Out standing plane(Posted on October 27, 2016)
I have been waivering between this plan and another gp plane just like it. This thing is huge, I'm considering putting a spare Dle 55 on it. The is room for it but way over kill we shaw see what happens
Awesome Electric Plane(Posted on September 29, 2016)
I really like this plane, I have the following power setup in it.
Check out my video. https://youtu.be/PoB-9r0Gfx8
Tacon 110 295kv motor
Castle 100amp esc
8S 8000mah lipo
18x10 APC electric prop
DuBro 6" Air fill balloon tires.
A great value and impressive flight characteristics. Great super slow landings even at 14.5 lbs flys like a stick with w/20cc flys fantastic with 30 to 40cc(Posted on April 18, 2016)
I ordered this to get back into flying after 8 years hiatus. Manual is not very informative and leaves a lot of questions about can you fly it as a two piece wing or should you epoxy the wing halves together. I chose to epoxy wing together and epoxy fuse together with the included bolts. Flies great no bad habits. First flew with DLE 20cc and dual batteries it weighed 14.5 lbs with 6" dubro rubber inflatable tires. Everyone at field impressed with the tundra tires. In a hoover it would slowly sink with 20cc and 16x8 prop. Inverted flight hands off. I did modify the tail and square off the vertical with balsa as well as the rudder and increased their size and improved the looks. Switched engines to a RCGF 40cc twin cylinder 19x8 prop and it hoovers at about 1/4 throttle and vertical climb until in clouds. Let a friend fly it and he lost orientation and hit a tree. I just ordered another to replace it. You cannot find a better value in a gas plane or better flying stick. Order some Power HD LF-13MG servos even for throttle run life batteries and a 30 to 40cc motor for a terrific plane.
Love this plane, best bang for the buck ANYWHERE!(Posted on August 29, 2015)
You won't find a better plane to build or fly than this Stik. It flies like an arrow, hovers like a heli, and has room for a smoke system to wow the crowd. I have a fleet of various airplanes from foamies to gas, and the stik is my hands down favorite. Beef up the landing gear mount, and sheet the bottom with some 1/16 ply at least halfway back and check all the joints for places that need more epoxy. I also screwed the firewall to the fuse on each side and along the bottom, using the dubro socket head screws it still looks nice and neat. I'm flying it with an AGM 30cc with a 19x8 prop. This is the second Giant Stik I've bought from Value Hobby, if it wasn't such a great plane you wouldn't see it always going out of stock!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_acDA6997OA
Fantastic!(Posted on January 5, 2015)
Overall very pleased with this plane. Fit, finish and hardware are very good especially for this price. Powered mine with a DLE 30 which is indeed overkill, but a ton of fun. Equipped it with Skywriter smoke system using the supplied fuel tank, added a 20oz tank for fuel. Slows down nicely with the flaps and increases the fun factor. Only negative on a gentle landing the landing gear plate ripped off. Easy fix and beefed it up during the repair. Added epoxy to the firewall, wing saddle, and hold down areas. There are 3 of these flying in our club and another 3 being built, quickly became the club plane with custom shark graphics. Big fun!
Can't Beat it with a Stik(Posted on December 15, 2014)
Shipped and received very quickly. Kit was very complete, quality hardware, easy assembly. Plenty of room for anything you could possibly want to install. 450cc Fuel tank, 380cc smoke oil tank, Sullivan Sky Writer pump, 2 2000 mah 6v packs for RX, 1 2000 mah 6v pack for ign, 1 600 mah 4.8v pack for smoke. All fit nicely with room to spare and the whole thing balanced perfectly, CG is dead on. Using an AGM 30cc with 19x8 prop this will give you almost unlimited vertical. Flaps down and this thing will float, they are not needed on this plane but makes for 3 ft' takeoffs and wows the crowd with creepy slow flyby's. The flaps are cut for downward movement only, to mix with ailerons they need to be notched on the top for upward movement. The landing gear mount is very thin ply and extremely weak. First landing was in tall grass with perfect approach and very slow, gear ripped right out. Rebuilt with 3/8 ply and sheeted the entire bottom with 1/16 ply, now it will take any landing short of a crash. Wing pins that engage the fuse are hollow carbon tubing, mine were coming loose. Ran a 10-32 bolt through each one with some 3/8 ply epoxied inside and now I am confident throwing it around in high g-maneuvers. For the price you can't beat it with a STIK! My favorite plane yet, hands down.
