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First the good news, the basic model goes together well and performs well in the air. Being a Texan, it is nice and stable but goes where you point it, a good all round performer. Now this is the first ARF that I have put together from Vietnam, and the overall presentation is equal to the early Chinese ARFs. In point form:
1. Plastic aelron torque rode link snapped as soon as it was screwed down onto the threaded torque rod, plastic too brittle.
2. Aelron servo tray missing
3. Retract servo tray was warped and did not fit into the hole in the wing.
4. Control horns were of the same hard plastic as the aelron connectors so I replaced all with Robarts.
5. The servo tray in the fuse is one sheet of 2mm ply, no added supports for servo screws.
6. With standard servos fitted there is no way to slide the tank in past the servos. If the tank is in you cannot get the the centre servo screws.
7. There is no rearward support for the tank, ie: it is free to slide back against the servos.
The retracts supplied as optional extras work very well, the alluminium side brackets making for a very sturdy setup.
This model was setup with an RCV58CD 4 stroke which is capable of ROG and flying at scale speeds on half throttle, not that it has spent much time on half throttle.
The stall is very slow, you practically have to bring the model to a halt, but it does drop a wing when pushed, so caution.
Make sure you have the dual rates setup in your tranny, especially aelrons and elevators, as the recomended throws are very sensitive, I ended up setting max rates to 50% more than the recommended minimum rates, and low rates to 50% of that.
If you have some building experience then the shortfalls wont be a problem and the finished model is worth the effort.
Rating:  [4 of 5 Stars!] |
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