Has anyone have experience with the Fashion 50 ?.I see this plane offered on Ebay by Toyfina. The pictures look great and very inexpensive for a 45 size pattern plane similar to the 45 Venus. Just wondering about it's quality as well as it's flight charateristics..

I had one. It's now compost!

The model was very nice to fly. Overall quality was fine on my one but... you will need to strengthen the UC area as this is very weak. The tank position is too high and will cause problems unless you use an engine with a pump. I had to add weight to the tail to get the CG right. I think around 20 grams was needed.

Cheers
Jason.

I have 2 of them. If you get the plane, please throw away the "hardware" as they are worthless. Reinforce the firewall and the UC and possibly change the gear itself as it tends to stay bent if you land a little less than perfect. Flight quality is very good. I also have to agree with moving the tank down.

I have just finished building one that I recently purchased off e-bay for cheap. The plane builds well and comes with a one piece wing already joined and glassed in the middle. It also has a nice glassed belly pan. I've put in an O.S 46 AX (mounted as recommended and it fits perfect) I'm still waiting for an AR7000 Rx to put in it before the maiden. Can any-body who has flown it tell me where the C of G is. Is it as recommended or did it need to be changed? Thanks

I set my CG as recommended in the manual and it was perfect.

Cheers
Jason.

Thanks Jason,

I set mine up as per the instructions and test flew it on the weekend. I'm REALLY impressed. It needed a bit of up trim to keep straight hands off, and when inverted it needs a fair bit of down stick to keep level, indicating it's a bit nosey. I put a few washers in the front to balance so I may take them out . Knife edges are great with no mixing. I've also replaced the L.G as the supplied ones were really soft. Over all I'm really happy with this plane - it has no bad tendencies and flies great - shame about the pink covering though

Did you do any mods on the setup? by what i see you have to install 2 pieces for the wings or can you let me know what would be some good mods because i am putting this plane together right now? Thanks

I'm not sure what you mean by two pieces for the wings - are you referring to the underbelly? If so, I screwed mine onto the wing section and just drilled two holes into the belly pan to access the wing mounting screws. I also replaced the landing gear as the original seemed too soft to maintain it's shape after a less than perfect landing. The mounting of the throttle servo and cable is a bit tricky but just play with it - you will work it out. Other than that - go fly and have fun with it, you will love it - guaranteed

Is this cg assumption after checking the 45 degree up with half roll to inverted at full power? (the model should just keep going on a 45 line without any need for down elevator) this is by far the best way to check your cg, after all it could be a thrust line issue, needing up trim and the subsequent excessive down elevator during inverted!

Just a thought...................

It probably is more thrust line than C.G - but I couldn't be bothered with it. The original balance point was 110mm and I needed a few grams in the nose to achieve this - despite having the battery pack located all the way forward. I've now removed all the added weight so the C.G is back a bit from specified and the up elevator required in inverted is now less. The fuel tank is also situated forward (like most nitro planes) so getting it "hands off" all around is not possible for the entire flight. It's really not a big deal with this plane though - still flies great.

Thanks for the info

Does anyone have any pics of the Fashion 50? I trying to get and idea about how i should mount this .61 engine or any suggestions/ I was going to mount head right!

Here are a few picture of my Fashion 50!!

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