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  1. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Okay, they need to come with a tube on each side with pull strings! (and not in the way of the pull/pull or push/pull rudder setups). And, longer ends on the strings than the pull thread used for the ailerons, that thread was just barely long enough to be usable. And, how have your hatches been...
  2. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    It wasn't my idea! This plane has a mind of its own! haha
  3. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    I tell Tavis all the time... I can't believe me and Randy have not starting flying together yet! But, really, I've been assembling planes since I came back. :O Time to get out and fly! We can get better together! I'm hoping to get a lot better! Just need to fly more and assemble less! :yesss:
  4. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Ah, sounds like me and Terry, then. :)
  5. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Did yours have all this X bracing up and down the fuse? I'm so glad it is there now that I am flying it, but I was wishing I had tiny hands and long thin flexible arms when I was putting gear in there! I was cursing Tony, haha, but now I'm happy for all that bracing. I did chop some wood out of...
  6. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Agreed, I have always shot for the same. Which brings up the question, would this plane be tailheavy or noseheavy to Spats?
  7. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Okay guys... this motor is still not broken in and already it has ripped the following 3 props: 32-10 Mejzlik 31-12 Falcon 32-11w Falcon What should I get to calm this engine down? A 32-12? I'm not even sure that will do it...
  8. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    This plane, probably, yes. I am an IMAC and Freestyle guy, I might be better at IMAC, actually. In the past I have typically had all my planes closer to an IMAC setup than a Freestyle setup. Neutral at best, slightly nose heavy more likely. I went pull/pull rudder for that reason. And, ended up...
  9. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Oh, I definitely like it. :epic:
  10. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Well, you know, if the CHP was different I could fly it like Gabby. hehe Hey, that should be a new RC saying, "Fly it like Gabby!"
  11. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Thanks, the color scheme is really working for me in the air... I need all the help I can get because my eyes, they are not so good.
  12. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    video capture:
  13. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Looks good, brother!
  14. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Ah, okay, thanks for the info Terry, as always! :)
  15. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Yeah, the 3W on the blue Votec was head and shoulders above the rest. Idled down to nothing, smooth as silk, and had more power than the 170s. This DA is like that one. I was totally happy with the one in the Sukhoi, it shot out of a hover on the 3rd flight on video... but this one is smoother...
  16. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Thanks, Xpress! This isn't the official video, or anything, I have some ideas for one when I get the prop sorted out and get a little more familiar with the plane.... but Butch shot this one today so I thought to post it:
  17. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    That's Tavis' theory. It's worked for him on his last several Walbro carbs. He's convinced. My carb is still acting up, and likes to be started at 1/3 to 1/2 throttle. And, really only started after the oiling when it was at 1/3 to 1/2 throttle. It might have started that way without the oiling...
  18. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    My new buddy, John, at the field is always working on hovering. He asked me for tips, I flew his plane and told him to take out half of the expo... told him it was making his inputs too late. He changed to less expo and it smoothed him right out, too.
  19. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    I'm thrown by expos this year. I always ran between 60-80% on high rates (negative expo on a Futaba). That wasn't working on the H9 Sukhoi so I ended up liking 0% on the elevator, positive 20% on the rudder (yes, reverse expo), and negative 40% on the ailerons. On the AW Yak55 I ran 0 elevator...
  20. Joe Hunt

    Pilot RC 122" Extra 330SC

    Thanks, Robbins... I'll keep it around for radio setup on the ground... but I won't fly it, thanks. :)
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