Air Hogs Aero Ace RC Plane
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I have 3-4" on the nose of one of mine. It reduces the porpoising a bit, but not much. A dime on that plane is too much. It really seems to vary a lot from plane to plane.WayneW said:
After you fly it a few times with the porpoising, you will probably start to get a feel for the plane and see how you can reduce it through control. I really don't find it to be too much of a problem - i.e., it still does it but I don't mind as much.
I do give the planes some down elevator (bend the tabs on the horizontal stabilizer) which helps some too. Adding weight will probably reduce flight times.
I got mine today as well, this is such a fun toy, I even had the wife play with it. It also is the best weightloss program ever, I have been busy getting it out of trees and off the roof lol. A penny was too heavy for me, so I attached a piece of plastic I had laying around (from an old RFID fob, so it was kind of aero dynamic lol).
I only got one, so I can get the jet version once its available in the local stores. Definitely a good find!
I only got one, so I can get the jet version once its available in the local stores. Definitely a good find!
Now these are fun! I got 2 of the AA's and one of the Stealths (thinking it was the jet). Avoid the stealth looking one. At all cost. It has MUCH larger motors and power, however the control is a joke. Basically UP/Down/Left/Right exclusivly..IE: no up to the left.
Anyway, I am thinking something here. Of the two Aero Ace's, one flies very well and I can't get the other stable for anything. If I look at the front profiles, the one that flies well looks "off", I mean way off. IE: one side of the wings is bent way different than the other. The other looks pretty straight.
This got me to thinking that perhaps they are actually tweaking them to some standard in the factory. If this is the case, at $21 each, I'd love to see how they pull this off.
The one that doesn't fly well has hit so hard and I have tried to tweak so much that the motors dont' stay stable on the wings. I'm exchanging it at TRU tomorrow.
Anyway, I am thinking something here. Of the two Aero Ace's, one flies very well and I can't get the other stable for anything. If I look at the front profiles, the one that flies well looks "off", I mean way off. IE: one side of the wings is bent way different than the other. The other looks pretty straight.
This got me to thinking that perhaps they are actually tweaking them to some standard in the factory. If this is the case, at $21 each, I'd love to see how they pull this off.
The one that doesn't fly well has hit so hard and I have tried to tweak so much that the motors dont' stay stable on the wings. I'm exchanging it at TRU tomorrow.
TonyNo
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I've seen photos of these "off" planes and the 3rd one I picked up looked exactly like that. Since you say yours flies well, I'm going to check mine before I return it.
There are some people that have a 50% hit rate with these (being functional).
Another thing I found out researching these is that there are bigger ready-to-fly electric planes (~30" wingspan) for not much more money ($45 street price). Interesting. Will be something to look at when the AA's motors wear out.
Here is one of the bigger planes. The price shown is $69, but local hobby shops sell them for under $50.
There are some people that have a 50% hit rate with these (being functional).
Another thing I found out researching these is that there are bigger ready-to-fly electric planes (~30" wingspan) for not much more money ($45 street price). Interesting. Will be something to look at when the AA's motors wear out.
Here is one of the bigger planes. The price shown is $69, but local hobby shops sell them for under $50.
Gemini
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Dang!,I really wish you all wouldn't do this!.. I picked one up at Target that I haven't seen mentioned here. It is the F18 Falcon and supposedly only available at the Target stores. Anybody else flown one of these yet? As soon as I got home with it the skies opened up with rain! 
