Skymaster F-15 off grass
06-15-2004, 10:53 PM
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RE: Skymaster F-15 off grass
Been flying mine off grass all summer. Haven't had any problems as of yet. The gear mounts are plenty strong. It flies very well off the grass in my opinion!
06-16-2004, 03:09 PM
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RE: Skymaster F-15 off grass
I will be shortly....but we have been operating the very similar Avonds F-15 off grass for over 5 years....no problem....but I did beef up the gear blocks on both the Avonds and the Skymaster with 3mm C/F plate just for extra security, cuz after about 100 TO/Landings, simple plywood starts to get hairline cracks and the blinds nuts start to pull thru a bit....very easy to do before the cracking starts.....
We cut our grass with a reel-type mower set to 5/8"....field is 750 ft long with no obstructions on either end....
My Skymaster had a P-120 in it orginally, but I had a spare AMT 180SP which is in it now.....
Flew many flights with the Avonds 15 with a P-80 before switching to a P-120.....comes off in about 300 ft with a P-80 and about 200 ft with a 120....
Tom
We cut our grass with a reel-type mower set to 5/8"....field is 750 ft long with no obstructions on either end....
My Skymaster had a P-120 in it orginally, but I had a spare AMT 180SP which is in it now.....
Flew many flights with the Avonds 15 with a P-80 before switching to a P-120.....comes off in about 300 ft with a P-80 and about 200 ft with a 120....
Tom
06-16-2004, 11:12 PM
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RE: Skymaster F-15 off grass
Our field is roughly 600ft of good grass with some runoff on either end. No problems getting in and out of it though. I have an FTE T750 in mine and it works just great. Perfect combo in my mind!
