Durafly™ Balsa Series - Ryan STA(M) 965mm Plug and Fly

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Sep 30, 2014

Looks wonderful, it's reviewed well in Model Aviation magazine, but my fuselage is not square. The tail post is twisted to the right by over 6 mm and the wing is not square with the fuselage. Not by a little, we are talking 1 cm or more on one side. A real shame. There is no way that this will fly straight. You can see that Durafly attempted to square the horizontal stab with the wing with an additional shim but with the tail post and wing so far out of true from the fuselage, the body leans heavily to one side with respect to the wing (approx. 70 degrees and 110 on the other).

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Jul 03, 2014

Trs bien ralis. Vole extrmement bien. Dcollage sur l'herbe facile. Bonne puissance avec APC 10x7. qualit/prix super.
L'hlice de la bote pas bonne. ESC capricieux BIP BP BIP BIp, .... Plusieurs essais avant qu'il s'initialise. Entoilage se dtend trs fort avec la chaleur dans la voiture. Pas de pilote fourni

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Very well done. Flies extremely well. Off on the grass easier. Good power with APC 10x7. quality / great price.
The propeller of the box not good. ESC capricious BIP BIP BIP BP .... Several tests before it starts. Interlining relaxes very hard with the heat in the car. No driver provided

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Jan 05, 2014

Received the Ryan in a good box. It was a little damaged on top of the fuselage because it was pushed to hard in a carton inner box. The model looks really great! Very nice details! Pity that the esc was not working out of the box! Not even a beep. Also the prop drill hole is not big enough and it is a bit risky to drill it bigger as you're not sure the center will stay exact. So I now have to buy a new prop and esc.
Still the model is a beauty!

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Dec 12, 2013

The plane is finished as Ryan-STM rather than STA and scale proportions are not close. The wing is shorter span wise and the tail is 'way long. The model is well made and the over all quality is good. BUT the plane is quite heavy for the size and it is too darn small! It flies at scale speeds of mach 2 and stalls at a fairly high airspeed. It would be okay for a scale racing plane. It also has a high speed aileron flutter, so don't get your hopes up. My little Ryan REQUIRES the Orange flight stabilizer to remain in control. This was even with the control throws reduced and CG moved forward by 1/4 inch. Turn off the stabilizer for the wild aerobatics. It flies best with the 1800 mAh nano-tech batteries - about 10 minutes of sustained aerobatics. It can do a very wicked KE-spin due to the high thrust line and drag from the wheel pants. It's just too small to be much fun.

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Aug 08, 2013

Great plane.. alot more maneurverable than I expected. Make sure battery is secure as I've had one come loose twice with bad results :( (I now velcro mine in place).. I also had a bad esc after the forth flight but easily replaced. Undercarraige holds up well on rough country grass sports oval.

Recommended ass third or forth plane... not for beginners.

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Jun 21, 2013

This is a fantastic plane. Great quality and long flight times. It is very aerobatic and fun to fly.

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Apr 22, 2013

brilliant plane build quality is exellent and arrived in good nick with all the bits and pieces. flew it today and cant pick a fault with it . if your into scale this is perfect, half throttle it will cruise around all day give it a poke and loops rolls and inverted are easy. love it .

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Mar 25, 2013

Model looks fantastic. It all arrived in pristine condition. All parts were included except a y lead which is required. One point that may be an issue is the landing gear. The wire leg is fine but the balsa strut meets with the wing only on shrink film. This may be an issue if you land heavy. (may force the strut through the film) I hav not flown it yet so cannot comment on that aspect.

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Mar 23, 2013

Great plane and easy to put together, The build looks and assembles really well. I have only had 1 flight with it till now as the weather hasn't been crash hot but it fly's like a dream.

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Feb 21, 2013

Unboxing - All parts were immaculately packaged and there was no noticeable damage due to transport - The only thing I found was some damage to the fuselage near the front of the airframe where it looks like the balsa has been pushed in by pressure and the film covering it is all wrinkly (which is a shame as it is a beautiful plane)

Assembly is super easy though make sure you read the instructions THOROUGHLY first!!!! I would put the decals on first on the wings before the wheels go on as it was a pain in the ass to align them with the wheels already installed.

One thing missing with this plane is a 'Y' lead for your ailerons - Another pain if you don't have one spare!!!!!!

In the manual it tells shows you where to put the string through if you haven't done this before it can be tricky as they are elastic. Also my only other qualm is that I didn't receive any elastic string or screws for the tail and it clearly shows in the pics that it is supposed to be there.

Flying is great - Smooth and nostalgic looking and is super quiet

Great balsa plane overall and cant wait to see more Durafly Balsa series models in the future