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is it any good?

BarracudaHockey

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Which one? A search will reveal an extended thread about both the 50 and 100

I have the 100 with an OS 1.08 and hitec digital servos and really like it, I fly it more than any other fixed wing I own.

jbflier

I have the 100 with an O.S. 120 in it for flying off water this summer.......should be a good combo

sparkknocker

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As said do a search. Yet I have the Funtana 50 and hate it. Forget about a knife edge without the rediculous SFG's attached

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thanks for the suggestions, and sorry i should have been more specific. lol im a real newb at this hobby.

piroflip2

I have the X100 (YS110), K/Es and K/E loops superb with or without the SFGs. If no good K/E without SFGs = not correct set-up.

BarracudaHockey

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I want to a see a picture of that on floats!

sparkknocker

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WRONG!!! My set up is just fine. Ask anyone out there with a Funtana 50 and they will tell you the thing couples like crazy. I suppose if I put enough mixes on my radio the plane it would K/E. But just good flying K/E no way. Please enlighten me how I need to set up my Funtana wise one

piroflip2

Just because you have a problem with your model there is no need to resort to smart alec remarks like "wise one".
My x100 K/Es very well with NO coupling.

I have a clubmate (we both fly in F3A comps) with the X50 and his is fine too, we have not tried the SFGs on his 50 yet, it does not appear to need them.
Please try adjusting your c of g, engine thrust ect. untill yours is trimmed for 3D. In the meantime, try not to take it personally when another posters experiences differ with yours. Life's too short my friend, just get out and enjoy your flying.

regards piroflip

Jarrah

i have a x50 and knife edge is a joke, massive coupling, tried various cg setting also

piroflip2

hi Jarrah

difficult to comment from several thousand miles away.
repeating my models (and that of my friends) brilliant K/E performance wont change the way yours flies i'm afraid.

could it be a wing incedance problem that you have? to get good K/E (without coupling) needs correct W/I and C of G combined.
I am no Chip Hyde but I am used to doing this on my F3A models.

best of luck

piroflip

Hibrass

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I have to admitt my X100 couples in KE and Flatturns to the Gear on Rudder... But I have only gone back to 6 1/2 inches on the CG and I have more I can go... So far it is managable with Rudder Elevator mixing...

Will moving the CG further rearward improve the coupling or make it worse all else staying the same?

Thanks,

Hibrass

sparkknocker

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Piroflip...apparently you are the only one with a Funtana that has the ability to K/E great. My CG is setup great for 3d. I can do blenders, inverted flat spins with no problem. If I go back ne more it will be impossible to fly. Either you got an exception Funtana or you are doing something majorly diffrent from everyone else but in any case every funtana I have ever seen try a K/E it truely is a joke. Hince the reason to come out with SFG's. oh and I said that because you assumed my setup was wrong

sparkknocker

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To be honest moving the CG really doesn't help a coupling plane. Now if the nose will not stay up you need to move the CG back. But like I said, as far as coupling CG doesn't make a difference. Hanger 9 knew the funtana did horrible K/E's that is the reason for the SFG's. Hope this helps

Hibrass

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Spark,

I think you answer my question.. And maybe answered the KE question... My coupling is progressive with the amount of Rudder... If I don't have to use as much Rudder the keep the Nose up maybe that will decrease the amount of coupling I encounter....?

I will try moving the CG back further the next time I go out... Sadly, the next two weekends are Cubscout events so I will have to wait to try it in a couple of weeks...

Thanks,

Hibrass

sparkknocker

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That makes sense. I have my CG at about 6 3/8'' from the leading edge but she still couples pretty hard. I think I have another half an inch of play then the plane will be too aft heavy in order to be safe. Let me know how it works out for you when you go. Thanks

Planeclothes

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My Funtana X100 also pulls to the belly on KE. Even with the SFGs it is not perfect. Perhaps the Funtanas they sell in the U.K. are different.

sparkknocker

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They are all made by rediculously under paid females in China. Mine pulls to the belly as well, which I found kinda odd myself

wylieruneyjr

The landing gear pulls my 100 x in circles on knife edge so I mixed in a little up elevator at BOTH right and left FULL rudder. Now it does just what I want beautiful knife edges going either way. With a little more up or down elevator I can do knife edge turns no problems. My funtana is purposely nose heavy to help on landings!

Hibrass

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Well I made it to the airfield but a cranky Saito kept me grounded... Kept throwing the prop from a midrange backfire... Go figure... Well maybe next time...

Hibrass