.... and you call yourselves club mates

[Nutz]

Darren,
I picked up a copy of AMI today & there was a review of the Weston shockys (all of them), I now feel an urge coming on .

So tell me what do you think of the Hype ID, also what battery do you get in the deal & what is included in the £200 deal (if that is the deal you went for)?

[Darren]

No deal for me, I just bought the shocky and their motor/esc as I already had rx, micro servos etc.

I'm using FlightPower 3s1p 800's and the standard shock prop - the orange one it's probably 8x3 or similar.

Takes off vertical out your hand at about 3/4 throttle, prop hangs at about half throttle (if I was any good )

The undercarriage is a bit of a weak spot unless you fly and land on very smooth runway or can land at zero forward speed. Managed to rip it out and seriously weakened fuse on mine as the u/c leg caught in a minor divot on landing. Going to repair with some carbon tows and foam friendly cyno but will be forgetting the U/C

But that is the beauty of them, trash it and it's only a few quid to get a new airframe and a couple of hours to, ahem, build

[Lofty]

I've been flying these type of planes on Relfx XTR and been haveng a fun / great time!
Now I'm thinking of getting one to improve my flying skills, but the only problem I can see is how would they fly at our field!?
Its always / mosty going to be windy there, so how would slow-fly type planes fair in say 6mph winds!!

I know you can get all different type e.g bi-plane, outdoor etc. etc., but I wanted to know from people that have used them.......Or maybe I should just go out and by one and see for myself

Have alook at this mad a$$ flying :- "the first part"

http://www.slow-flyer.com/video/vpp-su_26mx.wmv

More can be found here :-

http://www.slow-flyer.com/videos.html

[Nutz]

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"beep........beep.......beep......aircraft reversiving"


I think if the wind is low enough to fly a micro heli, then flying a shock should not pose a problem.

I have read the U/C on the Hype ID is a little weak, most people leave them off for outside use and only use them on the 3mm version of the kit for indoor flying.

Darren I am presuming you are using the 6mm version for outdoor use?

[Darren]

Yes it's the 6mm wing and next time I'll leave the UC in the box.

I think it'll handle reasonable summer winds OK, it's my 'take it on holiday' plane and I think it's perfect for that.

[Lofty]

Sounds good to me, may get one soon.........

If the weather is bad, I can always just prop hang it in my front Room


Thanks for the info.


P.s Me in a few weeks :-

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8177596039795932047&q=RCPlane

............I wish

[Nutz]

I am starting to think Shockys are not planes but mearly hoving machines after watching that video

Darren, Weston UK do a Depron superglue & Activator, I thought I would mention it as I recall you had sticky problems when building your craft.

[Jamie]

firstly^^^^^ unacceptable......
secondly,
ive been flying shockies for aaaages now and just seen thios page, welcome to the wonderful world of foam flexi props and glue!!!

i hate to say itthough. the mentioned 6mm weston shockies, great except!!!! dnt bump then on the deck... we flew a few and did sum tail touches, 2 of emthem broke when u touch a little heavy from the hang (hang down to land) 1 bent alot!

the best shockies by far are the Ikarus, especially the Yak 54 and the F3A...
there is a few models coming from a garage near me.....F3A Katana style....

cheap and good setup...

Eflite 370-£36
FlightPower Synergy ESC 10amp-£20
4x Eflite S75 servos-£26
Hitec 05MS Rx-£15
FlightPower 800mah 3S LiPo-£27

dont mean to be 'plugging' but thought id drop by.

[Nutz]

Jamie, I am in a posistion to replace my Weston Hype (6mm wing) shockie, so if you have any offerings let me know

[Jamie]

i shouldn't really ill get in trouble, but if you want a new Ikarus kit let me know and ill bring one with me next time i visit for a good price...

[Lofty]

Yer them Ikarus kit "e.g F3A " are selling like hot cakes at the shop I work at!

I myself, like the Yak 54, I may in the Summer get myself one Don't think I would buy one just yet, to use it say every 4 to 6 weeks when I go to an indoor flying thing!
Anyway see how the weather turns out!

On the other hand, I've had my eye on the Phase 3 Fidget for some time now. To replace my "or i should say the bosses" Mini depon Panic!

[Jamie]

the fidgets a good plane and will take a bit of a thrashing, but a built up fus which can sometimes be worse....i still should buy one of my own instead of scavenging lol

[Lofty]

the fidgets a good plane and will take a bit of a thrashing, but a built up fus which can sometimes be worse

I've heard afew people putting added formers "sp" in the fus, as there are none inside towards the back end of the fus!

What make me want the Fidget is that, it more of a slow-fly type plane.........if you get what I mean, when its up Vs 2 or 3mm Depon crazy a$$ indoor type

I've had afew go's on one, and like it! But the one I used only had a 2S1P Li-Po so only just had the power to go vertical or something like that!

[Jamie]

if you can find one Aquila i belive once from SLEC, altho a thicker depron its awesome!! one of the best by far but bigger.
We flew one in the middle of worthing town centre one friday night rolling harriers and prop hanging up the high street....superb model...

[tomooska]

hello, just signed up for the site as i was looking at the weston uk depron planes, i have one my self, the groove ID one, at first all i had was trouble, first the landing gear snapped off and rip apart the bottom of fus and then a load of other things happened, had to reinforce the bottom of fus with carbon (i have the 6mm one), but was flying it today and it was so calm, it was the best flight i have had and i have had it for a week, i dropped the rates down but still leaving enough for areobatics, any pics please share or videos as i havent seen anyone elses fly, another thing i am not pleased with this model so want a depron plane from another company any good ones

cheers

tom