calvinlo

Wow, Tim, I'm really envious of you. Now, if you just add a video, it'll probably kill me...

Ironically, over at south east asia where the Acrobat was manufactured, there is still no sign of it. The wait is really frustrating.[]

FERNDALE AIR FORCE

Calvin, I promise not to shoot a video[:-], I don't have a hat cam to shoot it with. How about a couple of landing pics? I can't imagine why you can't get one though. Flyingtoys.com said they would have them by now. Which would make me think Silverlit is already marketing them. Tomorrow will be my 4th flight, everyone seems better that the last. I thought I was doomed for sure at my brothers place. He lives in a cul-de-sac but there wasn't much room. OK here are landing pics.

Tim
Look at the gold car. BTW the blue pu is mine.

Tim

FERNDALE AIR FORCE

OK, well I landed the plane on on upstairs porch and it seems one of the kids got to itfuse is broken in 2 and the ele wires are broken. I'll try to fix it but the wires involved dont look promising. Tim

calvinlo

Oh dear...so sorry to hear it. [X(] Can't imagine the fuse is broken into 2. Seems that someone must have used great force to break it apart.

FERNDALE AIR FORCE

A 3 1/2 yo stepping on it did the deed.

Tim

calvinlo

Stepped on it??!! [X(]

BTW, I'm not sure about the shipping cost, but you can order another one (a few more?) from www.play-asia.com if you want. It has arrived in Hong Kong. I just ordered mine yesterday.

Park_Flyer

Just received mine in the mail today. I haven't flown it yet. But I'm pretty impressed with the construction of this little plane. My plane luckily, doesn't have an inverted elevator. I push down on the stick, and the elevator goes up. I push up on the stick, and the elevator goes down. So flight control will be as it should be.
I'm sure we'll be seeing more of this bird on the shelves at TRU in no time. And I'm also sure I'll end up owning two or three more. Im looking forward to flying this plane early tomorrow morning. If it's nice and calm? I'll take some vids and post them. I own three aa's, three single wings hopped up with lipos, three picoo Z's, one X Twin, One Stunt King (Killer acrobatic full sized electric made by silverlit ). And now I own this little beauty...!!! I guess you can say I'm hooked on these micros. And I'm a big fan of silverlit as well ....I'll keep you posted on how things turn out.

Dave

FERNDALE AIR FORCE

Park flyer, where did you get yours from?

Tim

Neurotex

I believe you're right... You'll no doubt be seeing these at TRU soon.

FERNDALE AIR FORCE

Dave, I also have multiple aces, all the variants, this one is a touch different. It took me 4 flights to get comfortable. And then bad things happened. I would recommend a large area to start, a ball field works well. Good luck,

Tim

Park_Flyer

Tim...I bought mine online at: http://shopping.rcmodel.hk/index.php?cPath=120. After shipping and handling it came out to around forty eight dollars. The company is located in China, so you can expect about a two week wait if you choose snail mail as your delivery option. Express shipping is available, I just didn't opt for it.
Thanks for the heads up and advice in choosing a fairly large open field. You are right...!!!. I flew mine today and this is a completely different flying plane than all of it's cousins.( aero ace, single wing, Xtwin...etc. ).....This plane takes some getting use to. It's turning and throttle characteristics are unlike anything else I've ever flown. Response to turn input on the stick is slow. So I found myself over compensating by full throttling through the corners sending the plane into a downward spiral. For some reason my motors continue to spin at full throttle for about three seconds after I release the stick. Now this really took some getting use to. The box claims the radio has a range of three hundred feet. My plane seems to have a range of one hundred and fifty feet. If even that far? After that it would cut out and glide to the ground despite me running across the field, holding the radio up high, hitting the throttle like a mad man....LOL... At first I thought interference. So I went to another field, and all the flight characteristics remained the same. In fact, I was ready to chalk this one up as a waste of money.
But eventually through throttle management and early stick input for turns and a whole lot of patience. I was able to put this little bird in the sky, and let her rip. The plane has plenty of power, and climbs fast. There's no working the wind to get this bird up, just throttle her up and throw. I was quite impressed with the loops this little plane is capable of. They are tight and straight. I was able to do two, three, and sometimes four loops in a row. Very fun to say the least...!!!!...And once use to the plane, I was able to use those full throttle turns that earlier on in the day caused me to nose dive into the ground. And now use them to do some pretty acrobatic flying. All and all not a bad little plane. If only the radio were better? I'm still a little up in the air on this one. I will have to fly it again before I can consider this one a keeper, and go by two or three more...LOL...There is no doubt this plane is a whole lot of fun. If only it had more range?

Dave

FERNDALE AIR FORCE

Dave, I have a basic rule for styro encased planes. Figure out where the antenna wire is and expose at least 3/4" and tape down with scotch tape. Your range will double. The other thing I did to mine was that while I had the tx open, I loosened up the spring on the turn ele stick. I seem to have lost the tight loops, but twisting turns I gained.

Shoot, I'll try repairing mine tomorrow. Or the F-22, tough call.
Tim

matisamd

Hi all, just ordered 2 from wonderland cant wait. I was borred and made a triplane out of a couple of xtwins i had then i tried adding 4 engines well the gutts of two in one with a tri wing and landing gear havent flown it yet but if it dosnt fly it sure looks funky and i tried putting the wing from the top of an xtwin backwards so wings are sweeping forward in the bottom slots, but um test flights show is nose light and unstable :P but i may do a porche on it and add some weight around.
If gets nice i am gonna go try them wish me luck . I also baught a the silverlit charger the two picco's with attack sensors for 26+10freight quid from play-asia only trouble with them for me is the freight adds a load, but still there going for 49.99 and 59.99 on preorder in the uk. also one of those indoor flyers, and silverlit jet which i had been thinking of getting for ages. now i want the jumbo jet but i think i baught enough for a while

Love these small cheap indestructable planes, there great fun and when ever i fly them people always come up wanting a go and fascinated by them i was thinking of buying a load keep in the back and selling them at a mark up but my cars full of my planes :P and no ones getting them

Park_Flyer

Thanks for the Tip Tim. I'll definitely have to try that. I flew the plane today and had an absolute blast with it. I'm really getting hooked on these micro planes. Indestructable, affordable, and fun. All that and a hoot to fly.

saucerguy

You say affordable, well, until you buy 3 or 4 of them, now it's expensive, might as well get a "real" rc plane and do so much more with it, the fun increases exponentially in the process.

The radios on the toy's are one of the elements that bother me due to limitations on many levels, the lack of control, especially in the winds are what really made them difficult to handle, especially after having a few do a road trip without me due to radio interference and/or gusts driving them up into the thermals outside of radio range. They are one of those, well, it's good on one end and gets people flying RC that would never have before because they are so cheap, but on the opposite side of the coin, if this is what they think is acceptable for us regular RC guys, and they are turned off with the whole thing thinking this toy they just lost or destroyed in any way represents true mainstream RC air flight.

Then there are you guys that keep collecting them and spending alot of accumulative dough on amassing a few toys, I look at that and think, well... if you spent the same amount at your LHS or reputable online vendor, you would have something substantial to show for and it ends up being alot more fun and you can do so much more in the air in the process. Sooo..... 2 cents to the side, get into this gig mainstream, you will never look back, not one of you..........

Neurotex

saucerguy, sorry you don't get it. It's the walking out the front door
and chucking it off the porch, buzzing the neighbors, and seeing if
this time you might loose it over the roof tops that makes the "toys"
a blast. It's past serious flying in a sense that it's fun to fly, anywhere
and for whatever reason. Not like white knuckling $300 worth of plane
around 10 football fields of empty space.
Just like anything else there's a collectability to these smaller planes.
Maybe from the "toy" aspect of it. A lot of people probably won't get
bigger more expensive planes after the smaller ones. The reasons for
purchase are very different.

Garrett1234567

So, has anyone heard anything about Air Hogs bringing the acrobat to the states? I really want one but id like to be able to take it back to tru if i get a bad one.

FERNDALE AIR FORCE

I haven't heard anything Garrett, you might call silverlit usa and ask.

Saucerguy, what is your favorite plane. You think the micro cessna is no good and you don't like the acrobat. So what do you like?

Tim

Garrett1234567

Tim, do you happen to know a number to call Silverlit USA?

saucerguy

The bottom line is looking at these for what they are, toy's, not real rc planes, the other one, at a $250.00 price tag, I'm not thrilled with, it should be more around $50.00. Don't get me wrong, I've had plenty of toy planes in the past, I guess out of that gambit, the two that stand out is the rat shack dragonfly ornithoper and the picoz, of which, I was one of the first people to write a review on both of them, but ultimately, they simply collect dust after having messed around with them for a short time and got bored with them. Along my own personal favorites, I'll have to say hands down, my own scratch creations. I've been posting the latest at Wattflyer, I should probably do a few at RCU as well to show you guys, I'm really into the building element and it's a different feeling flying your own creations, it's also nice to be able to put into them what you personally wish, rather then relying upon what an RTF or ARF is set up for by default.

I'm also taking note, there is a crowd that would rather not worry about losing their planes because they are flying in too confined of an area, I have a park nearby lined with trees around it's parameter, I could squeeze in some air time with a regular RC there, but I'm too paranoid about getting it stuck up in one of the tree's, so that one is delegated to the toy venue. The point I was trying to make, instead of spending your dough on these toy's, if you spent it on the real mccoy, the enjoyment goes up significantly.

Neurotex

That's true and many on these forums will move up to larger planes.
The point I was making is that the smaller toy types have their own
sub culture.
I had a hard time understanding why people who enjoy rubber band
free flight wouldn't simply buy an Aero Ace and convert to RC. But then
it wouldn't be free flight anymore. Is free flight not the real McCoy? It
is to those who are fans of free flight.

beanie1

Hi Guys,

Newb to the site but been flying the Silverlit planes for a while and was very excited to get the 3D Acrobat version after enjoying the X-Twin Classic Trainer for a while. I too have found the range ont he 3D Acrobat is at best 100ft. and the reaction to transmitter inputs is very sketchy. Sometimes it continues at full throttle when you've released the stick, other times it drops when you're trying to apply full throttle, etc.

Has anyone managed to improve these problems on this model? I'm wondering if it's actually the transmitter contacts that might be the issue, as mine feels like it's got worse with use? Any thoughts as when it's in range and responding it'd a demon!! [8D]

Cheers, Beanie1

Neurotex

Those problems have been solved and are posted on the forum at RCGroups.com.
(Don't have the link since I lost some AOL favs so jus search the RC plane section)

The TX is modified by changing the input switches or adding extensions to the stock
switches. The range problem was solved by adding more wire to the antenna.

Neurotex

o.k. I finally got the link:
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/show...714544&page=11

beanie1

[]Can't get the link to work?