RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

hi heer,
how many flights on the rx pack???,i was going to go for a 1000,size!!!

rgds
underwood

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Hi underwood

14 min flight time use 4230 mA.
All my TP 5300 packs has between 50 - 60 cycles of charge with Orbit microlader and EMCOTEC-Balancer.

BRG Fritz

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Hi

Have 160 flights on my first TP 5300 pack and still going strong. I balance after every flight and never fly more than one schedule. One flight takes no more than +- 3100 mah. When charged packs are 42 V and after flight when measured more than 38 V still left.

Regards
F3A (Burt)

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

hi,burt,
are you the same person who i met in 1995,when i flew at the south african nats f3a?i flew a summit 3 then and sold my model out there,you where friends with rodney??,i may have got this all wrong!!...

regards
steve underwood

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

hi guys,
have had delivery of my beryl,well what a great model worth every penny!!!

rgds
underwood

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Hi Steve

It you mean the 2005 at RMAC and you refer to Rodney Donaldson then yes. I will look at my old photos. If not mistaken that was also the year that John Mee and friends came out. Congratulations on the Beryll, you will never regret the purchase. Attach photo taken of my Beryll two weeks ago at our Masters and also group photo, you will recognise some of the pilots like Pierre Marais, Andre Stockwell and Ivan Olivier.

Regards
Burt

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Hi Steve

Find photos referred to in earlier post.

Regards

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

hi burt,
my memorie is still pritty good hey,yes the beryll is a great model and quality is out of this world,i will carry on now and kit the beasty out soon as possible,i will go with the hacker motor speed controller and the thunder power batteries etc.this does seem to be the best set up overall and reliable which it is all about..hope to chat more!!.

regards
steve underwood

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Hi Steve

Just wondering where you managed to get a beryl in UK, tried around , seem hard to come by.

Thanks Pete

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

pete,
easy that one.not in th uk,my friend,best aircraft i have ever come across for finish and build quality.and i have flown most of them .

regards
steve.

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

hi burt,
what size ZN HORNS did you use on your beryll as i off shoping for bits now,ref: ailerons,elevator ,rudder,i no no ZN DO THREE SIZES.so as you have already soughted your out i thought iwould ask,hope that ok.
OH by the way if you require stuff from the uk i can always help you out if you get stuck my friend,still have a few good friends in the trade!!

regards
steve :)

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Hi Steve

I am out of country at present and cant tell you 100%. JP Zardini from ZN Lines also flies Beryll and I asked him to sent without knowing what the sizes were. If not mistaken two sets of large for Rudder and ailerons and one set of meduim for elevator. Aslo asked him to send you his soft mount system, very simple, carbon ring with three rubber grommets, I think the helicoper guys use the grommets, has 3mm bolt on one side and thresded for 3 mm on the other side that mounts through the front of the plane. You might consider getting four grommets as I found that I had to reduce the right thrust and ad a bit of down thrust to stop the plane from climbing and veering to the right when opening from half to full throttle. Attach find photo of setup.

Regards
Burt

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

hi burt,
many thanks will mail him to day my friend,are you off ant where nice,as it is raining here in the uk!!!!

regards
steve[:o]

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Hi

Spend some time in Kenya and Botswana, average temp 36 degrees per day with the evenings cooling down to about 28 degrees. Believe JHB is also raining and will be back this afternoon and then on my way to the coast. Our days are hot at presnet, 31 to 36 and with the cooling on the Beryll the Thunder Power batteries hardly feel the heat.

Regards
Burt

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Hi Pete,
Noel Barrett in Ireland is the sole distributor of Oxai RC Europe models in Ireland and the UK. You can contact him via his website, http://www.noelbarrettmodels.com/. I've been dealing with Noel for over 15 years and he's always very helpful and responds very quickly. Hope this helps.

Conor.

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Thank you conor, have emailed noelbarret models

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

hi burt,
what incidence are you running on the wing and tail my friend????

rgds
steve:)

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Is anyone running the 5000 Extreme packs in the Beryll? Just curious IF it will make wieght with the heavier packs.
Thanks.

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

We finally got ours done and in the air. We are at 4830gr / 10lbs 10 oz with the TP 5300. The new TP 10s1p extreme packs weigh 80 gr. more, so yes we will be able to make weight with the extreme packs.

Mike Wickizer

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Mike,
Could you share your setup & maybe some photo's of your set-up. I am setting one up myself & could use any tips you got.
I want to make sure I can use the new packs.
Thanks!

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

I have one setup with the Falcon F3A packs, similar in weight to the new TP packs and it makes weight pretty easily.
Stuart

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Hi Steve

Long x-mas break. Have you flown your Beryll yet? I used the incidence as it came with the plane as I do not know where the thrust line is. Assumed that stabs were at zero. When I flew plane it was tucking just a little to the canopy at the end of down line and increased stab incidence by a fraction. Have also changed my thrust settings to the original position and programmed 6 point left rudder curve to throttle.

Regards
Burt

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Hi,

Where is your Beryll's CG?

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Hi

I did not follow recommended place to install battery packs as I found that if using the recommended CG (175mm) that the plane was to nose heavy (for my flying style any way). Most of the pilots I spoke too had the same problem. Currently my battery packs (TP 5300) are placed on the landing gear plate so I only require little down elevator when inverted and plane now balances out on the recommended CG. Still found the need for little up elevator and plane was tucking to canopy on down line. Increased stab incidence that took away up trim (about two cliks) and also no more tucking to belly. You could also play with prop sizes, APC 22x12 weight 116g, 21x13 weight 130g (recommended for Hacker) and 20X12 only 86g. I am using the 22x12.

Regards
Burt

RE: Beryll Flight Reports?
 

Hi Burt

I'm using 22x12 too, and Hacker C50 motor + TP5300 Lipos.

1-When you say "Currently my battery packs (TP 5300) are placed on the landing gear plate", it means the leading edge of the batteries start on the front edge of the Landing gear plate. Correct ?

2- Also when you say "Increased stab incidence that took away up trim (about two cliks) and also no more tucking to belly", this means the stab front leading edge come down (positive incidence)?