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Crack Yak Mini!

cwojcik

cwojcik

70cc twin V2
HuckinHavoc said:
Flew the Mini CY at the indoor fly-in last night. How did I like it? Well lets just say that I am super tired this morning because I didn't leave the facility until 3AM!

This thing is awesome. If you are on the fence just do yourself a favor and buy it. The stock power combo worked flawlessly. I was a little concerned about the stock tail servos because they seemed noisy and jittery on the bench but they seemed locked in in the air. Madien flight took couple clicks of trim on each control surface and the sevos held the trim for subsequent packs. I found the suggested CG to be right on and cut the battey sot right after the maiden.

This aircframe is capable of preforming any manuver you throw at it. I passed the controls off to a very talanted friend and it was like I was watching Cody's video in person and it was impressive. The roll rate is insane and this thing flys stiff and does not wander.

The only thing that I felt this airframe did not do as well as its larger counter part is super low speed super high alpha harriers. May have just been me and not being used to a new plane, but it seemed like if I got too high alpha it would want to break on me. However if you keep your airspeed up and your AoA more shallow it does fine. In fact, it does so well that this will be my go to plane for practicing rolling harriers indoors.

I just cant express enough how many manuvers you can fit into an area with this airframe. This airframe accels at high energy manuvers and rolling manuvers. The KE was locked in and no mixing was necessary.

I put the model through some durability testing. It is more fragile than the full size counterparts butmyou can still beat it around. I ended up cacking the wooden motor mount on the nose, but I continued to fly it like that all night and it was fine. I would suggest reinforcing this area by soaking the wood in thin CA or get the carbon kit.

This airframe has earned itself a perminate pot in my hanger so one I wear this one out I will build a version with the carbon upgrade kit.

Thanks to the design team at TH for putting in the work on this one, it really is alot of fun!
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That's pretty much exactly how I feel about this plane as well. I love it!

We have had a few people get the motor/ESC wet and sometimes it kills it and sometimes it's OK. So I would generally try not to get snow or water on it.

Semi-related: I managed put a Nano CPX battery through a whole wash cycle with one of my shirts. Works fine!
 
njswede

njswede

150cc
I've been busy playing with my big planes, so my Crack Yak Mini hasn't gotten much love. Big mistake! BIIIG mistake!!! I took it out in the backyard today and just flew it around the bushes and hovered two inches above ground and other silliness. This plane is a BLAST! It's so incredibly quick and maneuverable!
 
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