Terryscustom
640cc Uber Pimp
OK, so I was talking with Herve at PAU last week about something non related and happened to mention that I am dismantling a 60cc plane that I had built for IMAC (Sold it because I quickly learned IMAC is more fun with a larger plane). So now I have a plane full of equipment on the shelf.....and we all know that's not a good thing!!!
So Herve mentioned he has a fresh batch of 30% Sukhoi planes all with the latest structure and design looking for homes. I have to say that I've tried a few "Yak's" in my day and never really felt at home with them and never really thought about a "Sukhoi". After a few E-mails and watching a few videos I was pretty excited about this design so I said "let's do this"!!!
I bought my first PAU a few years ago immediately after returning from Joe Nall and seeing them in action and one thing that attracted me was that they are very scale looking planes and yet they have excellent performance! After looking at the website it even says right on the page "A Sukhoi that really looks like the SU-26!" http://flypau.com/5060cc-c-1_4/sukhoi-su-26m-50-to-60cc-p-12.html I did some poking and the performance in the videos looks great. Having designed a few planes of my own I know that good looks and great performance are two things that are really hard to combine.
- I am going to do a few fun things with this build, first off a build thread (Welcome! glad you made it here!).
- The second is I am going to do another thread or article as a "mini how to..." with regards to "tuning an airframe" buy doing knife edge mixing and other helpful setup tips. You paid for it, put that fancy computer radio to work or you are cheating yourself!!
- The third is we are taking this thing on a Fall PAU / GSN tour! First stop will be the Black Hills Huckfest next week, then I'm going to shoot for Council Bluffs labor day, DesMoines Huckfest in Sept. and maybe the Tulsa 3D bash in October. If you are there, and want to fly it, I'll wireless buddy box you as long as you write your name down. I want to see how many people I can get to fly this thing before Winter!!!
So, box showed up late today, lets take a look at this thing and get to work!!!
So Herve mentioned he has a fresh batch of 30% Sukhoi planes all with the latest structure and design looking for homes. I have to say that I've tried a few "Yak's" in my day and never really felt at home with them and never really thought about a "Sukhoi". After a few E-mails and watching a few videos I was pretty excited about this design so I said "let's do this"!!!
I bought my first PAU a few years ago immediately after returning from Joe Nall and seeing them in action and one thing that attracted me was that they are very scale looking planes and yet they have excellent performance! After looking at the website it even says right on the page "A Sukhoi that really looks like the SU-26!" http://flypau.com/5060cc-c-1_4/sukhoi-su-26m-50-to-60cc-p-12.html I did some poking and the performance in the videos looks great. Having designed a few planes of my own I know that good looks and great performance are two things that are really hard to combine.
- I am going to do a few fun things with this build, first off a build thread (Welcome! glad you made it here!).
- The second is I am going to do another thread or article as a "mini how to..." with regards to "tuning an airframe" buy doing knife edge mixing and other helpful setup tips. You paid for it, put that fancy computer radio to work or you are cheating yourself!!
- The third is we are taking this thing on a Fall PAU / GSN tour! First stop will be the Black Hills Huckfest next week, then I'm going to shoot for Council Bluffs labor day, DesMoines Huckfest in Sept. and maybe the Tulsa 3D bash in October. If you are there, and want to fly it, I'll wireless buddy box you as long as you write your name down. I want to see how many people I can get to fly this thing before Winter!!!
So, box showed up late today, lets take a look at this thing and get to work!!!
