H9 Extra 260 maiden flight, yeeeaahhhhhh

[madmax]

Hi Tom!! Sweet plane dude! Anyone have the huckability specs on the 260? I've had the Extra, got an edge in the shop. Love the big H9's. Fun fun fun!

[Tom]

Hi Guys
That was greeeeaaaat, yeeeaaahhhhhhh!!!!

Just spent the afternoon flying me new extra260. I don't know how you guys could hide this big fun for so long. I din't know about that great fun to fly this rc models.
I started the hobby with a 40 inch funflyer last year, had this shock flyer yak54 this spring. And now this...... My awesome H9 Extra 260.

It looks good, flyes good, sounds good.

Huckability might be good... had a hover in about 300 feet height for minimum 10 sek. The MVVS (Evolution) 45 has a easy one. However, I'm not going to force into 3D until I get familiar with the new plane.

Tom

[hipollito]

Hi Tom, yeah I will replace those screws on the control horns, they are too short, Im still building it, Im waiting for my DA 50, as soon as i get it I will finish it and fly, I can´t wait!!!! I´ve heard about the LG also, I will try the stock one and see what happens, maybe after a while I will have to replace.... this is a great airplane!!!

[bosshoss]

I saw one of these fly this past weekend.

Only it had a rather unique choice of motor.

It had an O.S. FF-320 Pegasus 4 cyl. Four-stroke in it, with onboard glow.

It sounded so realistic and performed well , also.

VRooom mmmmmmmm,,,,,VrommVrooom....

I want a Pegasus.

[hipollito]

Hi, Today I finished my instrument panel for the extra, I thought that the sticker was kind of ugly...so I made my own panel, here are some photos....hope you like it.
I used a cellphone camera, so the photos are low quality, my good camera was stolen two weeks ago.

[wttiger42]

Looks awesome!

[leeMcCrory]

Yea looks a tad over proped. My ran-in da50 spins a 24-8 sweet - but the 22 -10 is much better for accurate 3D. I used to think "the bigger the prop the easier the hover". But Thats just huckin paranoid?

[feral63]

i've been flying mine with a 23x8 mej. i have only got about 4 litres through it so far but it pulls like a train.

[toprudder]

	Quote: Originally Posted by hipollito
	Hi, Today I finished my instrument panel for the extra, I thought that the sticker was kind of ugly...so I made my own panel, here are some photos....hope you like it. I used a cellphone camera, so the photos are low quality, my good camera was stolen two weeks ago.

Wow, decent pictures from a cellphone!

Good idea about the panel. You could use the existing sticker, but make a wooden mask to cover everything but the instrument dials. One problem I have noticed with mine and others is that the glue on the sticker starts to let go and the corners start curling up. Not pretty.

[hipollito]

yeah I had that problem with the sticker, what I did is simple, just paste the sticker and start cutting off the things you don´t need so you will have spaces where the wood shows and the sticker where the istrument dials are, you apply the glue on the wood to paste it on the fuse, and thats it!!!!

[hillmanr2]

	Quote: Originally Posted by MadMax
	Hi Tom!! Sweet plane dude! Anyone have the huckability specs on the 260? I've had the Extra, got an edge in the shop. Love the big H9's. Fun fun fun!

What do you want to know?
Running mine on a moki 2.1 .I seem to be having a problem keeping the surfaces true and straight. I removed the warps by shrinking the covering but it was difficult to keep everything straight over a hot summer. The plane is capable of everything. It fly's very well and if I didn't already have a moki at the time I would have gone with the 45.
With the slight warps in everything mine wing rocks pretty good and waterfalls are a bitch. I have got the cg right and coupling is minimal. Blenders are quite violent. Rolling maneuvers are nice.
Like I said, it is a great plane for it's size
Sorry I don't have a video camera or I would post some crappy flying skills

[en1]

Get the graphtech landing gear, It is top quality and way stronger than the H9 gear mine had started the delamination I glued and clamped it and it was great till I had my first hard landing in a nice 20 minute south Texas wind storm. Mine broke at the bend just under the fuse and cost me a prop and a scraped wing tip, luckily the plane was fine and after seeing the difference in the gear I can say for 59.00 the graphtech stuff is the way to go, plus it looks better. Mine has a DA50 and Menz 23x8 prop and it flies very well.

[cosmo21]

Hey guys tested mine on Sunday, and more sorties today, easily the best plane Ive flown or owned. So good I took a day off today just to fly it.

Using an OS 160, wieghs just under 13 lb, plenty of power out here even tho we have a density alt aroud 3000 foot. Would love to fly it at sea level, on a cold day. Its hot out here in the desert well over 100+.

Matt