lot of plans scanned to digital files

Symposiumguy

Thanks I will do that.