dubd

Goose, great looking wings. I really miss that scheme.

flesche

Hello
Few pictures after maiden this weekend evrything whent perfect.
Geir

ricardinho

man shes going to look sweet with those new clothes on....love the thunderbird scheme.. i had one in the classic....

flyboymd

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How are you guys checking your CG.. I know it's 220-225mm from Wing-fuse joint? Are you checking it with the plane upside down or rightside up? Thanks!

dubd

I check the CG of all my planes right side up.

AFTERBURNER1

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I got to do a test flight on an ultra flash at California jets this past weekend. Big difference to the good vs my classic flash. Just seems to groove and track better. Can't wait for the red white and black checker conversion kit to be in stock

Dave Wilshere

I generally look at the given balance point as a guide to safe flight! So check with finger tips, up right or inverted, depending how the model is sitting when I decide to check it! Every pilot has a slightly different feel and the balance should be adjusted to suit your touch and feel. The figures given are generally a known safe point, so the 3/16 variation you might get with fingers should not be an issue.

Dw

Jim Cattanach

Now that the Ultra Flash has been out for some time, can I get some opinions on what points it is better than the classic Flash. I like my classic Flash, now that it is set up just right. It took me a while to get it just right. Small variations made it either a dog, or a dream to fly.
I am thinking of getting the Ultra Flash, if it has any improvements over the old one.

flyboymd

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Are they tending to come out on the nose heavy side? I have my ECU battery in the nose and 2 A123 REC Packs in the pockets. Thinking they need to come back some. Trying to figure out why mine seems to be coming in so much faster than what everyone else is describing on here. My flaps are setup as said in the instructions and in this forum...

ricardinho

i remember on my classic batterys up front plus some lead to meet the cg.. flew great....

Dave Wilshere

Different from the classic. I have all Li-Po's in the pockets and 80 grams of weight on the nose former. Yours sounds like the ECU pack should be in the pocket. With A123 in pockets I would not expect any weight.

Jim It's in the thread somewhere, when I have more time I'll list things. It's like a Bandit ARF with elevator power. Easy to set up compared to the Classic Flash

Dave

ricardinho

sorry dave thought it was similar...

Dave Wilshere

Pat


Nothing to be sorry about! One of the main reasons for the Ultra Flash and Lightning was to reduce nose weight needs. Worked great[8D]

Dave

Carsten Groen

Flew my UF today for the first time. Behaves wonderfull, a real blast to land. I had a classic flash up until know (sold it a few days back), the UF went together in preciesly 4 days, used ProLynx gears, Behotec C36/2 and a P160SX for the push (came from my classic Flash), and Graupner DES 707 servos on all surfaces.

One happy owner:

Mavrik!

What things did you tweak to make it sweet?

Mav

gooseF22

Question:
Im putting the gear in my tbird UF wing today.. The cups that go under the struts, the ones that we have to cut up to fit... Are they really necessary or having that opening exposed ok? I have flown my rookie open like that many times..

I also didn't want to mess with the gear doors because of the trailing links, unless anyone has a good way of mounting the outer doors on the trailing link struts...

If so post pics plz...

dubd

Goose, I removed the cups and I am not using the outer doors. Using the cups + trailing link struts are a PITA!

gooseF22

Dave, I saw that you didnt install the cups under the struts either? looking back... no issues? looks good..

Dave Wilshere

No, still on the bench! Intended to fit them, but no issues at all.

Dave

dubd

I had my struts stick because of the cups twice! I ripped them out and will never use them again. I am using Pro-Link struts, so I assume it would be fine with the CARF gear.

Dave Wilshere

The secret is trimming the lip on both the wing and cup to a minimum. This opens the area to the maximum.
There are UF models flying with the cups and they are fine.
Had a couple of flights with mine yesterday and its one of those models that make you smile! For me its a near perfect sports jet, I can't think of anything I don't like about the way it flies.

Dw

gooseF22

ok, cups and doors are gone.... PITA I think... that will speed up the install..

fitted both mounts tonight.. plumbing tomorrow, then to the servo mounts. Looks like I have to do the over and under thing too.

Hopefully can finish wing this week and then get on the tail next week. I only have a couple hours a day to work on it..


getting excited....

Anyone need a Tbird classic Flash wing/tail?

gooseF22

Running Dreamworks Boomerang ELAN Gear.... third jet they have been in... still holding up..

dubd

Dave, I agree with you. The UF is fantastic. I like it more than my old Bandit ARF. Regarding the gear and cups... I think my issue is with the Dreamworks struts, not the cups themselves. There is a bolt on the strut that rubs on the cup and that has caused it to stick. I wish I had gone with the CARF gear on this plane. Regardless, I love flying it.

Jim Cattanach

Hi Mav. Most of my problems were landing issues. I found it took some time to get the right combination of C of G, flap settings & expo. It was critical to get each setting just right. The one major help in landing, was the addition of 8mm of crow when landing with flaps. It is now rock steady & easy to land.