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Hi Guys Thinking of a Pheonix Models Vagabond as a 'chuck in the car' model. Just for the challenge also thinking of making it electric. Anybody have one, what do you think of it? Any tips, mods needed. Thanks Jeff

Hi Bonzo, thanks. looks like the Wish glider is pretty much twice the size of my e-bay one. That's either a challenge or mine goes back on the shelf. jury still out on that one. Cheers Jeff

Hi Mark, thanks Pity it's subscriber only, ho hum. Back to plan 'b'. Jeff

Posted by Peter Miller on 19/09/2019 08:37:22: Glad to see so many of you chosing Werewolf. It was a really nice model. There is an article on this forum "Woodn't You Like to Know" which gives a detailed method of working out the wood that you need. If building from plans this is something that is essential to master, Hi All Would love to have a read of this article, if only someone could tell me where to find it. Thanks Jeff

Hi Bonzo What span is the Lidl/Wish glider? Reason I ask is that, many moons ago I bought one of these off e-bay, with the idea of doing what you have done. Now I find HK are doing them (when they have stock) for a silly price. Could I use one of them? Jeff https://hobbyking.com/en_us/epp-foam-ready-to-fly-480mm-free-flight-chuck-glider-purple.html?wrh_pdp=1

Hi Guys, quick update. I'm using a 2217 1050Kv motor rated at 23a. Static bench test on the supplied prop gave 26a on the meter. I know it will unload in flight, but still too close to the motor max for comfort. Anyway, cut the throttle epa till it was puling 20a or so. Turned out to be 65% on epa. Even at that, model still climbed pretty much vertically. Now retro-fitted with alloy spinner and Graupner Cam blades and pulls only 22a at 100%. Given the climb performance at 65%, looking forward to first flight with the new set-up. We'll see Jeff

Hi Bob Thanks for the quick reply, but it left me a little puzzled. You posted you left the control surfaces unadjusted. Suddenly dawned on me I did not mention in my earlier post that I had the airframe only version, so had no baseline movements to work from. If it's not too much trouble, could you measure your movements? On my c/g balancer, the marked position has the model absolutely level. Might move the battery slightly forward, but no biggy. As regards the minor issues. I did a bench run of the power system and noticed a slight vibration which I put down to an unbalanced prop. Closer inspection showed one blade tip had been broken off and was about 1/4" shorter than the other one. That explains the vibration. Root through my box of goodies revealed Graupner Cam blades in 10 x 6 and 9 x 5 varieties. Sorted. Other issue is self inflicted. As you've probably noticed the servos are quite high in the fuz, and the aileron leads exit right above them. In order that the wires would not interfere with the servo arms I made the extensions quite short. Works fine but a pita to assemble on the field, especially if you have 'sausage' fingers like mine. Jury still out on how to sort this, but I'm tempted to extend the servo leads enough to put the connectors in the canopy area. Needs some thinking about. Anyway, all this on the basis of one flight, so probably premature. Going to do some more flying 'as is' before I come to any positive conclusions. Cheers Jeff

Hi Bob Maidened my Pheonix today. On the whole went well, and I'm very pleased with it. Couple of minor issues to fix but no biggy. However I did try a couple of rolls and they were 'orrible, not at all like your smooth axial ones. Wonder if you'd mind sharing your control surface deflections, c/g position etc. Love to have mine flying like yours. Thanks Jeff

Hi All Recently moved house, so I changed both my home address and my e-mail address on the forum. However since I changed I have lost all my details. Inbox, albums, bookmarks, my posts, all gone. All that is showing now is the one new thread I started since I changed, and even that does not appear in the 'latest posts' column. How do I retrieve my history? Thanks Jeff Cottrell

Hi Guys Sadly my much flown and venerable Highlight bit the dust today, literally. Always liked to have a powered soarer in the fleet, so perusing what's available I came across the Pheonix 1600 from Hobbyking. SKU 043000006-0 Loads of info on this one, and its bigger brother the 2000, on RC Groups across the pond, but nothing much over here. So, anybody got one? Thoughts, experiences, tips etc. Thanks Jeff