ESM Hawker Typhoon ARF build thread
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nice job so far,i'm puttin 1 together also,be prepared to add alot of ballast to acheive cg,i need 3lbs. in the nose to acheive this,and thats built per plans and using a crrc 50cc gpr under the hood[X(]
nice job so far,i'm puttin 1 together also,be prepared to add alot of ballast to acheive cg,i need 3lbs. in the nose to acheive this,and thats built per plans and using a crrc 50cc gpr under the hood[X(]
What does the CRRC 50 engine weigh ?
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Wow, my Evolution 35GT is about the same weight so I guess I will have the same weight issues.
I have been adding as much weight to the front as possible as I have been building, such as extra glass and epoxy around the cowl, behind the firewall and both my ignition and receiver batteries are going just behind the firwall so hopefully that will all help.
I may do what I did on a previous plane that was tail heavy and that was to add lead shott at the front of the cowl covered in epoxy, it makes the added weight right up front and reduces the amount you need to add overall.
We will see ....
I have been adding as much weight to the front as possible as I have been building, such as extra glass and epoxy around the cowl, behind the firewall and both my ignition and receiver batteries are going just behind the firwall so hopefully that will all help.
I may do what I did on a previous plane that was tail heavy and that was to add lead shott at the front of the cowl covered in epoxy, it makes the added weight right up front and reduces the amount you need to add overall.
We will see ....
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AH, the dreaded weight issues the tiffy has always been one of those models that needs nose weight,whether its ours, or someone elses, the full size had an engine that weighed over a TON!! a long while ago, we asked around, what do you want? scale front end, or stretch it? 100% as per full size, so, sorry my friends, weight it is, this model has been succesfully flown at a tad over 20lbs, its not a beginers bird,not that i am suggesting any of you guys are such, but it needs flying from 1 inch up, going up, and coming down, but it flys sweet, have faith
if you know anyone with a lathe, a brass nose weight spinner, inside the actual spinner is a good thing to have, i have made a few for tiffy drivers, it makes a lot of differance, usual size is about 40 mm diam, 50mm long, with a 45 degree chamfer on the end, to get inside the spinner, engines usually dont even know its there
if you know anyone with a lathe, a brass nose weight spinner, inside the actual spinner is a good thing to have, i have made a few for tiffy drivers, it makes a lot of differance, usual size is about 40 mm diam, 50mm long, with a 45 degree chamfer on the end, to get inside the spinner, engines usually dont even know its there
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AH, the dreaded weight issues the tiffy has always been one of those models that needs nose weight, whether its ours, or someone elses, the full size had an engine that weighed over a TON!! a long while ago, we asked around, what do you want? scale front end, or stretch it? 100% as per full size, so, sorry my friends, weight it is, this model has been succesfully flown at a tad over 20lbs, its not a beginers bird, not that i am suggesting any of you guys are such, but it needs flying from 1 inch up, going up, and coming down, but it flys sweet, have faith
if you know anyone with a lathe, a brass nose weight spinner, inside the actual spinner is a good thing to have, i have made a few for tiffy drivers, it makes a lot of differance, usual size is about 40 mm diam, 50mm long, with a 45 degree chamfer on the end, to get inside the spinner, engines usually dont even know its there
AH, the dreaded weight issues the tiffy has always been one of those models that needs nose weight, whether its ours, or someone elses, the full size had an engine that weighed over a TON!! a long while ago, we asked around, what do you want? scale front end, or stretch it? 100% as per full size, so, sorry my friends, weight it is, this model has been succesfully flown at a tad over 20lbs, its not a beginers bird, not that i am suggesting any of you guys are such, but it needs flying from 1 inch up, going up, and coming down, but it flys sweet, have faith
if you know anyone with a lathe, a brass nose weight spinner, inside the actual spinner is a good thing to have, i have made a few for tiffy drivers, it makes a lot of differance, usual size is about 40 mm diam, 50mm long, with a 45 degree chamfer on the end, to get inside the spinner, engines usually dont even know its there
How does the nose weight in the spinner attach ?, I have often thought of how to get nose weight into the spinner but have never come up with a way to do it.
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AH, the dreaded weight issues the tiffy has always been one of those models that needs nose weight, whether its ours, or someone elses, the full size had an engine that weighed over a TON!! a long while ago, we asked around, what do you want? scale front end, or stretch it? 100% as per full size, so, sorry my friends, weight it is, this model has been succesfully flown at a tad over 20lbs,
AH, the dreaded weight issues the tiffy has always been one of those models that needs nose weight, whether its ours, or someone elses, the full size had an engine that weighed over a TON!! a long while ago, we asked around, what do you want? scale front end, or stretch it? 100% as per full size, so, sorry my friends, weight it is, this model has been succesfully flown at a tad over 20lbs,
Can you make more of those weights that fit under the spinner or do you know who makes them? I would like one if available.
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HI ,i crahs my typhoon few months ago, was 1 kilo and 600 grams in the nose for right C.G, an a 180 magnum engine.It was a "piano" flying.Total flying weight 20 pounds.
06-11-2010, 08:02 AM
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HI ,i crahs my typhoon few months ago, was 1 kilo and 600 grams in the nose for right C.G, an a 180 magnum engine.It was a ''piano'' flying.Total flying weight 20 pounds.
HI ,i crahs my typhoon few months ago, was 1 kilo and 600 grams in the nose for right C.G, an a 180 magnum engine.It was a ''piano'' flying.Total flying weight 20 pounds.
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I think we all know that warbirds are inherantly tail heavy, it's not unusual to add 2 - 3 lbs in the nose (heck, my Great Planes Giant stick has 1.5 lbs in the nose and it has a Saito 180 up front).
The key here is that we have people that have flow the plane at 20lbs and say it flies great, I'm hoping mine does too
lesson here is to fit as heavy an engine as you can to a warbird, I guess thats why so many scale builders use big Zenoah engines, they weigh a ton and put out good power.
At my club we have several guys with 80" - 86" warbirds that weigh in at 35lbs so a 74" plane at 20lbs is not too bad.
The key here is that we have people that have flow the plane at 20lbs and say it flies great, I'm hoping mine does too
lesson here is to fit as heavy an engine as you can to a warbird, I guess thats why so many scale builders use big Zenoah engines, they weigh a ton and put out good power.
At my club we have several guys with 80" - 86" warbirds that weigh in at 35lbs so a 74" plane at 20lbs is not too bad.
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Latest pictures.
Fitted wing to fuselage, the dowel position measurements were spot on, wing fitted very well onto the fuse.
Wing servo plates were a great fit but decals came loose at edges while working on them, I will just have to seal them I guess with some clear coat.
Slots in servo plates are pretty small, not sure yet if i will get enough throw, if not, I will open them up a touch.
Made up the fuel tank pipes from copper tube and soldered on barbed collets, looks rough but leak proof.
More to follow..........
Fitted wing to fuselage, the dowel position measurements were spot on, wing fitted very well onto the fuse.
Wing servo plates were a great fit but decals came loose at edges while working on them, I will just have to seal them I guess with some clear coat.
Slots in servo plates are pretty small, not sure yet if i will get enough throw, if not, I will open them up a touch.
Made up the fuel tank pipes from copper tube and soldered on barbed collets, looks rough but leak proof
.More to follow..........
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Well the wings are finished, flaps and ailerons turned out pretty good, the gear doors work well and with the invasion stripes now painted (pretty rough I know) it looks good.
Only have the retract valve to mount and the spinner to cut once I get my props and I "might" get to maiden it this weekend, if not, i will certainly get it run up etc.
As it stand, it is weighing in at 15.5 lbs without the cowl and spinner, I'm guessing 2 or 3 lbs nose weight will be added so hoping for around the 19 lb mark.
More to follow.
Only have the retract valve to mount and the spinner to cut once I get my props and I "might" get to maiden it this weekend, if not, i will certainly get it run up etc.
As it stand, it is weighing in at 15.5 lbs without the cowl and spinner, I'm guessing 2 or 3 lbs nose weight will be added so hoping for around the 19 lb mark.
More to follow.
06-17-2010, 04:05 AM
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prolly do my maiden fri.,a initial runup at home with plane alltogether is a good idea,brings out all the lil gremlins,in my case dumb a%$ me put tank in upsidedown,muffler came loose,and really check ur struts,weight of plane makes toeout and a lil movement in trunion...so i took care of all that and ready for the christning...btw my auw was 19lb without fuel.good luck on ur maiden
06-19-2010, 05:17 PM
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my esm typhoon.
saito fg36 engine. worlds best engine + scale exhaust
bambula 18x8 prop. not so good
+ little over 1pound nose weight
plane WAS very easy to fly.elevator was little sensitivy.
second fly totally loose of control, radio blackout? 3/4trottle it dive on to ground.
saito fg36 engine. worlds best engine + scale exhaust
bambula 18x8 prop. not so good
+ little over 1pound nose weight
plane WAS very easy to fly.elevator was little sensitivy.
second fly totally loose of control, radio blackout? 3/4trottle it dive on to ground.
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well good news,maiden was a successneeded no ele trim and about 4 clicks of left aileron,flaps seemed non affective but i did come in hot knowing my weight,so next outing i'll experiment at a good altitude with how slow i can get her without stalling,landing was,nt picture perfect....did a 3 bouncer[X(]but nothing but rubber touched the tarmac so its a keeper
needed no ele trim and about 4 clicks of left aileron,flaps seemed non affective but i did come in hot knowing my weight,so next outing i'll experiment at a good altitude with how slow i can get her without stalling,landing was,nt picture perfect....did a 3 bouncer[X(]but nothing but rubber touched the tarmac so its a keeper
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HI ,mine was very sensitve elevator too,
,loose control aproaching for landing and crahs at second flight too[
] ,in my opnion,too much weigt for this plane
,loose control aproaching for landing and crahs at second flight too[] ,in my opnion,too much weigt for this plane
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Not good for you guys that lost youre plane, I never like seeing that.
I guess good news is that some folks have had good success flying the plane.
Well my maiden was meant to be today, I finished the plane last night, had to add 30 oz to the nose, good news is that according to my fish scales, it weighed in at 17 lbs 12 oz so lighter than I was expecting.
Went to the flying field today and ran up the Evolution, ran great for about 10 minutes then stopped, the plug cap came off. the Evolution is meant to have an alloy ring peice that appears to fit on the head and then a small grub screw is screwed in to hold the plug cap on, I didnt get this part with my engine and I didnt think the cap would come off as it fitted really good on the plug, however, it did come off.
I thought about removing the cowl to try to fix the plug issue when I noticed my right flap was lowered slightly, couldnt understand why then all of a sudden the right flap started moving up and down !.
I have a servo reverser on the flaps and I think it has a problem, what did you guys do to get the two flap servos working in different directions ?. I cant put them on seperate channels as I only have a 7 channel radio (2 on Ailerons, 1 rudder, 1 elevator, 1 throttle, 1 gear and 1 flaps).
Any way, my maiden didnt happen today, probably just as well.
Here are the last set of pictures including a few at the flying field, I will maiden it next week hopfully.
I have enjoyed building this plane, no real issues with it (yet !) but if I was to have any gripes, they would be as follows.
It would be nice to have the two wing tip sections removable, that way you could assenble and transport the fuselage and center section of the wing with the wheels on.
The fuselage glass is pretty thin, I know this is probably to keep the weight down but it is thin.
It would have been nice to have a spinner in the kit or at least make it a standard size instead of the 4 5/8", why not just 4 1/2".
The instruction manual is very poor, it wouldnt have taken much to get an English speaker to comment on the manual and get some changes made.
The ESM retracts are nice, however, when the gear is down, they could really have done with being 95 deg movement instead of just 90 deg, they oleos kinda lean inwards which looks strange.
Other than that, I will get the plug cap issue fixed and try to figure out how to do away with the servo reverser on the flaps.
Roll on next weekend ............
I guess good news is that some folks have had good success flying the plane.
Well my maiden was meant to be today, I finished the plane last night, had to add 30 oz to the nose, good news is that according to my fish scales, it weighed in at 17 lbs 12 oz so lighter than I was expecting.
Went to the flying field today and ran up the Evolution, ran great for about 10 minutes then stopped, the plug cap came off. the Evolution is meant to have an alloy ring peice that appears to fit on the head and then a small grub screw is screwed in to hold the plug cap on, I didnt get this part with my engine and I didnt think the cap would come off as it fitted really good on the plug, however, it did come off.
I thought about removing the cowl to try to fix the plug issue when I noticed my right flap was lowered slightly, couldnt understand why then all of a sudden the right flap started moving up and down !.
I have a servo reverser on the flaps and I think it has a problem, what did you guys do to get the two flap servos working in different directions ?. I cant put them on seperate channels as I only have a 7 channel radio (2 on Ailerons, 1 rudder, 1 elevator, 1 throttle, 1 gear and 1 flaps).
Any way, my maiden didnt happen today, probably just as well.
Here are the last set of pictures including a few at the flying field, I will maiden it next week hopfully.
I have enjoyed building this plane, no real issues with it (yet !) but if I was to have any gripes, they would be as follows.
It would be nice to have the two wing tip sections removable, that way you could assenble and transport the fuselage and center section of the wing with the wheels on.
The fuselage glass is pretty thin, I know this is probably to keep the weight down but it is thin.
It would have been nice to have a spinner in the kit or at least make it a standard size instead of the 4 5/8", why not just 4 1/2".
The instruction manual is very poor, it wouldnt have taken much to get an English speaker to comment on the manual and get some changes made.
The ESM retracts are nice, however, when the gear is down, they could really have done with being 95 deg movement instead of just 90 deg, they oleos kinda lean inwards which looks strange.
Other than that, I will get the plug cap issue fixed and try to figure out how to do away with the servo reverser on the flaps.
Roll on next weekend ............
06-20-2010, 01:30 PM
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Not good for you guys that lost youre plane, I never like seeing that.
I guess good news is that some folks have had good success flying the plane.
Well my maiden was meant to be today, I finished the plane last night, had to add 30 oz to the nose, good news is that according to my fish scales, it weighed in at 17 lbs 12 oz so lighter than I was expecting.
Went to the flying field today and ran up the Evolution, ran great for about 10 minutes then stopped, the plug cap came off. the Evolution is meant to have an alloy ring peice that appears to fit on the head and then a small grub screw is screwed in to hold the plug cap on, I didnt get this part with my engine and I didnt think the cap would come off as it fitted really good on the plug, however, it did come off.
I thought about removing the cowl to try to fix the plug issue when I noticed my right flap was lowered slightly, couldnt understand why then all of a sudden the right flap started moving up and down !.
I have a servo reverser on the flaps and I think it has a problem, what did you guys do to get the two flap servos working in different directions ?. I cant put them on seperate channels as I only have a 7 channel radio (2 on Ailerons, 1 rudder, 1 elevator, 1 throttle, 1 gear and 1 flaps).
Any way, my maiden didnt happen today, probably just as well.
Here are the last set of pictures including a few at the flying field, I will maiden it next week hopfully.
I have enjoyed building this plane, no real issues with it (yet !) but if I was to have any gripes, they would be as follows.
It would be nice to have the two wing tip sections removable, that way you could assenble and transport the fuselage and center section of the wing with the wheels on.
The fuselage glass is pretty thin, I know this is probably to keep the weight down but it is thin.
It would have been nice to have a spinner in the kit or at least make it a standard size instead of the 4 5/8'', why not just 4 1/2''.
The instruction manual is very poor, it wouldnt have taken much to get an English speaker to comment on the manual and get some changes made.
The ESM retracts are nice, however, when the gear is down, they could really have done with being 95 deg movement instead of just 90 deg, they oleos kinda lean inwards which looks strange.
Other than that, I will get the plug cap issue fixed and try to figure out how to do away with the servo reverser on the flaps.
Roll on next weekend ............
i am using a reverser,no problems,a quick and reliable solution to ur cap problem is buy a hose clamp and tighten it down on the sparkplug,i've had to do this before on other engines...does ur reverser have a pot adjustment on it?i know what u mean about the gear,sits looking like a foke wulf,and i did use a dave brown 4.5in spinner and if they did all those things u want u would pay twice as much for the arf!
Not good for you guys that lost youre plane, I never like seeing that.
I guess good news is that some folks have had good success flying the plane.
Well my maiden was meant to be today, I finished the plane last night, had to add 30 oz to the nose, good news is that according to my fish scales, it weighed in at 17 lbs 12 oz so lighter than I was expecting.
Went to the flying field today and ran up the Evolution, ran great for about 10 minutes then stopped, the plug cap came off. the Evolution is meant to have an alloy ring peice that appears to fit on the head and then a small grub screw is screwed in to hold the plug cap on, I didnt get this part with my engine and I didnt think the cap would come off as it fitted really good on the plug, however, it did come off.
I thought about removing the cowl to try to fix the plug issue when I noticed my right flap was lowered slightly, couldnt understand why then all of a sudden the right flap started moving up and down !.
I have a servo reverser on the flaps and I think it has a problem, what did you guys do to get the two flap servos working in different directions ?. I cant put them on seperate channels as I only have a 7 channel radio (2 on Ailerons, 1 rudder, 1 elevator, 1 throttle, 1 gear and 1 flaps).
Any way, my maiden didnt happen today, probably just as well.
Here are the last set of pictures including a few at the flying field, I will maiden it next week hopfully.
I have enjoyed building this plane, no real issues with it (yet !) but if I was to have any gripes, they would be as follows.
It would be nice to have the two wing tip sections removable, that way you could assenble and transport the fuselage and center section of the wing with the wheels on.
The fuselage glass is pretty thin, I know this is probably to keep the weight down but it is thin.
It would have been nice to have a spinner in the kit or at least make it a standard size instead of the 4 5/8'', why not just 4 1/2''.
The instruction manual is very poor, it wouldnt have taken much to get an English speaker to comment on the manual and get some changes made.
The ESM retracts are nice, however, when the gear is down, they could really have done with being 95 deg movement instead of just 90 deg, they oleos kinda lean inwards which looks strange.
Other than that, I will get the plug cap issue fixed and try to figure out how to do away with the servo reverser on the flaps.
Roll on next weekend ............
i am using a reverser,no problems,a quick and reliable solution to ur cap problem is buy a hose clamp and tighten it down on the sparkplug,i've had to do this before on other engines...does ur reverser have a pot adjustment on it?i know what u mean about the gear,sits looking like a foke wulf,and i did use a dave brown 4.5in spinner and if they did all those things u want u would pay twice as much for the arf!
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Good tip on the spark plug cap, however, I have ordered the Evolution part to make it right. I think my reverser Y has a problem with the pot, I just ordered Futabas reverser, expensive at $39 but at least i will have a good reverser for the futture.
agreed on the spinner etc, the cost would go up but if they added one at a reasonable price, we wouldnt have to buy it at extra cost elsewhere.
looking forward to next week now
agreed on the spinner etc, the cost would go up but if they added one at a reasonable price, we wouldnt have to buy it at extra cost elsewhere.
looking forward to next week now
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Your plane looks good. Cant wait to hear about the maiden and how it flies. I mainly want to know how that engine pulls it around. I was gonna say about your servo reverser, the only choice is another servo reverser (which you have done) or shell out the money for a 8+ channel receiver. I have a 14 ch. receiver in mine so everything is plugged into its own channel. Makes it easy.
Im not sure how your plane ended up being so light. Hopefully you got it balanced correctly or your fishing scale is just not very accurate. Would hate to hear you piled it up cuz it was tail heavy! I have read of several guys that say their elevator is sensitive or touchy and we all know that could be a sign of a tail heavy plane.
I totally agree about the retract angle issue. The wing could have been designed to mount the retracts at the correct angle so the 90 degree would have been perpendicular to the ground instead of being so badly cambered the way they are. Not only looks goofy but its hard on the units themselves with anything other than a perfect landing with no crosswind forces on the gear.
Well ... best of luck on your maiden. I will keep my fingers crossed for you.
Charles
Im not sure how your plane ended up being so light. Hopefully you got it balanced correctly or your fishing scale is just not very accurate. Would hate to hear you piled it up cuz it was tail heavy! I have read of several guys that say their elevator is sensitive or touchy and we all know that could be a sign of a tail heavy plane.
I totally agree about the retract angle issue. The wing could have been designed to mount the retracts at the correct angle so the 90 degree would have been perpendicular to the ground instead of being so badly cambered the way they are. Not only looks goofy but its hard on the units themselves with anything other than a perfect landing with no crosswind forces on the gear.
Well ... best of luck on your maiden. I will keep my fingers crossed for you.
Charles
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Same as Kondor Model Products Typhoon, as far as I can tell. A buddy of mine had one of these. It took over five pounds of nose weight, I helped him make up a weight from lead shot and epoxy.
It was not a success, it spun in on the first flight. Looked good, but just did not fly well, and it sure seemed that the plane was not flown before it was sold.
Its the only Typhoon out there, though. If Easy Tiger makes one, I'd consider it, to me, the difference between them and the KMP is totally different as far as weight goes, the Easy Tiger ones maybe don't look as good, the paint is a little nicer on KMP planes, but they are much bigger and come out much lighter and fly so differently. The Focke Wolfe is the easiest warbird ever, and I am putting together the P47, from the video, the P47 looks even easier.
The KMP planes are like when we used to make the old Top Flite Red Box planes, then glass them, then put on Hobby Poxy paint, and retracts and flaps and everything, and they flew like bricks. But we had fun anyway.
It was not a success, it spun in on the first flight. Looked good, but just did not fly well, and it sure seemed that the plane was not flown before it was sold.
Its the only Typhoon out there, though. If Easy Tiger makes one, I'd consider it, to me, the difference between them and the KMP is totally different as far as weight goes, the Easy Tiger ones maybe don't look as good, the paint is a little nicer on KMP planes, but they are much bigger and come out much lighter and fly so differently. The Focke Wolfe is the easiest warbird ever, and I am putting together the P47, from the video, the P47 looks even easier.
The KMP planes are like when we used to make the old Top Flite Red Box planes, then glass them, then put on Hobby Poxy paint, and retracts and flaps and everything, and they flew like bricks. But we had fun anyway.
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So is the KMP actually an ESM ?.
The ads for the KMP talk about a glassed wing with details etc which you dont get from ESM, strangely though they both share the same wing span exactly ?
The ads for the KMP talk about a glassed wing with details etc which you dont get from ESM, strangely though they both share the same wing span exactly ?
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Aah Haa.
Funy thing is, I just looked at the online manual for the KMP typhoon and although it is exactly the same format as the ESM one, it has many differences such as the way the elevators are operated, totaly different tail wheel mounting, different hinge detail etrc etc, weird, very weird
Funy thing is, I just looked at the online manual for the KMP typhoon and although it is exactly the same format as the ESM one, it has many differences such as the way the elevators are operated, totaly different tail wheel mounting, different hinge detail etrc etc, weird, very weird
06-22-2010, 05:05 PM
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RE: ESM Hawker Typhoon ARF build thread
Yeah ... when KMP was selling them there were many things different. Still though ... they were always ESM planes, just with the KMP label. You used to have the option of an all composite wing or the built up one we have. The control surface hinging was done more scale like instead of the beveled/CA hinge type we have now. The elevators and the rudder both had considerably more detail like even a scale looking trim tab built in and rib lines etc... I believe also that the decals were applied more securely too. Both of my roundels on the bottom of the wing have simply cracked and flaked off and now one of the ones on the side of the fuse is all bubbled up and getting ready to depart the plane too. I would have rather they just left them off and given you decals to apply that would actually stick to the plane. BUT ... they are $100 less then they were when Kondor was selling them, so we cannot complain. Right?
When ya gonna fly yours??
When ya gonna fly yours??
06-22-2010, 05:17 PM
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My decals are coming off the lower wings already too and I havent even flown it yet !!.
I have ordered my plug cap securing part from Evolution and a Futaba servo reverser so the should both be here by Thursday / Friday this week, plan is to fly it Sat or Sunday weather permiting. Heat is the issue down here right now, every days for what seems like weeks has been mid 90's with heat index of well over 100 deg, too hot for us Scottish peeps
I will report on the flight as soon as it happens, oh, I'm going to recheck the CG and get it weighed on our club digital scales so that I will have no excuses, mind you, I normally have an excuse or two ready just in case
Radio hit.....
Sun in eyes....
I never touched anything, it just fell from the sky...
Must have been a bad servo....
Of course i charged my batteries .....
Poorly designed plane........
The full size one was a dog too....
Etc etc etc.........
I have ordered my plug cap securing part from Evolution and a Futaba servo reverser so the should both be here by Thursday / Friday this week, plan is to fly it Sat or Sunday weather permiting. Heat is the issue down here right now, every days for what seems like weeks has been mid 90's with heat index of well over 100 deg, too hot for us Scottish peeps
I will report on the flight as soon as it happens, oh, I'm going to recheck the CG and get it weighed on our club digital scales so that I will have no excuses, mind you, I normally have an excuse or two ready just in case
Radio hit.....
Sun in eyes....
I never touched anything, it just fell from the sky...
Must have been a bad servo....
Of course i charged my batteries .....
Poorly designed plane........
The full size one was a dog too....
Etc etc etc.........