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03-27-2006, 08:27 PM
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Posted By Gordysoar

RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

Great info nick!

just seeing who was paying attention :-)

In any case the motors are tiny and are not going to last very long , especially if someone is running the motors continuous at...
03-27-2006, 07:45 PM
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Posted By Gordysoar

RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

I'd be outraged! ;-)

For $30 you get some foam and the cheapest tiniest motors available. For those of you who don't know about permanent magnet motors, they consist of two magnets located...
03-26-2006, 08:20 PM
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Posted By Gordysoar

RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

I used a heat gun, but I think really hot tap water would be enough to get it to move without melting or buckling.

I am not sure why they made it so crooked. Lots of up thrust on the motors and...
03-26-2006, 05:15 PM
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Posted By Gordysoar

RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

I put about a 1/4" total down incidence in the tail boom by heating it with a heat gun momentarily and holding the bend in it. That helped a lot.

Also there is a lot of up thrust in the motors....
03-26-2006, 09:40 AM
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Posted By Gordysoar

RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

I have warmed my tail boom and bent it down so that the stab now matches the incidence of the wings. Now instead of ballooning up into a stall when tossed in the living room, it glides down to the...
03-25-2006, 11:19 PM
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Posted By Gordysoar

RE: Air Hogs Aero Ace!

INCIDENCE is HUGE on the AA.
Anyone try bending the tailboom down to take out a bunch of the up stab incidence?

Gordy
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