Ripmax WOT4 Mk2 ARTF chat

[Lee Damms]

A mate of mine ordered one from Leeds Model shop, they'd sold out of the standard one so sold him the limited addition one for the same price, beat that.

Regards Lee

[Bob Moore]

Brilliant job. I repaired one of my Wots that had a bad smash including the fusi broken in half below where the main wing sits. Beautiful job, BUT word of warning and something to watch for ...

First flight after repair I took off OK but even with max up elevator it would not climb, my flying site is on a hill so ground drops away after take off. I knew throttling back would make it drop even quicker, not enough height to turn and try a landing anywhere flat, so I just had to watch as it dropped and flew into a hedge line and smashed into a million bits.

When I checked the bits control surfaces were functioning so the only thing I could figure was I'd messed up badly with the angle of attack of the main spar? ie negative. I was a a bit heartbroken I must admit but learned a lesson I guess.

Your fusi looked ok so doubt it will be worry for you.

[Masher]

Thanks Bob

I have had the same issue as you before when I repaired a WOT 4E balsa. It was an extensive repair and I think I lost the angles - did same as yours on take off so I gave up.

Hopefully nothing much has changed on this one except, perhaps, lateral balance - I will expect the unexpected on first flight!

[Scruffmeister]

Anyone flying this model on an SC52A-S? If so, what's vertical performance like - unlimited?

Same question for an OS 55AX?

Any other suggestions for engines that fit/balance well, I've not bought anything yet but the SC is obviously a lot cheaper so erring toward that if performance roughly equivalent? I have a requirement for unlimited vertical flight (although obviously I plan to stop at some point!).

Edited By Scruffmeister on 11/06/2014 12:00:06

[Peter Jenkins]

I've got an Irvine 53 Mk 2 with short pipe and that gives my Wot 4 unlimited vertical!

[Bob Cotsford]

I've got an ASP52 in mine which is pretty much the same thing, it is most certainly not short of power even loaded down to get under 80dBa

[Scruffmeister]

Thanks, I think I'll give to OS55AX a try on a 12x7 at 20% OptiFuel and we'll see how it goes :D

Edited By Scruffmeister on 12/06/2014 08:40:44

[cymaz]

I have had one for over a year. I decided to strip and recover the entire plane. Good job I did as the build quality underneath was very poor in some areas. A bit of repair and modification was needed before I was happy.

[Glyn44]

Hi fellow flyers,

I had the unfortunate experience of a buddy crashing my wot4 foam E Mk2. I need a new fuselage. I have looked around on the web, and can only find ones with the part number Z-CF020/02. None of the visited sites state which actual mark it is for. Even after telephoning one supplier I was no wiser.

So my query is are all the foam fuselages the same? ( I never owned an earlier version ) I just don't want to be ordering an incorrect item.

If some knows, please advise, cheers,

Glyn.

[Colin Carpenter]

Glyn. I have put a new fus on my foam e and just bought a spare from Hobbystores as it was the only one I found. Perfectly ok as far as fit was concerned, but do a dry run with everything installed as I missed the weights included, and had to add lead in the tail to balance. I had to buy some Chinese glue off the net to glue halves as all the contact adhesives I had peeled off and so did epoxy. Hope this helps. Colin.

[Glyn44]

Cheers Colin ,

Hadn't thought about weights, and did realise the unit was in separate pieces, so many thanks.

Glyn