Genius! Just ordered a Hydrofoam :D

Your right they are not cheap, BUT. I wanted this model to be very fast, thats all I wanted it for...So went the whole hog. Read what the pro boys were using in the states and they use this set up for combat flying as well. (Thats if you dont know.....(You and a few friends all get your flying wings and fly round hitting the other wings, a lot harder to do that is sounds))

good fun...!


My model I think costs like £30 for half a dozen pieces of EPP delivered from the states. Then £200 ish for the electronics. But hay, only live once....If I get bored I can always stick the gear in another model.

it doesnt half scream it's boobies off as well in a powerfull fast dive!

I dont know the magician, but I have 8 or so I/C engine model planes in the garage, from pylon racers, to 3D models, Mustangs, Funtana's, Old Bi-Planes. During the summer this year I was into and was slowly learning Prop Hanging. Not easy at all low down on the deck, have to have a lot of trust in your engine :)

Just had a look on Galaxy models web site about the Magician, looks fine, nice low winger. Good choice, sounds like they have sold plenty of them in the years,
 
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Magic_x_uk said:
Your right they are not cheap, BUT. I wanted this model to be very fast, thats all I wanted it for...So went the whole hog. Read what the pro boys were using in the states and they use this set up for combat flying as well. (Thats if you dont know.....(You and a few friends all get your flying wings and fly round hitting the other wings, a lot harder to do that is sounds))

good fun...!


My model I think costs like £30 for half a dozen pieces of EPP delivered from the states. Then £200 ish for the electronics. But hay, only live once....If I get bored I can always stick the gear in another model.

it doesnt half scream it's boobies off as well in a powerfull fast dive!

I dont know the magician, but I have 8 or so I/C engine model planes in the garage, from pylon racers, to 3D models, Mustangs, Funtana's, Old Bi-Planes. During the summer this year I was into and was slowly learning Prop Hanging. Not easy at all low down on the deck, have to have a lot of trust in your engine :)

Just had a look on Galaxy models web site about the Magician, looks fine, nice low winger. Good choice, sounds like they have sold plenty of them in the years,
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Yeah I am making a 3d leccy foam Yak to learn prop hanging with. Means once I get good enough I'll do it in my garden.

I love foam for the low cost of the frame itself so it does not cost much to replace. Here is one of the models I spent a while on to get it looking good. Then I did this on the 2nd flight. :o

Me <3 Hawk

 
whoops! although, doesnt look that bad from that photo, little bit of epoxy here and there and im sure from a distance it'll be fine! and she will fly again....

Nice model that though.


Right im off to bed,, catch up tomorrow some point...

night night all!
 
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Can I ask, without sounding rude to you, where you get that idea from ?

You can have an electric model plane worth £2k swinging a 16" carbon fibre prop at 1800 rpm. Now that would cause some serious damage going out of control I can assure you. As well as smaller electric models.
I have a 34" electric delta wing that is brushless and can and does hit 155mph+
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Doesn't it kind of disappear from sight at 155mph? :confused:
 
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Doesn't it kind of disappear from sight at 155mph? :confused:
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155mph != lightspeed.

so in a word: no.

using it in anything smaller than a cricket field will pose serious challenges though, from the ones I've seen.

Never had a plane, yet. Had boats (lots of) and cars though, and I can tell the OP this will be smashed - they are absolute pigs to fly.. it's a hydro, so stick to the water, or long(ish) grass :p
 
Why does everyone presume im some idiot that thinks I'll be able to fly it first time. I have no intention of even trying to fly it for some time, it just looks good and fast to be throwing about the place anyway!

When it comes time to fly, i don't intend to take off vertically, loop, then land - I'm 23, dextrous, good co-ordination and not an utter ham-fisted moron.

Have some faith people! :p
 
Hydrofoams, im never sure.

I think i would get bored after a few mins!

Im still into leccy choppers at the moment. Had some downtime waiting for parts, oh and arranging my new job. Should be up and flying again in a week or so :)

I wouldnt mind looking for a new cheap delta/fighter thingy. (speed 400 size) My Xcite does not have the roll rate i want, but i really do want a foamy for dentability, im very much into low altitude high speed aerobatics. Might even get my first lipo model :p Im very much stuck in the dark ages with leccy models. Nimh packs are my main packs.

Brushless?? I have nooo idea, other than they are very fast from small packs :D
 
DailyGeek said:
Why does everyone presume im some idiot that thinks I'll be able to fly it first time. I have no intention of even trying to fly it for some time, it just looks good and fast to be throwing about the place anyway!

When it comes time to fly, i don't intend to take off vertically, loop, then land - I'm 23, dextrous, good co-ordination and not an utter ham-fisted moron.

Have some faith people! :p
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It's not a matter of faith, it's a matter of those being completely the opposite of the type of plane anyone can learn to fly with. They look very unstable to
me, and only someone with a decent level of experience would be able to keep it in the air at all.

It's not a judgement on you, it's a judgement on the fact that you are a noob and that is not a noob plane.

Saitrix is pretty experienced with planes and managed to do this:



on the second flight out with that plane.. how well do you think you'll be able to fly a plane that isn't even plane shaped?

So yeah.. don't take offense, it's just painfully obvious you're going to smash it to pieces, as would I, and 99.99% of people who haven't flown RC planes before!
 
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Exactly Mohinder!!

When you fly models, they will crash, they will break. Its just part of the hobby. You get used to it :p

I have a wooden balsa built powered glider, first flight whilst trimming the model out, the battery pack broke from its mounting. The resulting shift in weight made the model nose into the ground from about 30 feet. It was not pretty, but i got off quite lightly. The long grass helped a bit, and i had repaired, back in the air, trimmed and flying fine the next day.

This is the great thing about electric models, they tend to be lighter, and particulary foamies, they just bounce and repair easily, even if required. However, these things are just not suitable for beginners.

As an example. When i had learnt to fly, with an instructor, i was flying large high wing IC models. These are great stable machines for learning, but i was saved a few times by my instructor!! Once i knew how to fly i was happy buzzing about with that for a while. Then i decided to go for something a bit more fun.

I picked up a foam delta mirage, with a little speed 400 engine. Even with my previous experience i had great difficulty doing anything at all with this model, it was too fast, too unstable and too small. I wrecked it loads before i decided to learn more before i went back to smaller faster models :p
 
DailyGeek said:
Why does everyone presume im some idiot that thinks I'll be able to fly it first time. I have no intention of even trying to fly it for some time, it just looks good and fast to be throwing about the place anyway!

When it comes time to fly, i don't intend to take off vertically, loop, then land - I'm 23, dextrous, good co-ordination and not an utter ham-fisted moron.

Have some faith people! :p
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Because you have to control 4 axis with 2 thumbs where very small movements alter the planes attitude a lot.

Also doing a loop is easier than being able to fly straight and level.

Another thing, please don't take offence to it, but you are fairly old in the terms of first learning to fly so it will take you longer than say like a 15 year old. I know I have taught my dad and he is still on his first floater plane, he still has managed to crash it a few times though. You are not into the hobby properly until you have crashed a few times. ;) I would say I have had 6 crashes since starting 3 years ago.
 
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