William Robison

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All:

The March issue of R/C Report has arrived, Ed Moorman has a review of theNortheast Aerodynamics Twin-Air 45 in his "Fun Aerobatics" column, starting on page 118.

His "Cheers and Jeers," while not done in a list, mirror my thoughts exactly.

The airplane is at the top of my recommended twin list.

Bill.

PS: See the plane at www.ne-aero.com . wr.

Ed_Moorman

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In case you don't get R/C Report magazine, I will say that the Twin-Air 45 is the best flying twin I have ever flown.

That's not saying all that much since I haven't flown many twins. I was looking back and I think the count is 8 twins I have flown. Most of them have been a scale or oddball twin by my 83-year old buddy, Carl "Flaps" Laffert, who builds scale and odd airplanes. He doesn't fly any more so I get the honors. His semi-scale, twin pusher, canard Beechcraft Starship was the toughest.

The Twin-Air is a plane you can fly, do acro and not worry about it falling out of the sky. It has a good wing loading so it lands nicely, nose high on the mains. It's really a "can't miss" twin. That's especially since there are NEW INSTRUCTIONS, Bill. The kit he gave me, that I replaced with a new one when it came in, had the beta instructions that were skimpy, to say the least. I commented on them and the NorthEast owner, John Marien, e-mails and wants to know why I didn't like his full size, big color photo instructions. Oops.

Mine has been bashed into a "sort of" 1930's air liner like the Vultee with the reverse slant windshield. Stinson had a reverse one, too.

William Robison

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All:

Ed M. is right, the new instruction book is a great improvement.

Also, the "Classic" Twin-Air 45 was designed for a single vertical tail, With the assistance on "Build-N-Flier" (Walt K.) a twin tail version was developed, and for a while the kit was available as either version.

Talking with John Marien a few days ago, he told me the variant kits are now discontinued, it is now being delivered with all the material to build either version in the same box.

Here's even better news about the revision. No price increase.

With our full endorsement of this plane, how could you consider any other twin?

Before you ask, Ed and I both paid full price for our TA 45s, neither of us got them free.

Bill.

Flyboy Dave

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Gents....if the Twin-Air 45 is a "10"....

....where would you rate the Hobbico Twin Star ?

Dave.

William Robison

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Dave:

To me, the old production Twin Star was no more than a "Four," mainly because of the build and material quality. Maybe a "Three."

The new version has yet to be rated, I've neither seen one nor heard from anyone who has one yet.

If the new one still has the ABS nose and nacelle covers it wont go higher than a "Six," or possibly "Six and a half."

But this is my opinion, others may well not share it.

Bill.

Gringo Flyer

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I would love to see that article but we dont get RC report down here. Is there any other way to get a copy of that article?

William Robison

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GV:

Reprints are available from [email protected] . Website is www.rcreport.ws

You can also subscribe so you wont miss any more issues.

Bill.

Flyboy Dave

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Bill....all planes with the thin plastic pieces have their shortcomings, that's not
the issue....I beef them up with a very thin glass cloth and thin CA. The sticky-back
covering on the wings was of poor quality as well....it yellowed, and for lack of a
better description....just plain sucked.

However, my plane flew off the boards with only 2 clicks of down elevator trim
needed.....and for all practical purposes flew perfectly. One could not ask for a
gentler, truer flying plane....it really did impress me with it's forgivefullness. It
didn't snap, crackle, or pop....it flew straight as a die.

Dave.

William Robison

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Dave:

Had it not flown well I would have rated it even lower.

Bill.

RCer

Which version is the best? I know its hard to say as is depends on preference but does one fly better than the
other?

Anyone know if these kits are available in Europe?


/RCer

William Robison

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RCer:

I can't say that either flies better, some people prefer having the rudders directly in the prop's air flow, but with the length of the after body I think, in this case at least, it's just the builder's preference.

Go to the Ne-Aero website and ask if John will ship overseas. www.ne-aero.com

Bill.

Build-n-flyer-RCU

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I'd be curious to hear from someone that has flown both versions to see how they compare. BTW my twin-tail is a year old now and still going strong.