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the wing has a carbon rod inside that you will probably break if you fold or twist the wing to fit in a suitcase, also they do not allow lipo batterys in lugage or shipping on a passenger aircraft.
I find it hard to believe. this motor cannot be 1400KV and still turn the included 10x6sf prop in this kit. I have the hobbyking EPP Pitts Bipe. It has this motor in 1400kv and an 8x4 is about the most you can use with any longevity.
I might add that this motor is correctly called 2212 1400kv. The motor in the epp pitts bipe is incorrectly called 2212 1400kv it is not, it is a 2208 1500kv (smaller motor) hope this helps. The reason I know is I serched for quite some time before I gave up and bought a NTM2826 motor with a lower KV.
i doubt this motor can be a 1400 kv.... i have a 1400 kv motor and it turns a 7/4 prop. and it actually happens to be a 9/4 prop that comes with the kit.
I use an 8x4 on 3s in my angel. It draws about 17 amps. Motor runs cool and has plenty of power (hovers at ~2/3 throttle) This is the prop www.link
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Terrk
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This is my first H&K foamie, and I have to say I am impressed. I've owned several charger RC foamies, and I had high expectations.
It flys great! It does 3D fairly well. Once I trimmed it out and got the CG perfect (I had to add weight to the nose), it flew much better then I thought a $56 plane would!
The motor seems like enough power for it, the only issue I had was connecting the ESC from the recommended spot to the battery up top, but I just have some fat hands-)
It's also a lot of fun to fly at night! I threw some LED's on it and because of the EPP it just lit the whole plane up in blue and green!
Overall, I really like this plane. Not a bad price and it is a lot of fun!
I haven't had any really bad crashes with it, but the few rough landings I had, there was no noticeable damage.
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downhill3r
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This is a really cool plane. Unfortunatly I have had the plane for about 3 weeks and it 3D's fairly well but it has some major fall backs. The plane does not land that good. I find myself after each landing having to glue together the front of the plane because the foam rips very easily. Also I have already cooked the motor in the plane from just normal 3d flying. The only real way you would be able to take this plane off is from a smooth paved runway or hand launching it. I would not recommend trying to land on pavement because the plane drops real hard on landings. For $60 there are other options on the market that are a better fit for entry level 3D flying.
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Electric Power
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Great plane have owned 2 of them and rebuilt one with EPP foam I bought. Put all your servos etc wires inside and reinforce the area around each servo with balsa. I stuck with a 1300ma batt as bigger just puts to much strain on the plane when landing. Down side is location of the landing gear. If it was 50 mm ( 2 inches) further forward it would be better. Also put in the HK light weight larger wheels. I put landing gear from a light foam plane and attached it to the stock gear with zip ties, I put and elastic band across from wheel to wheel and that helps some. Best way to land this plane is stall it in from a couple inches above the ground but you will still have to hotglue the front from time to time. I also reinforced the hinges with fiber packing tape and had no problem
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Eric
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This plane in concept is great
However actuality is a different story. The airframe is delicate at best. I took my time in building it and still had issues. The hinges that hold the ailerons, rudder and elevator on are garbage and I would not use them. Also the control arms are extremely difficult to use. I wrapped the carbon to the metal in thread applied ca and shrink tube and it still didn't hold.
This caused 3 crashes. The foam tears easily and is repairable with hot glue. In all honesty, I am throwing this plane in the garbage, even after upgrading everything on it as it seems every time I fly it something breaks and needs to be repaired. I have never had problems like this with any of my planes!
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The quality of the foam and carbon fiber is really high, however some of the design features make building quite difficult. First off you need two 100-150mm servo extensions to connect the rudder and elevator servos since they are mounted at the back of the plane which is not mentioned in the required parts. Second, once the wing was on I could not find a way to run the servo cables inside the fuselage to the rear of the plane and had to tape them to the outside since I did not want to cut the foam inside the fuselage. Similar thing occurred for the aileron servo cables. The holes inside the wing and fuselage did not line up so threading the cables through was next to impossible. Make sure you know which connector on your ESC connects to which wire on the motor before either of them are installed in the plane since once you finally get them connected you aren't going to want to have to disconnect them. The landing gear is too weak and in the wrong spot for this plane. As mentioned below you will have to add nose weight to get it to balance. If you've never made your own carbon/wire pushrods you are in for a treat since the picture in the manual is quite lacking in this area.
Some tips to make construction faster and easier: Use tape instead of the cheap plastic hinges for all control surfaces. Connect the ESC to the motor outside of the plane and feed the wires down to where
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