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Old 02-18-2003 | 04:18 PM
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Anyone have a Fun Fly with a .25FP or LA that knows how heavy a plane these engines can hover?
Old 02-18-2003 | 08:47 PM
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I've got a .25la, but not on a funfly.
I did have it on a small plane weighing about 3lbs 2 oz. though. It would hang on the prop for a very short time.
I think you'd need to stay at 2.5 lbs or less to pull out of a hover with any authority with either motor. I'd try a 9x4 or even a 10x3 prop.
Old 02-18-2003 | 08:53 PM
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I put a 25 la on a pizza box and hovered with it... It had an old 25 max dual needle carb on it.... It weighted around 2 1/2 lbs.
Old 02-18-2003 | 09:37 PM
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Another option would be HSRCM's Pizza Box Foil.
Old 02-19-2003 | 06:12 AM
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Hey Paul,
will the Taco hover with this .25LA engine???
Did anyone try this combination with miniservos??
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Old 02-19-2003 | 01:04 PM
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The plane in this thread hovers great with a Norvel bushed .25 and weighs in at 3 pounds.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/showthread...515&forumid=21]
Old 02-19-2003 | 01:18 PM
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Thanks - Latch66!
Yes, the PBXL (Pizza Box with eXtra Lift) hovers great with a 25. Here is a pic of my latest one.

Check it out at http://www.hsrcm.com
There are movies of it flying, specs, and customer photos there.
I will be at the Perry, GA show Feb. 28th & Mar. 1st with kits, if you can make it.
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Old 02-19-2003 | 03:04 PM
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HisHam - I don't thing a 25 LA would be quite enough to hover a taco... I think you could fly it no problem with a 25 LA, you could probably even hover it... I just don't think you'd have enough snot to pull out if you got into trouble...
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I built a .25 size profile. Came out a 2.5 lbs. I have a bushing magnum .25 on it and it hovers. Not a ton of pull out but it will climb. Plus the motor is new. ( 3 tanks ) I think you could go to 3 lbs but not to much more.

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Hi ! You can try THIS , I found this plan several months ago in internet , it comes from a brazilian site , I just started to build it , if you want you can try it also. CIAO!
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Hi ! You can try THIS , I found this plan several months ago in internet , it comes from a brazilian site , I just started to build it , if you want you can try it also , if you are interested I can send you the *.doc files of instruction manuals and material list ( not included now because they exceed the maximum byte size) . CIAO!
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Old 02-27-2003 | 01:26 PM
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Thanks, but all I'm trying to find out is the hovering power of a FP.25, I'm building a flying saucer with 4 FP.25s and all up weight should be 7-7.5lbs. It looks like 4 FP.25s should fly it pretty good.
Old 02-27-2003 | 01:39 PM
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bert
would love to get these doc files of the hots!
Do you have pix so far!??
Best Regards
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Old 02-27-2003 | 01:40 PM
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bert,
what is the url of the brazilian site?>
Old 02-28-2003 | 11:31 AM
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Kevin,
What type of transparent covering did you use? Monokote or Ultracote?

Wade
Old 03-01-2003 | 02:20 AM
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hey evan, a flying saucer??
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Old 03-03-2003 | 01:18 PM
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Yeah, always trying new stuff.... I got 5 flights on the Beach Ball this weekend, no vertical landings yet though...
Old 03-03-2003 | 08:23 PM
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sounds fun, u gunna make it to our flyin on the 15th? if so bring all your toys, i wanna see the beach ball lo. terry s. told me a little about it.
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