gyro
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[MENTION=109]NJSwede[/MENTION] how is your durability testing going on the Aerobeez EPP Sbach? I'd assume they'd perform similarly.
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njswede
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Pretty good so far! I smashed it into a small tree ans all that broke was the prop. If it's anything like the Sbach, it's awesome!
I have the 130gm 870kv one. About a 100 flights on it, equal number of 3,and 4cell flights. I oil with Scorpion Motor Lube once in a while, so after only 100 flights I'm not qualified for a trustworthy evaluation of durability.
This is my 5th plane out of this factory. All have been quite tolerant of life's sudden stops :facepalm:. If people find a problem with a design, the factory generally, and quietly, improves the design mid run to constantly up the reliability of the product.
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Well I've lived with this plane a while now. I have since bought the new V2 Slick out of the same factory as well (Skywing not Aerobeez).
I've had a few of these 48in EPP planes now, so here is my personal preferences in the order that I bought them.
Full fuse Edge over the flatter built up fuse older MXS
Edge over New full fuse MXS
Aerobeez Extra over Edge
Aerobeez Extra over new V2 Slick
They are all great fun, but the Extra has a wider flight envelope to me. A shift in CoG has her flying wild and low on a calm day, or straight with good manners on a breezy day. Flies like an Extra, so not the most floaty of the bunch, but it's the least limiting, so a few more random whims are exercised per outing. Also lands the best.
I've had a few of these 48in EPP planes now, so here is my personal preferences in the order that I bought them.
Full fuse Edge over the flatter built up fuse older MXS
Edge over New full fuse MXS
Aerobeez Extra over Edge
Aerobeez Extra over new V2 Slick
They are all great fun, but the Extra has a wider flight envelope to me. A shift in CoG has her flying wild and low on a calm day, or straight with good manners on a breezy day. Flies like an Extra, so not the most floaty of the bunch, but it's the least limiting, so a few more random whims are exercised per outing. Also lands the best.
So I've ruined my horizontal stabilizer\elevator during an encounter with a chunk of ice while taxiing. I'll fix an aileron, or rudder, but I'm not keen on fixing the horizontal stabilizer, when they go it is often dirt nap time. This fix will add too much weight to the plane in a place quite far from the CoG, and I'd not trust it 100%. Mostly it's a trust thing since I most often fly near a school\library\church. I'd never hear the end of it should I ding some marm's Volvo.
So has anyone crunched a fuselage, and now has a tail surface to sell me. I'd buy the rudder as well.
Will Aerobeez start to offer parts support for the 48in planes, like they do for the larger ones.
I'd like to buy another Extra for strictly 3 cell use, and I'll do it if parts are available.
So has anyone crunched a fuselage, and now has a tail surface to sell me. I'd buy the rudder as well.
Will Aerobeez start to offer parts support for the 48in planes, like they do for the larger ones.
I'd like to buy another Extra for strictly 3 cell use, and I'll do it if parts are available.
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gyro
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Did you reach them on the FB page?
I'm one of statistics who " should not be trusted, are likely antisocial to a criminal extent " as I have no FB dealings. (British FB study)
I was able to get through during business hours by phone. The extremely helpful lad on CS said he'd sell me a tail and ship it with the planes I ordered. I wasn't expecting that as parts are not mentioned on the site. Might be a one off, as they personally may have needed a couple spare fuselages during photo shoots, and had spare tail feathers about the shop.
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