Just got my new RCM magazine and I see a big ad in the back cover for the Hobbico Twinstar. Had to check the date on the front of the Mag to make sure i didn't pick up an old issue. Nope, it's back, and listed on Tower already. $139.99.... what a bargin, couple of LA 25's or maybee even GMS engines, and I'm in business. Whoo Hoo. Been looking for an excuse to go with a twin... guess this is it!

Andy

Andy:

Had you been watching here, you would have known this a month ago.

Bill.

Andy,

Search Towers'website for product code "EB3008" it's on Special for $115.99.

Bob

Kits are due to arrive in about two weeks. Contact your favorite hobby retailer to order one.

See what happens when you rely soley on magazines for your info. I'm a month behind.....

Seriously, I fly the twinstar all the time in G2, anyone have an input on how the real one compares? I've been looking for an excuse to get a twin, oops said that already...

Andy

I bought the older version twinstar about 6 months ago. My locale hobby shop had one for ages. I also had G2 and now have G3. So far the twinstar is the only plane I flew that is on the sim. I find it flies extremely similar. These are the few differences between the two. On the sim in a knife edge the plane wants to roll to the right, my twinstar is straight as an arrow. I have about 7 planes and the teinstar does the easiest Knife edge. The other thing is the real thing lands a little hotter than the sim, I find the sim floats. Every thing else the spins, the snaps, the speed, the stability are all exact.

Does anyone else have a comment that has flown the real twinstar and the sim. Does this sound correct to you. I think this needs more than one input.

I'm considering the new Hobbico Twin Star, my question is would two LA .25's be enough power to handle this plane nicely, or would one be better off with LA .40's. Have never had a twin so I don't know much about them. Would the plane be fly-able if one of the .25's quit? How much of a hp gain could one expect by taking the baffle out of the muffler?

In case you haven't seen it, there's a video on Hobbico's site here... http://www.hobbico.com/gallery/hcaa2076-large.mpg


Looks like this will be my first twin also [8D]

I'm considering the Hobbico Twin Star for my first twin. Would two LA .25's handle this plane, or would one be better off with two LA .40's? I have a LA .25 on a Phoenix
sonic and it seems to be a little under powered. Would it still fly if one of the .25's got quiet? I've heard you can increase performance be removing the baffle from the muffler, how much do you gain? Would'nt a pair of .25 FX's be better? Would appreciate any help!!!!!

My first twinstar had a pair of 25la's on it. It was way underpowered. We have a 400 ft. paved runway and it would use the whole runway just to take off. The climb out was slow. You didnt dare turn it to soon for fear of tipstalling it. Im getting a new one and installing TT 36's on it. It should be airborn in half the runway with this setup. FORGET the 25la's.

I have 2 .32 GMS engines on my twinstar and it is a missal.

This is it.

My flying buddy has one of these.
It is about 4 years old.
He has 2 OS 35 FP engines on it.
He replumed the fuel system and it flies for 35 minutes
on 1 fillup. The others at the field wonder if he will
ever land the plane.
It flies well even has lost a engine on it and
brought it back in on one.

It is more like a rocket than a missal.

I have the Older one, Plan on using a pair of .25 FX's and recovering the entire plane after I install retracts! The Sim has retracts, if you noticed?

Doggie:

The 25FX engines will beat the pooh out of the 25LAs, but you'll probably want more power.

Bill.

Bill, what would your recomendation be? .40 FX's sounds good too? I like Power, and I have heard the .25FX is about the same as a 40 LA

The older Twinstar was a lot of fun with a pair of good sport 40 engines. The older Magnum XL 40s did a great job. The current XLS 40 engines should be even nicer. Don't think I'd go to 46 size, could be a little too much on one side if the other fire goes out and you're slow cutting the running engine back.

Run them on low nitro fuel, and prop for no more than 12K rpm, maybe 13K, to get decent flight time with the tiny tanks. Have to experiment here, a compromise between performance and endurance.

In my opinion the Magnum XLS 40 is a better engine than the 40 FX, and a lot less expensive too.

Bill.

I am planning on retro fitting 6oz tanks as well, so with retracts bigger tanks, maybe the 40's will be ok. I am basically an OS man, with the occaisional K&B motor here and there. I may not stray away from my flavors. I agree that the .46 would be way too much, so maybe the comprimise would be 2 .40 LA's??? I would prefer a ball bearing motor in a twin engine I think.

a friend of mine has the old one and he had 2 os 46ax on it and it flew like a jet but my friend gets board very easy so he added another 46ax on the nose and WOW and at our fun fly last year he added a pod on top and you gessed it 46ax number 4 (talk about a strong plane LOL) now he is looking for a new challange

Thanks guy's, I've always got good info on this site. Superfly, that Sonic is the same way, I fly off grass and can barely get it off the ground sometimes. Looks like I'll be looking to re-engine that too. Bill, I'll give the magnum engines a real hard look, maybe for the Sonic too. Have always used OS engines, so it'll be hard to change. Thanks guy's.

You say your twinstar wouldnt fly with 25 la's.. well it turns out i'm the guy that bought it and it had 40 la's but you lied to me about the fuel tanks cuz there were 6 ounce tanks in it and you cut the upper spar destroying the wings complete structure!!!!! plus you had so much glue it must have weighed 50 pounds!!! i own 7 twinstars new and old and best power source is 25 la's or fx's one had 46 fx's and crashed when wing disintegrated on 3rd flight!!!

There is a fellow at my field with a twinstar with a few O.S.61's with 11x7 airscrews. It has the big 3 inch or 3.5's not sure which. He has working flaps installed, an fuel blatters pushes in the center of the wing ribbing. Without flying wot or doing an tricks with it, he can stay in the air almost an hour an a half. The plane cruzes at 65mph, which is almost half throttle. This guy has his wife drive his truck while he flys this plane. Not my thing, but oh well.He flew this thing from Mcallister OK, to Canadian,Ok right up Hwy 69. Pulled into the field an jumped in the pattern for ten mins or so, then droped the flaps an brought it in. with flaps this thing still lands hott. weighs 15 pounds. .....Nice plane but to much punch for me.