thatguymoses

hey folks, just got ahold of and old ace extra 230 kit. Im thinking of flying some basic Imac with it next year

73" span
860 " area
10lb's

so... just started building, Im looking for some sugestions to make this a great flyer. I am going to do a few things to lighten it up. What all should i do to build/setup this beast. Im thinking a little extra rudder/elevator area would be a bit helpfull. Replace foam/balsa front/rear turtle decks with formers and stringers.

any help guys?

Also. it says .60 to 1.08 2cy 120 4cy

what would be a good imac engine?
possible small gasser?

cheers

christian

EXCAP232

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This plane will make a nice entrance into IMAC. This plane has a tendency to come out well over the advertised 10 lb. weight. Keep it light (this will eliminate a gasser for this plane). A YS 91 or 100 or the Saito / OS or other 100 to 120 would be a good choice. Set up 0/0/0 to start with 1-1/2 to 2 degrees right thrust. A little extra rudder/elevator would not be necessary for sequence flying. It would help if you plan on some 3D flight however this plane would be better suited to sequence flying.

0/0/0 means the thrust line arrangement.
0 degrees up or down thrust in the engine
0 degrees wing incidence
0 degrees stab incidence

EXCAP232

Sir Fliesalot

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I had a 1/4 Ace Extra 230 years ago. It flew great from the what it was up against. It never did worse than 1st in sportsman IMAC. It was tough. I stalled it on landing once, it dropped from about 15' with no damage other than a cracked cowl & broken prop.
Built stock, weighed 12.5# dry
O.S. 1.08 with 15/8 APC

Flew very straight and stable like a heavy aircraft but slowed way down for landings. It would do a perfect slow roll with barely any rudder. It needed more power for verticals though. A friend had the same plane with a 120 4c and had lots more power. Right thrust needed for verticals. I think I used 2 degrees. everything else was 0.

micsrcfn

Hi thatguymoses,

I had an ACE Extra 230 1/4 scale, w/ YS 120sf. It can do it "ALL". Vertical was not a problem, as it would go up till I told it to stop or run out of fuel! It had a total of 1331 flights.
It was built stock from the kit and weighed @ 9 3/4 lbs. We did'nt have digital servos then, but I would definately use them now.


Good Flying

Backfired

Anyone have the recommended CG and control throws for the Ace Extra 230

JHays

If anyone is interested I started a buid thread for an Ace Extra 230 on the Kit Building page.


http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_95...tm.htm#9529879