skippy uk

hi all just comeing to the end bit of building a flair mosquito, she has twin irvine 39s on bord glow system , about to fit some retracts( mechanical), has any body out there flown one of these yet, any tips on the undercarrage, each wheel is operated by its own servo , kit weight is about 16 lb all up but not too wise on what gauge these should be , also what make as well

spitmad

I tried Robart heavy duty mechanicals (plastic mechs) in my first Mossie but they lasted two landings, go with Spring Airs or metal Robarts, the Mossie is quite heavy with a high wing loading and can come in hard. I'm using Spring Airs and they are great.

cheers

Alan

skippy uk

hi thanks for the reply what make is your mossy and what was its total flying weight and do you have any pics

spitmad

My Mossie is the CMPro (China Model productions) which is sold as a Flair kit in the UK (so they are the same model), flying weight was around 7.2 kgs (16lbs) . Mine is powered by 2 x OS.46 AX 2/s, with Spring air retracts, the model really honks along but is a real b#tch to get airborne due the the excessive P factor (it torques madly to the left and must be "launched" at almost full throttle to get it airborne in a straight line)
No pics but mine is pained as a night fighter.

cheers

Alan

skippy uk

hi thanks you have helped a lot will note those points must say at this point thinking of takeing out the irvine 39s and replaceing them with rcv 61 or sc 52s