See what I know! Can't tell a resistor from a frick'n capacitor.
Thanks for the info.
I think I'll continue to fly the AA plane as it is with the N20's until
it craps out too but I think I'm done with the AA's.
Can't beat em for the price! They're a great plane and I've learned
a tremendous lot from them. I'll still be keeping an eye on them here
to see if any improvements are made but with the all the new planes
coming out now I'm tempted to try something different.
The future looks great for RC and AH too.

The AA boats are at walmart.com dont know about the stores yet.
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=5075214

Yup, The Storm launcher---go look in in the "Storm Launcher!" Thread for more info---and they wont be in stores untill October/September---but internet release is in a couple of days

I DID get it (it came last Friday) but have not flown it yet. I assembled it and it's ready to rock. Hopefully this Friday, Saturday and/or Sunday I'll give her a maiden. She sure is a beauty!

Tom

I wonder if the 3 channel radio from this rc submarine from wal-mart would be of usefor a plane. and at only $20
http://image.rcuniverse.com/forum/up...49/Bz77541.jpg
http://image.rcuniverse.com/forum/up...21/Ur52383.jpg

hydrofoam - not boat

Where on the net will they be released in a couple days?

i can't believe they stopped making the 05 AA's. all the new ones stink. my 05 has been running forever and is now in a boat. my 06's don'y get used much.

GTX go to www.stormlauncher.com for list of the many fine online stores that are carrying the storm launcher for pre release

$69.99 though. twice as much as the AA

Yea, but it should be 10x cooler

Over the last week, I've read every post in this thread. Quite a read!
Anyway, I modified my AA, I went to mono config, then shaved down the hull, then added the other wing halves to the top to make it an AMAZING glider. I tossed it in the house, flew perfectly (after moving the lipo forward) with an amazing glide path. I modded the TX (power off steering) and added an antenna that was about double the length.

Only two things left to do to make it the most amazing glder ever: move the engines OUT so that I could put it in a death spiral if I get in a thermal, and .. put my name on it.

I went out for a quick check, gave it a light toss in front of the house.

It flew. Perfectly.
I didn't even give it any juice, just a toss. Without realizing it, I threw it in a strong thermal. In about 10 seconds, it was 30 or 40 feet up. Inside of 30 seconds, I was running up the street after it, and it was out of control. inside of a minute, maybe a little more, it was out of sight. Keep in mind, the next thing I was going to do was put my name on it. DANGIT!
But, it was so pretty. wow.

I went out and bought the last the local wal mart had (a "b", fortunately.. same as the one I lost) . .

I'll attack and re-mod the crap out of this one as well. It's a shame, it flies really well.

ANYWAY, just want to ask, what is the deal with the '06's? Do they not fly as well as the 05's?

Here are pic's of my latest mod. This is a work in progress. I'm trying to create mod's that can be done with all original parts. BTW, my new AA's are not failing. No transistor failure so far, but I wore out a battery out pretty good. Anyway here are the pic's. I think I should cut the trailing edge back some, but it is gloriously unstable. It likes inverted flight and barrel rolls.

I'm thinking about cutting the end to the same degree as the normal wing.

They will be released to target and some other places in a couple days, but keep in mind that "being released" doesn't mean "being shipped to your address on that day", just when Spinmaster ships them to Target.com's warehouse. They will be shipped to your address (if you pre-ordered) soon after they recieve them.

Target says they will ship to you wednesday(7/26) if you preorder.

sweet, but Target still says i'll get mine August 26th[&:]

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I just spent some time on the storm launcher. It does not come with the lipo. That is an extra $30. The release date is different on all the sites I checked, latest delivery in October. We are talking about spinmaster here, so think maybe november. I don't see any size specs anywhere. What I would like to see is more of the silverlit models. Tim

What? That was confusing...specs are here:

So you only cut the supports in front of the battery, not under it, right? So the battery moves forward about 1/4 inch (6mm)? Anyone know of a glue that will let you pry it apart again if needed?

It looks like Target will have it first, then TRU, but WalMart is the cheapest. $30 for the battery, though. I've got plenty of 7.4v LiPo's, but I bet it will need a special connector.

Is the F-16 Falcon any good?

Another one of my AA's is way up in a tree. I modified this one by mating the bottom wings to the top ones. Just mounted them under the tips of the top wings with about 1/2" overlap and held on with tape. It flew GREAT for the few days I had it this way. Smooth, but could really get some cool stunts in the wind. This one is in a pine tree, so even winter won't bring it down.

Agreed, the promo looks AWESOME!

Tom

I've got an extra set of motors 4 sale with the props.
Got em from Aeroacemods.com and never used them.
Not sure if they got em used or not but they're good.
$8 and that includes shipping.
PM me if you must have... and I know you must!

gtx. if the connector is your only concern.. it's not hard at all changing this kind of thing... should be the least of your worries..

but i still think that the storm launcher is expensive, compared to aa

Slotcar - there is a whole thread on the F16 - I have had it for several months. The short version is that it flys like a dart and land s like a dart. It takes a big flying area and has slow to indeterminate turning control with the single stick. Old style Nimhal battery for about 4 min flight. That said - it is a devil in flight - fast and sounds and looks great. BUT be prepared to loose it - make sure your name and address is on it. I call it the scarry flyng lawn dart.