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« on: March 26, 2010, 09:46:11 PM »
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Hi there,
after having my great long awaited first flight with ME-109, I came to know that I need some training before flying some war-birds. So, the out come is this.. 'THE NUTBALL'.

RCG Thread is here for all the stuff: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=836389

Mine is EPS (packing tape reinforced) 17" WS, 220g AUW, 3S 650mAh 15C, CD ROM Brushless, Castle Phoenix 10, 10*4.7, Bamboo Skeleton.

Cool pics huh Wink Donno how it flies like!

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« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2010, 09:49:02 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2010, 09:51:35 PM »
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« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2010, 09:54:23 PM »
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I built it strictly from indian cheaply available material like Bamboo...etc. I can post the build pics and think can answer any question regarding the build.
Lemme post a video after my maiden.

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« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2010, 02:05:35 AM »
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Somewhat odd shape... will be interesting to see it fly !  Hope you post videos Smiley
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« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2010, 02:45:04 AM »
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might require more skill than flying a warbird. Let us know how it goes.
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« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2010, 06:16:52 AM »
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might require more skill than flying a warbird. Let us know how it goes.

Is it? But the 'goldguy' who designed it said 'its a floater', and all the vids up there in the RCG show this nutball is floating when throttle is off. Am Scared that am gonna crash it :-(
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« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2010, 02:32:01 PM »
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Well, I could be wrong. Two things make me say that.

1, The prop dia is more than half the wing span. You would have a torque roll effect when you gun the throttle.
2, I believe there are no ailerons. So, any quick correction would not be possible.

But the polyhedral seems to be comforting and it should help. Go ahead and fly it with confidence. Let us know how it goes.

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« Reply #8 on: March 27, 2010, 06:42:32 PM »
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Go ahead and fly it with confidence. Let us know how it goes.
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Yup, Warming up my mind to get the confidence Roll Eyes to fly it, of course to land it safely too Wink
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« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2010, 09:38:52 PM »
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Here are the results by the Web-O-Calc about my NUTBALL. So, hopefully it should fly well Roll Eyes

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« Reply #10 on: September 27, 2011, 10:07:39 PM »
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Guys I'm an absolute beginner to rc planes.. I'm planning on entering a local competetion actually which requires you to build a plane( and hopefully continue making rc planes as a hobby !)..And i'm planning on building a nutball ... Has anyone built a nutball and flown it ?? Could anyone tell me if is it a good beginner plane ?

Thanks a bunch !! Smiley

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Nutball is a hard nut to crack for an absolute beginner. The problem is that it is both a small plane and a flying wing which are very 'Twitchy'. Start with a high winger like Blue Baby/Easy Star/AXN floater or at least a stable and bigger Flyingwing.

Aiming to learn flying in a short time and to win a competition is a pretty ambitious plan. My advice would be to attend the competition with an objective for an experience.
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start with the GWS J3 Cub before the Me109.  I have both and the J3 Cub helps to learn.

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« Reply #13 on: October 17, 2011, 02:53:24 AM »
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I just flew a HK Bixler on our field a few days back, and it is more stable than the AXN floater.  The included power system also seems better on the Bixler, as compared to the AXN. 

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Thanks for the the review Anwar, seems Bixlers would soon become popular among FPV fans!
A plane 'Based' on the rock solid Easy Star is deemed to be that stable. But such planes are good for absolute beginners, or people want a stress-relieving fun fly to end a bad day at the field. If you want to little bit of acrobatics and learn to hold an inverted as the next step to learning, AXN is an all in package.
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A senior member from our forum has flown the model(i dont remember the name), and as per his comments   "it was very difficult and tricky to fly", could not search the thread, and the thread contains a video as well..

So, its not a good trainer..
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I saw Prashanth flying Nutball at Jakkur air field almost 2 years back, may be you are talking about him. The plane wast twitchy... damn twitchy!
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@ ujjwaana sir,
I think the person will see the thread and reply himself, before i commit any mistake in recognition  Giggle
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according to me its a good trainer and it takes a lot of beating ,best i feel in no wind it is great,best it is good for small grounds this was my biggest prob, im having prob with thrust from 2204 motor i think coz im using 8 x 6prop still learning to fly and do trims n stuff thanks 2 all the guys who are helping



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looks either nose heavy or underpowered
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underpowered coz had motor problem
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Smaller nutballs seem to be twitchy plus the CG should be dead on it. I have a 36incher and it floats!! I crashed it, fixed it with some twigs and cellotape and it flew again. It is indeed a very good trainer(the bigger ones)
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Here's a video of the crash. Too dark to fly Tongue
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