Great Planes Giant Scale Reactor

[SleepyC]

Great Planes Giant Scale...

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[2robinhood]

Is the prop really close to the ground?
Landing gear looks some what low.
Will a grass field be an issue with prop strikes?

[DEVZAK9]

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	Is the prop really close to the ground? Landing gear looks some what low. Will a grass field be an issue with prop strikes?

Its close but its not an issue and i fly off of a grass field and it clears it fine you just need to put bigger wheels on it so you can keep your wheel pants up out of the grass so they will last longer if you are going to put them on

[ken6881]

there are no issues with blade strikes i fly off of a grass field and its not even close to an issue. with stock wheels

[DEVZAK9]

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	there are no issues with blade strikes i fly off of a grass field and its not even close to an issue. with stock wheels

Do you have the wheelpants on yours?

[SportFlyer]

I thought I covered most posts on the three sites I'm on but I see one slipped by. Here is what I posted...

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	Just a heads up.....CHECK YOUR STABS !!! I was just out re-tuning my engine for 50:1 (finally off of break in oil) and noticed while cleaning the Reactor up that the stab is loose on the left hand side as seen from the rear. I used Gorilla Glue and you can clearly see where it cracked the length of the stab along the fuse, top and bottom. I'll probably see if I can make it sturdy enough with triangle stock glued against it and the fuse. That was one of the few things that I didn't like about the Reactor was one: the one piece stab, and two: the way it is attached to the fuse by just the thin balsa sides of the fuse and nothing in the middle of it !!! This is after about the eighth flight..the last two or three I've been doing a few high speed walls and so far this is the only problem that I've found and hopefully the last for awhile...

[Jkoch713]

IF the gear is too soft, just mold some up with fiberglass!..... Takes very little time and your gear will
last a long time....
It is what I did with the .46 reactor...
turned out well...... I just used the stock gear as the mold and pancaked it together, let dry and
poped it off the next day....
Turned out great...

[fritzdecat]

The gear do not sound like the issue The Stabs do...

[pfoil]

	Quote: Originally Posted by SportFlyer
	I thought I covered most posts on the three sites I'm on but I see one slipped by. Here is what I posted... "This is after about the eighth flight..the last two or three I've been doing a few high speed walls and so far this is the only problem that I've found and hopefully the last for awhile...

I'd say that is your fault, not the air frames
Very few air frames can take the punishment of high speed walls. Especially ARF's.

The stressed placed on the airframe during that type of action is intense.
If you know the stabs are not supported with some sort of a wing tube, you should know better than ripping high speed walls.

But please, continue to do them.
Have fun. Please get it all on video.

[SportFlyer]

Let me guess...you don't have a 50cc Reactor do you???

That is OK go to the Great Planes website and download and take a look at the pdf for the manual and pay close attention to how the stab is 1: constructed (hint solid one piece) and 2: mounted...then get back to me.

All I'm trying to do is warn people that bought the plane to fly it as it was advertised, to be a 3D plane. And to any future builders that my want to strenghthen that area of the plane. The Reactor comes out nose heavy with a gasser anyway so there is really nothing to lose.

[Bob B]

I have been flying mine alot so far this year I fly from a grass field I fly 3D and have had no problem with any part of the plane

[pfoil]

Actually I do own a Giant Scale Reactor. I placed a DA-50 in mine. Upon completing the airframe the plane balanced per the manual with no additional weight needed. (perhaps you should actually ready the manual and follow the instructions Great planes included for the proper mounting of a gas engine.) After several flights on mine I find the plane to be quite lively, and durable. But then again, I would never subject any of my airplanes to a high speed wall.

Let me add that I believe high speed walls are not a 3D maneuver. They are a moronic maneuver.
3D is usually flown at fairly low speeds (with some exceptions of course).
A high speed wall is just a way to show an audience that :
a) you are wealthy and do not respect your equipment nor do you care for it
or
b) you have a need for people to like you, and you feel that doing brash stunts will gain their acceptance and make you "cool".

Seriously high speed walls are equivalent to repeatedly driving a car towards a brick wall at high speeds, slamming on the brakes and attempting to have the car stop within one inch of the wall. Eventually your going to have a crash. When this crash happened would you ring the auto manufacturer and claim they were responsible for said crash?

[SleepyC]

Watching this guys. Come on.
Keep it on point.

[DEVZAK9]

Where do yall have your CG for 3D at i have mine balanced on the wing tube and it doesnt like to go into hovers and it really doesnt like to swing the tail around in rollers

[SportFlyer]

	Quote: Originally Posted by DEVZAK9
	Where do yall have your CG for 3D at i have mine balanced on the wing tube and it doesnt like to go into hovers and it really doesnt like to swing the tail around in rollers

About 7 1/8" from leading edge at the fuselage...

[SportFlyer]

	Quote: Originally Posted by pfoil
	Actually I do own a Giant Scale Reactor. I placed a DA-50 in mine. Upon completing the airframe the plane balanced per the manual with no additional weight needed. (perhaps you should actually ready the manual and follow the instructions Great planes included for the proper mounting of a gas engine.) After several flights on mine I find the plane to be quite lively, and durable. But then again, I would never subject any of my airplanes to a high speed wall. Let me add that I believe high speed walls are not a 3D maneuver. They are a moronic maneuver. 3D is usually flown at fairly low speeds (with some exceptions of course). A high speed wall is just a way to show an audience that : a) you are wealthy and do not respect your equipment nor do you care for it or b) you have a need for people to like you, and you feel that doing brash stunts will gain their acceptance and make you "cool". Seriously high speed walls are equivalent to repeatedly driving a car towards a brick wall at high speeds, slamming on the brakes and attempting to have the car stop within one inch of the wall. Eventually your going to have a crash. When this crash happened would you ring the auto manufacturer and claim they were responsible for said crash?

My mistake...But ummm who's calling who wealthy...I don't run a DA too rich for my blood...plus I run redundant packs and switches on the receiver placed in the very back of the radio compartment. Everything else but servos and glue is just as the manual states minus the pitts muffler. I'm running the lighter standard muffler. Came out nose heavy. Did a search and surveyed the same thing. Didn't want to build a battery tray in the tail so I took the easy way out.

Now like I said before...all I was trying to do was to give a heads up on checking the plane. Didn't come here to bash the kit if that was what you're thinking. I love the plane. And if it was a vehicle we both were driving I'd do the same thing from an enthusiasts' point of view. Warn people that would POSSIBLY do the same things as I. May save a few...