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Old 12-04-2006, 06:01 PM   #1
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Default Another 50cc Extra 260
I am not interested in this, and it looks like you get what you pay for.... but.... here ya go..

http://cgi.ebay.com/85in-1-80-50cc-G...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old 12-04-2006, 10:15 PM   #2
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Thats brutal. Looks very cheap.
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Old 12-04-2006, 10:25 PM   #3
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what a joke, that is absolutely hilarious, I favorited it just because.
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Old 12-04-2006, 10:35 PM   #4
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You know whats funny though...
yea its hideous, and yea its cheap... under $200..

BUT THEy include LANDING GEAR CUFFS... and all the $700 arf's don't...
I see a problem with this!!!

I demand LG CUFFS!! OK - SD, and Aerowerks, and Aerotech, and WH, and Jtec, and QQ, Airwild and the rest!
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Old 12-04-2006, 11:20 PM   #5
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Looks like it has a cowl off of a stinger 60.
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Old 12-05-2006, 12:01 AM   #6
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I'm a big fan of cuffs too. Extras have cuffs !!
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Old 12-05-2006, 12:02 AM   #7
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Yes it probably is the ugliest 260 ever made.
Yes the cowl does not quite match.
Yes you probably get what you pay for.
Yes I did buy one. Haha

Call it ebay inexperience, frugality, being overwhelmed with finals at the time whatever you like, I bought one. I have flown Giant scale gassers (and much larger too) but I have never owned one. I figure I can use this as a learning experience and get used to Gas engines, larger aircraft safety, transportation etc. Plus, its not so much stress flying something that is cheap. And hey...you know what they say about the longevity of UGLY airplanes...

I'm outfitting it with really good equipment that will slide right into a better plane later. Whether that is after a year or a week, who knows! I've already put more into 3 servos than there is in the airframe. 9451's on elevators and 9155 on rudder. lol Fromecos and a DA 50 are on the agenda. The airframe is by far the cheapest component anyway..I just took it to the extreme.
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Old 12-05-2006, 12:07 AM   #8
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We difinitely need a build thread on this bird. Pics pics pics. If we are going to do it , lets do it right.

You know it's like looking at a train wreck. Hurts but just can't look away. Bet it would be the most looked at thread!
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Old 12-05-2006, 12:13 AM   #9
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Old 12-05-2006, 12:22 AM   #10
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If that is the weirdest langing gear installation I have ever seen... That will never last very long.

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Old 12-05-2006, 12:24 AM   #11
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Old 12-05-2006, 12:26 AM   #12
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Old 12-05-2006, 12:31 AM   #13
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I'll bite, just what is the landing gear made of ? Looks like a tube built up with something ? Composite with a tube molded in maybe ? Please tell me the area where the axles go in are not the other end of the tubes mashed flat ?
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Old 12-05-2006, 12:37 AM   #14
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Man dont have a hard landing or your entire fuse will be ripped in half. That has to be the worst landing gear attachment I have ever seen. So much leverage on those pipes that go up into the fuse. Then they are held in with epoxy?
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Old 12-05-2006, 01:07 AM   #15
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That's just what I thought. Either the fuse will rip or the gear will break after about 5 flights or less. Why re-invent the wheel??? A standard landing gear would have worked a hundred times better and been a lot easier to install.

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