Tonys rc plane tips and reviews

F4U corsair by parkzone

2011-01-27T19:13:00.000-08:00

PARK ZONE F4U CORSAIR PNP.This is another great flying war plane.It flys very stable and pretty fast with the 2-blade 9.57.5 prop and 2200 mah lipo.landing gear a little weak.

Parkzones extra 300 PNP

2011-01-16T17:34:00.000-08:00

This is another one of parkzones great pnp park flyers .the extra 300 had a roughf start as parkzone gave wrong instructions on the planes cg location.In the end ,if you just push battery all the way forward in its compartment all will be fine.If you put it where the instructions say too put it ,well good n luck landing it as it will be very tail heavy.Knowing this in the begining,my first flite was right on.This plane is very fast, and handles great.best of all ,is the landings are very smooth.Picture on right shows propper battery location,pushed all the way forwar with the velcro holding wires only.I have flow this plane about 6 times so far and still love it.I have tryed a couple of diferant props ,and was supprized that the 9inch prop off my parkzone corsair works great.The plane has a stock prop that is a speed prop of sorts,and the corsair prop isnt.im able to fly plane alot slower, and the 30 amp speed controler isnt getting hot or even warm.People have said alot about this plane and how badly it flys slow,but truthfully it flys great at any speed!

messerschmitt Bf-109G pnp rc plane from parkzone

2010-07-31T14:31:00.000-07:00

one of parkzones pnp models is the Messerschmitt Bf-109g .It was my first war plane. this plane came out of the box with a 3 bladed prop with a 15-size 720kv brushless motor.it flew great but but the motors didnt last long.If you hit the nose on landings the motor would break.The motors where not made out of all metal , but had plastic type of end caps that broke easy.I picked up an all metal motor at local and on line place called RC HOT Deals.The new motor was twice the size of the original and could swing a 14 inch prop with a 50 amp speed controler.ther was not much of a weight differance.Ive had many flites now on this plane and many crashes allso,but motor works great.This plane is very fast with the setup i went with. I used a tunigy 40 amp brushless speed controler and program card . A bl-2826/6 730kv 175 gram brushless motor from rc hot deals. And a 12x12 E two bladed apc prop and spinner , with a 2200 mah 3-cell lipo battery. I did install the optional flaps using two 9-gram servos, a reverse y harness and the the linkage hardware that came with the plane.So overall this is a great plane.It flys very nice and looks great flying by! The flaps work great for short takeoffs,but not to much differance on landings.Even with maximum throughs on alieron control surfaces you loose alot of roll by spliting the alierons in half for flaps.you have less surface. I would highly recomend this plane

e-flite enticement 3-d profile

2010-04-02T20:13:00.000-07:00

So after building and flying e-flites 4-site plane I liked it so much I got another e-flite plane the enticement.I used all of the suggested electronics as follows.E-flite park 250 motor,E-flite 6 gram micro servos(4) 9amp speed controler,and a thunder power 480 mah 2-cell lipo.This plane went together nicely and flew amazzing right out thebox.CG was right on the first flight,whitch was inside father in laws ware house.I am really impressed with e- flite kits! below are some vids just click on boxes below. I use a spektrum dx-6 radio. enjoy!

e-flites 4-site 250 arf profile bi plane.

2010-03-11T20:23:00.000-08:00

Pictures of the e-flite 4-site and some videos

lets talk about the e-flite 250 arf 4-site profile bi plane. This plane comes in a kit, but has been discontinued. My kit came with all hardwere, and the depron plane itself. No electronics. This build was fairly easy & only took a few hours. The depron is very brittle so caution should be used when handling it. If you look at it wrong - it will break. All the pieces in my kit fit together nicely & in the end came out very straight. You need to work on a very flat surface & when gluing parts together, make sure to put down wax paper or something similiar so you do not glue your plane to the work surface. I used the following electronics which were recomended by the manufacturer. I installed an e-flite park 250 brushless outrunner motor with a weight of about 14grams, a thunderbird 9amp brushless speed controller at about 8-9grams, I used 3 e-flite S60 supersub micro servos which is a 6gram servo. The manufacturer suggested battery size was a 350mah-2cell, 7.4 volt lipo - I used a thunder power prolite v2, 480mah, 7.4 volt 2cell lipo. I am also using a 430mah, 2cell & both work very well. I am using a spectrum dx-6 transmitter with ar6000 spectrum reciever. I have flown this plane a few times trying out the different size air brakes. The kit comes with 2 sizes - large & medium. This plane is meant for indoor flying but I've been flying outside on calm days with the medium air brakes. Out of all of my planes, this plane has quickly become one of my favorites. Please click on box below to see video

bounce 3-d video

2009-11-07T22:56:00.001-08:00

"BOUNCE 3-D I was looking for another plane to add to my arsenol.After flying my depron yak for last couple years,I wanted something the same but better.Depron can be brittle and though I love my yak ,it breaks very easy.then I came across a gentalman named Ale out flying one weekend,who let me fly his home made lazer cut 3-plane.It was like my yak but bigger ,but when crashed,it bounched back .He told me that he had the kits for sale at a few local hobby stores,but could build one for me. Before I aggreed, I asked to see it fly again.It flew great but then he flew it into a tree and said watch this.He grabbed a big stick and slamed it out of tree and onto the ground.I was shocked that any one would do this to a plane, I knew it was going to be totaled.Then he said he wasnt done and walked over to the plane and kicked into the street.I was amazed when he then walked over to it and picked it up,and started hovering it around.It wasnt broke at all,. aLL i COULD SAY AT THAT POINT IS ,iLL TAKE ONE!!!
It since then has become my favorite plane to fly,and I have allready learned to hover it outside and even inside my house in a short time.I highly recomend this kit to any one trying to learn to fly a 3-d plane.The power system came from RC HOT DEALS.com. It consists of a brushless bl 2217-9 motor.A 30 amp speed controler.And four 9 gram servos.All for about 50 dollars.Im running a 10.4 prop and a 1000mah 3 cell lipo.Check out link below for vidio of this great plane in action!Allso contact me for more info on avialable kits.

zippy lipos

2009-06-20T21:15:00.000-07:00

Ive been buying zippy lipos from hong kongs hobbyking,and these batterys are great. They cost so much less than other batterys on the market and they work great.No puffing and they dont get hot.Every time i want to buy more they are back ordered.Know they are saling them buy the case.For 2200 3cell 25amp lipo they come out to be 14.99 each,and i beleave you get about 36 batts.Im using the 1000mah 25c 3cell and the zippy 2200 25c

hobby kings hj ultimate bi-plane arf

2009-05-07T17:22:00.000-07:00

hobby king had a nice bi plane kit for a short time.It was a foamy,and they sold maybe a dozen .But most were back ordered for months, untill they pulled it off their line of planes for some reason.My kit arrived within a week,and in good shape.The directions where ok,and the build was pretty easy.Cutting out the canopy was tricky ,as it doesnt come cut to fit!You only get one shot,so you have to cut carefully.The foam is a little brittle and easy to breake.The kit called for an 2836 brushless outrunner motor,25 amp speed controler,and a 2000mah 3 cell lipo.All of this came in the kit accept the lipo.I used a 2200mah 3cell zippy .I installed 9gram servos and my own reciever.All parts from hobbyking allso.Plane had lengh of 970mm,900 mm wingspan.On first flight ther was a vibration from motor mount.I took off motor and made a rubber gasket to damppen motor vbration.This plane flys great, and looks great flying.Not quite enough trust for hover with 9x6 prop, maybe with bigger prop.all around I love this plane ,allthough I dont fly it as much since theres no body parts available.

2009-04-29T20:41:00.000-07:00

i bought the yak 55 online from hobby lobby.It came in good shape and was easy to build.I used mostly electronic parts from I ordered from hobby king , a company out of hong kong.I installed a fc 28-22 brushless outrunnerat 1200 rpm/v with a 3 mm shaft and a 10x4.7 inch prop.this combo produces about 745 grams of trust.Allso used hobbykings hxt 500 5gram 10 sec micro servos.I used a bigger speed controler than was recomended but only weighed17 grams.This was the thunderbird 18 amp brushless speed controler, by castle creations.It comes with the brake set off as default, witch is great for 3-d flying .Allso using hobby kings 1000 mah 3 cell zippy lipo.all my planes use spectrum recievers and transmiter.This plane flys great,but reinforce the elevator with carbon fiber.Its tricky to land without breaking because it has no wheels.You have to harrier land.Very fast.knife edges,waterfalls,flat spins,harriers,hovers,its does it all without much flex.heres vidio link . I just built another one ,i liked the first one so much. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBG8tLYIiu0