richard cohen Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 well after the tribulations of navigating the hobby king website, postage and dollar conversions, debating over scale looking war birds, I finally settled on the Skipper as an interesting subject with options for water or snow flying and no U/C to damage.Stresses trying to set up speed controllers, and the worries over charging lipo's (i have treated them like unstable phosphorus grenades). I have now maidened the Skipper. What a great model !!!! a few clicks of trim and it flies on rails. Good bits: looks great, super value for money, reasonably quick, can fly from grass, water or snow, fast in roll and pitch but can be dialled down if required. Could be Better bits: colour scheme not very visible so new paint might be on the cards, battery tray strap was rubbish-binned for an easier to use Velcro affair.(not much is it ) For my first proper 'leccy model, this model inspires confidence. With most of my models being 6-10ft span, It's way smaller than i am used to flying but its no less a proper model for that. For under £100 with a couple of lipo's this is a proper cracker. I even find myself looking at the durafly autogyro now. Roll on some west country snow please. Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hopkin Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Welcome to the future Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 just watched the HK video - unusual, but interesting model. looks like it could be a barrel of laughs though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Mack Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Saw 3 of these in our club on Sunday, impressed so I bought one as I have a stock of 3s 1300mAh. A similar one for those who would like to make one is called Polaris. link to forum about it including pdf plans below **LINK** Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 I have loads of 2200 3S LiPo packs. Would they fit? I'd be very reluctant to start a collection of 1300 What are the 4 channels? I'm guessing 2 for elevons, 1 for elevator and the other for throttle. Geoff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Posted by richard cohen on 09/02/2015 23:51:38: For my first proper 'leccy model, this model inspires confidence. With most of my models being 6-10ft span, It's way smaller than i am used to flying but its no less a proper model for that. For under £100 with a couple of lipo's this is a proper cracker. You should try the Foam-E WOT 4 Richard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Mack Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 They would fit, but according to forums the plane does not fly as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard cohen Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share Posted February 10, 2015 Geoff, by all accounts they will fit but it flies better on smaller packs so i went with 1500's It has elevator,rudder, ailerons and throttle. rudder not needed much in flight but great for doing donuts on wet grass ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_B Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 Posted by David Davis on 10/02/2015 16:48:07: Posted by richard cohen on 09/02/2015 23:51:38: For my first proper 'leccy model, this model inspires confidence. With most of my models being 6-10ft span, It's way smaller than i am used to flying but its no less a proper model for that. For under £100 with a couple of lipo's this is a proper cracker. You should try the Foam-E WOT 4 Richard! If you think the Wot 4 is good, wait 'till you try the AcroWot Foam-e, it's in a different league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olly P Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Tempting.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gavin Mack Posted February 15, 2015 Share Posted February 15, 2015 Just been flying my HK skipper, Brilliant fun, ground control amazing, very stable even at slow speed, touch and goes fun, 7mins on a 1300 pack average throttle (14% left). just ordered another in case I have to much fun and get carried away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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