Finished Extra 260 27%!

[gnirwin]

Looks good, thanks for the post, i'm thinking of getting one of these some time soon

[go29kev]

looks good i have had 3 of them and the bigest problems is the poor glueing from h9 and the week main gear. a piece of advice is to go over all the joints that you can reach with thin ca. there are a lot of threads on here about the h9-260 and over and over the glue joints are a weak point in the plane. and a rep from h9 admitted to me that the gear was weak. it adds a little weight but not enough to matter but i would get a alum replacement. but over all i love the plane.
like i have posted a few times in other post i have a g-62 on mine with smoke and it weighed in at 15.5-16#'s and never tried to fly ""heavy"" just took a little controll on the left stick and the controll was great.

[en1]

Watch the landing gear for delamination and I would do the extra battery I run the 5200mah fromeco and I can fly most of the day on a single charge ... when landing remember to keep a couple clicks of throttle on till it is just about to touch down .......other than that have fun you will like it I like mine .....good luck

[Chrisk7]

I have this plane with a BME 50 and a JTEC pitts muffler. It flies good. I think mine is around 14 or 15 lbs. It is a bit on the heavy side but I've added a piece of aluminum to the inside of the landing gear to strengthen it up.
Be sure to double check your control throws unlike I did. The first couple flights I just about did the plane in. I hadn't noticed that I had two different end points on the elevators and once fixed I love it now.
I'm running NiMh 6v on the rec. and a NiMh AA pack for the ign. I have tried a few different props and like the NX, PT Carbon, and Vess.
I did manage to break the tail wheel off last time. The metal wire broke right at the carbon pivot point.

Some people don't like the Sullivan Tail wheel brackets but I seem to have the best luck with them myself.

[Chrisk7]

By the way I am running 5625's on the elevators and 5645's on the ailerons and a 5945 on the rudder.
I also put a smoke system in mine but have since removed it to save some weight.

Sure LOVE the gas. So easy to tune and run.

[Andre Heins]

Thanx for this! Im thinking of getting one for me...
But I have a ZDZ 40 no hands.. im wondering if it will be enough for all imac/3D

[bradyrc]

I flew one of these for a while on the Saito 220, ended up getting rid of the motor because it had a drinking problem. Put a DA 50 on the nose and it was ballistic, great begginer plane for moving up to the big stuff. Definitely stay on the throtle until you have the mains on the ground.

[SPL]

You should be alright with the ZDZ40. Mine has an Evolution 45 (43cc) with Vess 22A and has great vertical and decent punch from hover.

[Andre Heins]

Ty, SPL! Great help!

[Gus155]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Andre Heins
	Thanx for this! Im thinking of getting one for me... But I have a ZDZ 40 no hands.. im wondering if it will be enough for all imac/3D

Andre, I have flown one with a ZDZ 40, and it was ballistic. motor was on a can, not sure which one though.
Mine has a Moki 180 in it and its lots of fun.

[McFueler]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Andre Heins
	Thanx for this! Im thinking of getting one for me... But I have a ZDZ 40 no hands.. im wondering if it will be enough for all imac/3D

I have flown one with the ZDZ 40 and it flies it OK but that is not going to be a 3D machine with that motor , my friend that has this plane wants to sell it because he has moved up to bigger planes , don't know how much he wants for it but I could ask .

[Andre Heins]

Thanx guys...
McFueler, I live in Brazil, but ty for the post...

I already have the ZDZ 40, and dont know what plane to buy...

[zoomer260]

	Quote: Originally Posted by Gus155
	Andre, I have flown one with a ZDZ 40, and it was ballistic. motor was on a can, not sure which one though. Mine has a Moki 180 in it and its lots of fun.

Do you have your Moki mounted horizontal and does it clear the cowl? I have a Moki 1.80 (finest running 2-stroke glow I ever had) and a good deal on the H-9 260. However I do not want to mount the engine inverted or cut a big round hole in the cowl.

[bsipro]

Hey Nick,
Nice plane, I picked mine up over the summer It flys great. my is Electric 13lb w/li-po's 2700.watts w/22"x10 Xoar prop.
the landing gear is real weak once it delame's put them in a vise and use some thin CA it will hold for a while. also be shure to use blue loctite on all the control linkage screws.

enjoy
Ron

[Gus155]

	Quote: Originally Posted by zoomer260
	Do you have your Moki mounted horizontal and does it clear the cowl? I have a Moki 1.80 (finest running 2-stroke glow I ever had) and a good deal on the H-9 260. However I do not want to mount the engine inverted or cut a big round hole in the cowl.

theres plenty space betweenthe head and the cowl with the 180, and even the 210 will fit with out cutting.
its horizontal, and i am using the large volume bisson pitts style muffler, running 0%nitro, and 20% castor based oil.