Discussion Valley View 30% Slick 540

[boggintuff]

Anyone got some info on this? I'm interested and going to call them this afternoon, just hoping for some input from the community first.

http://www.valleyviewrc.com/estore/v...540-green.html

[pryor808]

Here! I saw this awhile back. He also has a posting here somewhere.

Valley View RC Slick 540 - YouTube

[pryor808]

Here is the last video I saw of the VVRC Slick 540. Looked like a great flyer up until this!!!

Wenatchee Huckfest 2011 "SupaThump" ...

[SleepyC]

Looks exactly like a Wildhare plane.

[Yak-Fever]

	Quote: Originally Posted by pryor808
	Here is the last video I saw of the VVRC Slick 540. Looked like a great flyer up until this!!! Wenatchee Huckfest 2011 "SupaThump" - YouTube

.....As said many years ago by a Famous actor: "A MAN HAS TO KNOW HIS LIMITATION'S"....

[boggintuff]

Wildhare Slick or Edge doesnt have counter balanced ailerons

[YAKMAN76]

I think SD Hobby sells the same plane. Thinking it is a CH models or something. Looks like a good price from VV

[BTerry]

	Quote: Originally Posted by SleepyC
	Looks exactly like a Wildhare plane.

I may be built by the same company, but it isn't one of WH's designs.

I have one, and if my schedule works out and the weather cooperates I will fly it over Thanksgiving weekend. It is very high quality, built from high-quality balsa and ply, comes with very good quality hardware - but I will replace the fuel tank stopper and may use my own wheels and axles. I had my own carbon tailwheel so I used that, but the stock tailwheel setup is good. It has G-10 composite double-truss control surface horns, includes oversized ball-links and turnbuckle pushrods. The elevator servos are buried in the horizontal stabs. It also includes extended carbon servo horns.

It is light for its size (89" ws, 84" fuse), is plug-and-play if you want a canister, all the glue joints are solidly joined. The wing and stab tubes are carbon. In love the scale aerodynamic counterbalances on the ailerons and elevators.

The swoop on the top of the wings is love-it-or-hate-it, but the checkerboard on the bottom is very cool. All the covering is high quality and is well adhered (though I will likely seal the edges with clear polyurethane on a q-tip, just to be sure).

It is an exceptionally good quality plane for the price, IMHO.

[boggintuff]

@BTerry

I would love if you could post a picture of the inside of the plane, I cant seem to find a pic of it. I would greatly appreciate it. Also, how is the manual? Was everything pre-hinged? The swoop on the wing reminds me of the older style Pilot 30% Extra 260's...

[BTerry]

Sure! I will take some pics this weekend and post them.

The manual is very generic, intended to cover several planes. But the plane simply falls together anyway. There is very little actual 'building', other than deciding where to glue in the (pre-built) throttle servo mount and installing the control horns.

[boggintuff]

thats great to hear, does it come with drill templates? This will be my first actual build from a new plane.

[BTerry]

Drill templates? You mean for the engine? The firewall is laser cut and laser marked with sites for a DLE-55 or DA-50/60 standoffs. I am using an engine with a dome mount (Taurus 52) so it is a bit more involved.

The holes for the control are laser cut into the control surfaces, so I just burned away the covering with the tip of a soldering iron (which also seals the edges).

I see Tim Hanstine is looking at this thread. I hope he gives his input. I know he had >300 flights on his plane when it had its 'incident'.

[5150flyer]

BTerry,

I am very interested in this plane, but didn't have the guts to buy one without input from a respected source. How does it compare to a 50cc AW Yak54 in quality and flying characteristics? Weight?

IMHO...it is the nicest looking 50cc Edge on the market.

thx

[5150flyer]

Just called VV...

They are out of stock on both the yellow and green versions until January

[boggintuff]

They are out of stock