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Thanks a lot !

Thank you very much 😊

Hello , Merci beaucoup 😁🥂

You're welcome Cptmjr, glad you liked it ! Fly safe

Good morning Sir, I'm not in VTOL, i'm affraid not to be the good contact

Yes indeed,it looks like a Swift S1 and ... it's a Swift S1 at my eyes. Fying weight start around 200 gr with 4 servos, a micro Rx (Orange 4ch or 6 channels DSM2/DSMx) and a lipo 1S to power the electronic. It's a real GREAT glider fitted with s Selig S3021 airfoil that works VERY well. I'm currently working on teh 3meters span version...

@@frwy1 Where do you have the cg?

@@SoaringExperience CoG is 5.5cm from the leading edge measured at wing root. It can be moved a bit backward if needed.

@@frwy1 thanks a lot!!!

@@SoaringExperience you're welcome Sir ;-)

Merci ! :)

Bonjour, C'est une conception perso

Slope soaring allows to glide for hours without engine. The longer flight i performed was 3h30 minutes. I landed the glider just because the night was falling and my receiver's battery was reaching its limit 😊

Hi ! I set a control throw of +/- 30° at the AILERONS with 45% expo and a lower rate - something like +/- 20° with 60% expo (used when there is a lot of wind / turbulences); +/- 45° at the RUDDER with 65% expo ; +/- 40° at ELEVATOR with 65% expo for the "3D" settings and +/- 30° with 45% expo for the "Landing mode" that avoid the plane to be too much touchy at the elevator during final approach and landing. I use 2200mAh 3S 40c lipo pushed as forward as possible to balance the plane correctly. I hope this can Help.

You're Welcome. 2200mAh 3S 40c provide already endless vertical climbs. No need to go 4S imho, it will just increase a lot the plane's weight and probably will fries the provided ESC. If you want to replace something, remove the genuine 11x5.5 prop and replace it with an apc style 12x6 or a 12x6 Xoar wood prop. That's all. You will have a VERY powerfull aircraft able to perform any kind of aerobatics. Cheers

Hi Jan, the Green is the second (new) version of the MXs. Mine is Yellow and the color holds VERY WELL, no problem about that - Great Quality ! Best regards

Bonjour Erick, J'ai fais un test de vol en salle samedi matin propulsé en 2S. Sur une salle moyenne (notre gymnase fait un peu plus de la longueur d'un terrain de basket "pro") pas de problème ça vole sans utiliser les volet de portance et ça voltige gentilment. Je testerai propulsé en 3s samedi prochain pour voir ce que ça donne avec plus de puissance. Je posterai une video dès que possible.

Voilà le test en 3S (450mAh) - donc avion lourd - fait samedi dernier ruclips.net/video/p39-KBu-XZ8/видео.html

@@frwy1 Merci pour la vidéo. Notre salle et un peu plus petite mais je pense que ça devrait le faire avec peut être un pouième de volet ;)

Hi Sir, This plane is an EXCELLENT plane to perform classic aerobatic flight, even when it's fitted with it's genuine propeller. Anyway, i recommand to replace the genuine prop with an APC style 12x6 propeller that give it more torque, more power and a better handling at low speed . i use these propellers (just have to drill them at the good diameter to fit the engine's prop holder) : hobbyking.com/fr_fr/apc-style-propeller-12x6-bone-ccw-1pc.html Enjoy your flights with this plane ! Best regards

thank you very much ... in my hobby shop they have this plane and they still have an Akromaster Pro plane .. multiplex "but it is once so more expensive !! it is so much better ?? thank you. and I am sending a greeting from the city of Prague .. Jan.

@@jannovak2234 i never piloted a Multiplex Acromaster yet but it seems it's a also a very nice plane - may be more oriented on 3D flight performance. Any way all the Multiplex models are generaly VERY WELL engeneered so that can explain the price... But if you lok for an affordable aerobatic foamie, the FMS MXS is a great plane. I still have mine and fly it often. Cheers

Merci 😉

Thanks ! It was with 2s lipo. I fly her with 450mAh 3S now and the gain of power suits her very well.

@@frwy1 I start again to build planes following a loss of my material. A plane like yours suits me very well, I keep your videos in my playlist! Maybe I would build the same ... Thank you for sharing from France / Nantes

@@mekateknik3717 je dois finaliser le plan dès que possiblr puis je le partagerai. Le Piper on the rocks avec des débattements réduits peut servir d'avion école, tant pour le pilotage que sa construction. Bonne soirée !

Hi Giovanni, It's in French but i think the pictures are rather explicit. This is a "how to" i made for some friends : lamarles.1fr1.net/t19-arcus-airy-780-comment-transformer-ce-planeur-lance-main-en-planeur-r-c I hope this can help ! This little glider is so great for soaring in a smooth breeze Enjoy !

Bonjour Pascal, je les ai fabriqué moi même, imprimées sur du papier décalcomanie

@@frwy1 ok bon ben je vais faire comme ça hihihi merci de ta réponse

Hola usted me puede pasar los planos de este avion gracias

Hi Ruudy, Thanks for your kind words ! I wish you good luck for the maiden flight of your Skyraider - Think do switch the flight stabilizer on "advanced mode" if you are a classic R/c pilot because in "beginner mode" the stabilizator induce pretty weird reactions in my opinion (the plane don't stop to try to return on an horizontal flight and other things pretty annoying when you are used to pilot a plane) Enjoy your Skyraider !

@@frwy1 That's what all the stabilizers do in beginners mode, even the Eflite Safe mode's. But thanks for the tip, now waiting for some calm weather

Hi Mathieu, the Skyraider's wheels are rather small so it may be difficult to take off from rough grass but not impossible in my humble opinion because the brushless is powerfull and can pull the skyraider in the air after something like 5 meters if needed. No problem to take off from a golf curse or short cutted grass, as you can see on this video (it's the same plane) : ruclips.net/video/cEJT9zvvLJg/видео.html Thanks for your kind words and Enjoy your Skyraider, it's a very nice plane to fly (once the stabilizer is set on "advanced mode") Greetings from France

Hi ! Give me the size of your lipo, i will tell you.

Thank you very much Bob !

Hello ! Yes, i made a mini build thread on RcGroups. It's available here : www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?2870701-Causemann-s-FOX-EPP-120cm-span-glider The Green White Red Fox EPP is painted with acrylic paint before the wing was covered with thin laminating film. On our second Fox Epp i just used red oracover applied on the laminating film. I made a little upgrade on the White / Red : the rear part of the fuselage was a bit too soft so i covered it a few days ago with thin laminating film (i started to apply the film from a few centimeters before the wing's trailing edge and stoped it at the rear point of the fuselage). That extra strength improved A LOT my glider and didn't affected so much the CoG. This glider needs a bit of work to be built (all the space needed into the fuselage have to be dug) but she flies VERY well into winds from 10/15 Km/h up to 40/45Km/h (without ballast). I highly recommand it to fly on small slopes / close of the pilot. Anyway She's not a "VTPR" / real 3D stunt glider but she allows to have a lot of fun with a near crash proof glider that looks like a real glider and as you seen on the video, you can even use it at "combat" :-p Feel free to post questions on the build thread, i will answer with pleasure ! Greetings from Southern France

Thanks a lot agaskahn! Yes of course i have : See here for the last one i made this summer : ruclips.net/video/s0qhn746pL4/видео.html See here for the maiden flight made during Winter 2016 : ruclips.net/video/3E95vcXh5JI/видео.html Enjoy !

Thanks for the link.

You're Welcome !

Hi, "Did you manage to do FPV while recording HD video at the same time?" : Yes, exactly. I use a Mobius action cam plugged on its FPV craddle. The recording is launched from the ground before take off. Here is a video from another YT user that explain how it works (but there is a lot of other video speaking about that subject) : ruclips.net/video/dlvL3dglYj0/видео.html I hope this can help :-) Cheers !

frwy1 Great, thank you!

You're welcome

Thx

Thank you so much for your kind words Gary (and also for the design of the Swinger !), the more i pilot my swinger, the most i love it !!

Thanks a lot Andy ! Yes, indeed, the escort fighter was my friend J.P. 's "playmobil glider" - modified as a Rc glider - He maidened that toy while i was taking some videos of the CL-415 ;-p

Hi Eric, i have no 2S with enough power to perform this test, sorry. I'm not sure that plane with the genuine brushless can fly with a 2S only (CoG issue and probably not enough RPM on the prop)

Hi ! Thank you so much Rob for your kind words :-)

Thanks a lot ! About the close call, yes, the glider suffered a kind of dynamic stall - all my fault, i asked it a bit too much on the ailerons at this time. I use a Mobius cam with A lens on my cap and for the inflight scenes, that was a Mobius B lens put on my glider's back with velcro and secured with some blenderm strips (a surgical adhesive tape)

You might like the new Mobius Mini then as it's only 28g so the little fella will be able to carry it in lighter winds. I have the A lens set to narrow but a B lens has just come on sale www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2697022&pp=100

Many Thanks for the infomation about Mobius Mini, i will look that cam (may be Santa could bring me one of these ... ;-p )

About the SFG "not stuck yet" would be more true - I wanted them to be removable but had no time to modify them so... i finaly stuck them on the wing a couple of week ago. The good : The plane is much more easy to fly knife edge with them and also have better trajectories (no "ass twisting" anymore - sorry i don't know the correct words in English). Snap rolls are also a bit less violents with them but you always can increase the control throws to correct that point ;-) The not so good : The plane is more sensible to cross winds - but nothing crippling. it just need to play a bit more with the rudder stick

Your english is fine. I understand what you mean by "ass twisting" ha ha .. I added these same SFG's to my FMS Edge 540 and it changed the flight characteristics dramatically.

yes, i bought new batteries and all was ok - it's the second time i have nanotech batteries that died after few a bunch of month and only a couple of charge... No problem anymore withe the zippy 2200mAh 40c 3S. Ok for the CoG location, i will try to move it backward ;-).

Hi, unfortunately i don't have something to measure the static trust sharply but the weight ratio 1:1.3 is probably right - the plane have enough power to climb verticaly hanged at his prop but it's not a beast of power

Somethings not right with yours. I also don't know the numbers on mine but their is plenty of power for prop hangs. I also have a FMS Edge 540 and I'm pretty sure the motor i received did not measure up to all the reviews I have seen. Finally replaced it with a different brand and size.

That can be a solution. I have a Turnigy 3639 1100Kv brushless. I might replace the stock engine with this theoricaly more powerfull turnigy Green Rectangle RC

yes it is, it's sad that Robbe stoped to sell this little jewel.

Yes, i did. The plane behavior is FAR FAR better !! The video is here : ruclips.net/video/I36o7LXefv0/видео.html best regards !

Yes indeed, this slope have near no Land Zone excepted some bushes and rocks here and there. The wind was weak and the gusts was often 90° from the slope too (the slope is facing south and near all the wind gusts came from the West). The RR wing tips stall as soon as the air speed decrease to much (you can see it just before the last turn) obliging to land the model with a rather high speed for the narrowness of the "landing zone". I would have been better to land in the field at the bottom of the slope.

Mine used to drop a wing and spiral in until I added 10g of nose weight.Sorted!

i use a 1300mAh 2S lipo + a micro 4ch RX and a old 10A ESC used as a UBEC. My CoG setting is near the indicated one (may be some millimeters more forward). It's good for weak conditions but as soon as the wind is stronger, her nose want to raise each time i have to accelerate so i think i will move a bit backward the CoG. At low speed my RR also drop a wing and start a spiral but just have to gather some speed to recover.

So many planes are tail heavy in the kits with the recommended power and motor. Is this plane tail heavy as well or nice CG. Tail heavy makes moderate experience flyers a handful sometimes

Hi Ed, The indicated CoG is just "SPOT" for 3D flights and the Troll is able to accept to be centered VERY tail heavy before to have a too bad behavior. That's the most funny plane i ever piloted and a really must to have. if you need my settings / engine / esc... feel free to ask best regards

Thanks for the answer. Looks like a fun flyer. Got a couple of kits to build then this might be next on the list. I like biplanes and this one looks cute. Ed

Thanks a lot, Build a troll !! ;-)

+Mitterz Hi Mitterz, nothing special : find a slope that face the wind, with no trees in front of the slope, easy to access if it's your first time at the slope and NEVER fly behind the top of the slope, stay in the "wind wave" created by the slope and surf it flying from left to right and right to left some meters in front of the slope's top. If it's your first time at the slope : Never turn facing the slope. If your glider fly with the slope at its right, turn left when you will have to turn. Choose a day with a wind around 15 to 25 Km/h - no more. Enjoy your flights !

+Brevard Rioux i just let the panels at their place, stuck with some "patafix". I also put some masking tape between the engine, the armament bay and their panels to protect them during the weathering and the painting of the plane.

frwy1 thanks

you're welcome - sorry for the answer's delay.

+Niels Bos Thank you so much Niels !