Tufflight Enduro for FF
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I fly my Zagi during the week at lunch. I have my Gee Bee profile with a 54 TT 4 stroke for funfly on the weekend. I was just at the tufflight site and saw their Enduro. This thing is made to crash and has a giant rudder. It calls for a .40 and will do a flat spin to the ground and then take off again. It seems to knife edge well and everything else. I'm thinking this might be a great funfly trainer for me. My Gee Bee has been put back together so many times I wondering when the whole thing is going to fall apart. Anyone flown one of these?
Check it out here:
http://www.tufflight.com/enduro.html
Check out the flat spin to the ground movie here:
http://www.tufflight.com/enduro_snow_video.html
Check it out here:
http://www.tufflight.com/enduro.html
Check out the flat spin to the ground movie here:
http://www.tufflight.com/enduro_snow_video.html
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The TT Pro 46 powered Enduro that I test flew for a buddy was fun to fly.....but it definitely isn't in the same class as the profile Fun Fly planes.....not even close. It's way too heavy to maneuver like a Fun Fly plane so the Enduro is really more of a unique sport plane....that's capable of doing Roto-Landings.
After several aborted Roto-Landing attempts, we finally got one lined up to flat spin into the middle of the runway, with the motor still running, and then took off again. That was really cool!!! Of course getting a Roto-Landing to actually touchdown where you intended it to land is another story, because once you go below a certain altitude, you're committed!
Bottom line? If you want an Enduro, get one!
But if you want a Fun Fly plane that flys like a Fun Fly plane is supposed to fly, choose something else.
After several aborted Roto-Landing attempts, we finally got one lined up to flat spin into the middle of the runway, with the motor still running, and then took off again. That was really cool!!! Of course getting a Roto-Landing to actually touchdown where you intended it to land is another story, because once you go below a certain altitude, you're committed!
Bottom line? If you want an Enduro, get one!
But if you want a Fun Fly plane that flys like a Fun Fly plane is supposed to fly, choose something else.
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Another plane can possibly do roto-landing is Morris Spinsation. It's flat spin is comparable to Endoro if not better. It spins very flat (nose slightly up) and decends really slow with a OS FX46/mousse can muffler. I never do roto-landing on this plane because it is too much fun to fly. It does a lot more cool tricks in the air than roto-landing, so I'd rather keep it float. But I have no trouble to flat spin it down to 5 feet high and recover.
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I just finished up a Tufflight Enduro and have about 6 flights on it. It is very easy to fly but because i did not tighten the covering on the hinges enough, 1 of the elevons didn't work very well. The plane is very easy tof lat spin and I have done 2 rotolandings. The first one was good but one wheel got stuck and the plane spun in circles on the ground. On the second one it flipped over with no damage except the gear was bent a bit.
Hope that helps.
Hope that helps.
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I agree with Dave--the Enduro is fun to fly, but it's not a fun fly. Mine would practically hover in a flat spin, inverted or upright--with crossed aerilons and full throttle. Roto landings were fun, but hard to predict where touch down would occur. Mike usually ended up in grass that would prevent a re-takeoff and kill the engine. I had difficulty some times starting the spin which lead to some hard landings. Mine would fly a knife edge lap of the field at walking speed. I got so much grief from my fellow modlers about the planes looks, that I began to develop a complex. Still have it, but not flying right now.
I also have a couple tufflight Predators for Open B combat. Now those things are deadly!
I also have a couple tufflight Predators for Open B combat. Now those things are deadly!
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I fixed the hinges and it flies better now, but still turns to the left at high speeds. I think due to a twist in the wing. Mine will only flat spin to the left but it will go to the right when inverted. But the plane can not do any other FF manuevers because it is too short. It is very hard to keep the plane going up in a straight line, so I woundn't even think about hovering it even though it has plenty of power with the .46fx and MCP.



