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Super flyer; light nimble and NO bad habits(Posted on July 3, 2017) The SBach 342 balanced out using my 3W 60 with 4 ounces of lead in the stab wing tube to hide it and I moved the batteries back into the radio tray ( wasn't comfortable with the back in the tail). Once in the air I checked the balance by using the standard 45 degree climb and rolled inverted; the model continued to fly straight so I knew the balance was neutral (spot on). Next I took it 3 mistakes up and chopped it back to idle and started hitching in elevator. I got a little bit of the typical wing rock as it "mushed" down in a harrier attitude. Making a few knife edge passes, knife edge had no push to belly/pull to canopy, I only used rudder! On the second flight, I tried some snaps, flat spins and stall turns. The inverted flat spin actually stopped vertical descent and held..Then with a little right aileron, a touch little rudder and full down elevator went into a nice knife edge spin which stopped as soon as I let go of the controls, rolled her upright and flew out. Landings were 3-point with no bounce (good landing gear which is unusual for an arf) and came in at a slow landing speed with no try to drop a wing or become unresponsive. I must have completed a dozen or so take-offs/landings during the flights today since the plane flew so well. What a super airplane. All in all I put in seven flights and love it! John |
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Great Value for a very good quality airframe(Posted on June 22, 2017) I fully expected to work on the fit/finish of parts, but everything went together accurately and solidly. This design is both lightweight and well though out. With the great parts fit, the assembly was much faster than I am used to and all of the bolts/screws lined right up (I normally have to spend a few hours getting a good fit on wing/stab tubes and other parts). I used an older 3W-60 with a J-Tec large volume Pitts muffler which is a bit heavier than the newer design 50 class engines so I moved the battery packs behind the wing tube to balance. There is plenty of well thought out room in the interior for mounting battery packs and the smoke system which I have not yet installed (there's still plenty of room for the smoke tank on the CG). Even the wheel pants mounted right up with the included bolts without any fuss! I will add to this review after flight balancing and report the handling as well. I have no doubt the SBach will fly great, especially for as light it turned out. I will be purchasing more of these kits in the near future and would love to see some models in the 100cc class. |
