Specs called for a Power 46 size motor and 6S so a Suppo 4120 620kv motor was used along with 13×8 APC prop and Multistar 8000mAh 10C battery. I would use electric since I like it and haven’t built or flown nitro anything for over 30 years.
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Free shipping on one of their specials was even better. The $129 price from Tower was really good for an all balsa ARF of this size and quality. This was a gorgeous plane that I really liked right up until it left the ground.
When you lose both you’ll likely be taking your plane home in the proverbial box.
I tell the guys I train to fly that two of the most important things among many while flying are altitude and power. A pure waste of money and a nice looking model. So of course I tried a loop and roll and managed to pull them off but at some point it slowed down too much too low, dropped a wing and went in. But just carefully flying it around “scale” going “ooh aah” wasn’t quite the thrill I was expecting. Seemed like it barely had enough power to stay out of trouble. Took out the AS3X and installed a Futaba receiver. This is another one of those planes I should have just hung up as a display. All I can say is it’s a good thing the real one doesn’t fly like the model. Icon A5Īlways thought the real Icon A5 was an interesting personal aircraft so when a local guy sold the RC version for $80, I gave it a go. The wings survived and are on the mock-up for Aero Odie. Made quite the “thump.” After launching my hands into the air as if to proclaim, “GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!,” I heard someone say, “Well, wasn’t expecting that.” Yeah, me either.
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That along with split-second indecision of how to recover from an ill executed looping something-er-other saw the plane go straight in at full throttle. But I was flying it as a sport glider anyway doing some aerobatic maneuvers that started becoming a little more aggressive than the plane could deliver. The plane wasn’t quite up to the sporting nature of say the Durafly Excalibur or even a strong-motored Phoenix 1600 for example, even with the motor swap. This is one of the only planes I have ever destroyed completely due to total pilot error. 28mm is the max motor size unless the pod is modded to accommodate something bigger. I felt the plane was slightly under-powered so I swapped the motor and upped the KV a little. Disengaging crow just before touchdown isn’t always easy to remember. I had setup crow to slow it down and grass would catch in the control horns. This low wing also put the flaps in harm’s way if you used them for landing. When this would happen, which was often, the impact would pull a wing loose at the root regardless how tight the wing spar clamps were screwed down. The biggest issue is because the wings sit so low, it was nearly impossible to land perfectly flat every time so a wingtip didn’t catch the grass and jerk the plane sideways. I usually build a skid out of carbon fiber to help keep the rudder up out of harm’s way. The rudder hits the grass and is eventually ripped loose at the foam hinge. First thing I noticed is the rudder hangs below the tail slightly and it was partially detached due to landing on grass. It’s good size at about 1650mm and flew very well.
Here’s a plane that flew very well but had some annoying design flaws.
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