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No Maiden yet.....I will post good bad or ugly with that maiden

Yep this one was pretty bad - the spinner cone is also out of balance...suggest all pilots of this bird to check theirs out each to his own

Admiral GP160 180Kv Motor - Dual 6s 8000mAh LiPo for 12S - Castle Phoenix 160amp ESC - XOAR 22x12 prop

@@paulhlange I have mine in the box while I finish up another plane. I'm going to do a total repaint, add scale wheels and look for a 3 blade spinner. Good luck on the maiden I'll be watching.

A question please: from the side view the cowl looks that she not correct fit at the top its not line up with fuselage?

@@theflash0815 Correct the cowling sits a little proud of the fuselage....if the cowling could slide aft....it would fit better....does not bother me at all.

​@@paulhlangethank you for answering👍🏻

Aye Captain....and good luck to both of us !!!

Yep ...Hard to tell just eyeballing....painfully apparent when on a spinner balancer jig

The back plate and spinner are best balanced mated together.....I drill divots out of the back plate with a drill press and add weight to it as needed. It's a tedious process checking the balance after each drill/divot ......it took me about 5hours to complete this one....

Correct I mis-stated Bomb - it is in fact a fuel tank

Uuuugh just realized I stated INCHES instead of MM..........oh well dang it.....

I flew the paint off of this bird...sold it to another R/C Pilot....not sure what happened to it. The Carbon Fiber Rods made it a nice stiff aircraft to fly

The plan is to swap out the receiver with another brick that is compatible with OpenSource Radio (TX16S) transmitter....this should afford better flight performance at least by flying with a hobby grade transmitter with much greater control.....perhaps to the degree of no stabilizer needed to fly. The replacement receiver will have complete AS3X and capability to toggle Off/On during flight. This little bird could be an excellent model if the receiver swap out is successful.....Safety crew and flight boss will be standing by for future experimental flights.

@@paulhlange Yep. Most folks are just swapping in the XK A280 P-51 board since it's a drop-in alternative with no need to find and mount extra rudder/elevator servos and is Multi/S-bus/DSM compatible. Sad that they changed the original protocol on the A300. We've got A280 spare boards etc but I wonder if they might stop selling them sometime? Apart from that option another PPM/S-bus receiver + Byme-A stab unit + 2 replacement servos + aileron servo plug change would work. OR as you say, go full manual with a normal receiver and 2 servos added. Best of luck! 😊

Suggest Contacting GatorRC for parts.....call them to inquire what they might be able to get

Yes sir they do...two piece wing held onto the wing saddle via wing tabs, connect servo leads per your set up. The assembly manual can explain lots more available on MotionRC website....can download it for review and study.

Hi, one more question. Would you recommend it? How it’s flying in general? Thinking to get! Thanks for all help.

Depends on your skill level and Airfield runway.....I fly off of well manicured grass just fine. Take off and flying are pretty easy as the model flies exceptionally well. The landings must be very soft and due to the tail, landing with nose wheel flare will strike the tail, therefore landings must be level three pointers and smooth. I have no reference to flying off of hard surface runway. The assembly may be challenging for Noobs due to the twin set up....however if you are Balsa ARF experienced it's really a straight forward assembly. I was really surprised how it flew even in gusty wind conditions. Oddly satisfying subject matter. I did damage a wing after a landing gear pulled away in soft muddy conditions - I ordered a replacement wing and flying it just fine afterwards. Strongly suggest reading over the RCGroups thread for this model...tons of real life experience is available for this model: www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?3565749-Dornier-Do335-Pfeil-Black-Horse-Models and www.hobbysquawk.com/forum/rc-airplanes/rc-propeller-airplanes/239941-official-black-horse-1724mm-dornier-do335-pfeil-arrow-thread

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Negative sir....on this model landing on our rolling grass strip adding throttle to land is not the answer. Must apply full throttle and fly out at the slightest hint of bounce and try again. This bird lands once if and only all the energy is gone at main landing touch down.....unlike "Any Airplane" on our grass strip. I will re-install the stock 4wheel landing gear and try again soon.....I think the stock landing gear configuration will help brake or quickly burn off speed thus preventing secondary take off from our bumpy runway ski jumps.

Ya that should have been a good landing.....I have six flights now and all of them have been either a bounce or a hard 360spinout. Thinking the single wheel modification landing gear springs are set too hard. May go back to stock set up and try it some more. Take off and flights are easy....it's just the run out after landing that has me looking foolish - LOL

The amount of weight to add is subject to the weight and placement of your ESC and again with your flight battery. The set up for my model has about 210grams of lead weight in the forward bottom of the cowling. Balance your aircraft as needed with no regard to mine....but yes probably will need balast in the nose.

@@paulhlange Thanks , now I have a idea , how weight need add in the forward.

Yes it does but it has been so long ago I can't remember how much it has

yes

I received the plans from the original owner who is still in the club I'm with. I'm the fourth owner amd the plane was built by the owner in 2000.

Turnigy C6364 - 230Kv Motor; Turnigy 70amp ESC; (2) Hobbystar 4s 4600mAh LiPo in series for 8s power; www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?3108176-Waco-YMF-kit-Help#post40127884

@@paulhlange Thank you for the fast response

@@paulhlange What was suggested to me to use is the following. It needs some minor repairs but it has been repaired before so it has more weight then is suggested. So I was told to go with this from the person I got it from as it was the same he was going to install. 1) Motor- Joker 6360-11 V3 205kv 2) Super Eletro Line 20x12 prop 3) Graupner gr 16 servo (my preferred) 4) For Lipos- Two 6s 4500 - 5000 mah in series for 12s power. 5) Graupner Brushless Control T- 100 or T120 HV Regulator .

@@paulhlange Sorry for so many questions. Could you send me pictures or a diagram on how you have it all connected/ wired together. It would be very much appreciated.

A3 Pro SE stabilizer,

@@paulhlange Thanks

here here

Did not realize these questions were posted long ago....The graphics are Callie Graphic vinyl decals and paint.

No stalls, this is a pretty old airframe but in excellent shape. It was flying very uncontrollable, more acrobatic than I am capable of. Thought it was losing radio signal. After a couple more flights of near crashes I discovered the old plastic onboard power switch that was used to provide power to the radio and electronics was failed. Final conclusion was the plane was repeatedly forced into safe mode after losing electronics power ....each power cycle the control surfaces would move in various positions at power loss, then snap to my control signal upon restore. It is a marvel this airframe still exist......I had to endure several more flights before I trusted it......not very fun flights awaiting the dreaded flogging. Subsequent flights have proven the airframe is now bug free.....now I can start learning how to fly it this summer.