Is the 27% Extra 260 ARF a good start into giant scale?

[Miki74]

I had that 260 extra (hangar 9 ) in my garage. The power plant is the Evolution engines 45 gaser.
It will hawe the smoke tank and i am intrested is there something what i shud inspect or rebilt?

Servos it will be jr 8411 in all surfases and sulliwan sky writer is the smoke pump.
Reseaver is Jr 9ch Spcm
It will have 2 battrys for reseaver and one for the smoke pump and one fore the ignition.

I whud like to fly hard 3D whit the plane now i had the showtime whith the Os 120 surpass engine.
it work fine to me but the propeller is not good enougg 18*6W the engine do not take the right rpm 17*5W where right ? It whont jumph at hower ,,,,,,,,,,,,?

[Tailwind]

Hi,
I just maidened mine this morning, and it flew awesome with a DA50. Very stable in Harrier's and would hover awesome, also very stable and landed easy. I had heard on the web that the DA 50 was to heavy for this airplane and that it needed glow, IMHO it couldn't be farther from the truth....This is a great 50cc that fits in a sedan with the seat down. Allot easier to get to the field than my 30-35% aircraft where I unload the kids stuff out of the mini-van!

Dom

[Gus155]

Busy with mine now, but having problems getting the Moki 210, just wondering if any one has flown one of these with the OS BGX-1 35cc?

[hillmanr2]

I have about 60 flights on my h9 260 with a Moki 2.1 on a Cline pump. It flys awesome because it is at least a 1.2 lbs lighter than one with a DA-50. I Firmly believe a DA-50 is not a good choice for this plane. A DA-50 will easily pull around a bigger heavier 30% so why would you want to go smaller?

I had a Moki on hand before I got the plane so it was a good choice. Knowing what I know now I would not put a DA 50 on this plane. A guy at a club I belong to built one with a DA and smoke but I have not flown it yet. Unfortunately he used small (cheap) servos on the tail and is having problems.

The problems experienced on this plane are relatively minor. I replaced the linkage bolts right off the bat for $0.90. The gear delaminated but Horizon sent me aluminum free of charge. I put the tank on the cg and shimmed the stab halves with silicone. I have high end digi servos so no rudder problems. I love this plane and it flies great.

[niccolo98]

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[niccolo98]

im getting one also!

[hipollito]

I just got mine a month ago, and I have to say its beautiful, and Im using a DA 50, after a lot of afternoons reading forums and reading specs of the engines and airplanes, I think that the DA 50 is a good engine for the plane, Im just going to be careful about the weight, I alredady love this plane, and I haven´t flown it yet....

[youngflyer]

nick. are you going to use lipos or nimh? also dude stick with the zdz, you will save money in the long run and they have crazy power! ill be at the field tom if you want to pick up the motor

[mcflyboy]

they better fly good, i ordered mine on friday

[RH1N0]

Been flying mine for 3 months now and I am very pleased. It's my first gas/IMAC plane and is everything I was hoping for as a beginner in giant scale.

The landing gear cracked but I was expecting that from what I've read on various forums. I have been repairing it with CA which works fine until the next time I bounce the landing. Replacement (Graph Tech) gear is on its way.

DA50 on a Pitts muffler is a great combo IMHO. Weight wise, it's not a floater and I have wing rock in harrier (need to try spoileron mix) but it's not snappy when you pull full 3D elevator either. Power is awesome!

Here’s a few pic’s of my radio and tank install:

[feral63]

thanks jeremy,
have you got any pics of the the servo's in the tail.

	Quote: Originally Posted by RH1N0
	Been flying mine for 3 months now and I am very pleased. It's my first gas/IMAC plane and is everything I was hoping for as a beginner in giant scale. The landing gear cracked but I was expecting that from what I've read on various forums. I have been repairing it with CA which works fine until the next time I bounce the landing. Replacement (Graph Tech) gear is on its way. DA50 on a Pitts muffler is a great combo IMHO. Weight wise, it's not a floater and I have wing rock in harrier (need to try spoileron mix) but it's not snappy when you pull full 3D elevator either. Power is awesome! Here’s a few pic’s of my radio and tank install:

[CSpaced]

Here's my 2 cents worth...

The plane with the DA-50 will be ballistic - but it is heavy. I don't mean heavy like an anvil, but you can definately "feel" the weight of it on the landings. That being said you can do some beautiful landings with it. I pinned the firewall on mine with 1/8th inch dowels, and would highly recommend some sort of reinforcing there.

On my particular airplane the incidence on the wings and stabs was off a couple of degrees, I was impressed with its flying after this was fixed! Knife edge's became a whole lot easier! For 3d, I was able to do blenders without any problems, flat as a board and gently floating down. Hovering was pretty easy, although mine wasn't particularly tail heavy. Harriers upright gave a little wing rock, but inverted was solid. Harrier rolls were a blast, made me look like I knew what I was doing!

For IMAC, I only flew basic with it but once all the little flaws had been sorted the airplane tracked pretty good. It would bounce around more than the big guys but you could fly a straight line with it. I can't complain about it too much, it did get me a first place

Here's a clip of some goofing around with it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2Yd6If_4Pk

One thing I will say is that the DA-50 is a fantastic engine, very reliable and one helluva power house! The one thing I could never get over was how nervous I would feel with it when trying to perform slow manouvers like harriers....I just never felt confident that it wouldn't stall out on me....but then that could have just been me. It is a pretty airplane to look at as well

I have a bunch of pics from the build here:
http://www.collectivelyspaced.com/mo...view_album.php