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This famous German glider designed in 1935 is almost a cult classic amongst old-school glider pilots and those looking for something a little different. Its distinctive nose, stubby tail and gull wings are both attractive and functional, helping the original version to reach an altitude record of 6,687m in 1938!
Our Minimoa is a large (2mtr) RTF glider made from super strong reinforced EPO foam. This model comes pre-built with motor, esc and servos already installed. All you need to do is include your own receiver & battery to be ready to fly in 10 minutes.
The HK Minimoa is well designed, with easy access to the battery compartment, and the wings being easily removed with 2 nylon screws and a wing support bracket, making this an easy glider to set up at the field and fit into the back of your car as it takes around 3 minutes to assemble the main wings. The gull wings are kept strong with 2 reinforcing rods, inserted at the time of moulding the EPO; theyre fixed in place and will never move, providing a strong and slop-free support to the wings.
Everything is included with this kit, all you need to provide is your own receiver and battery (around 2200mAh 2 or 3S, 20C).
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Hallo ich habe die Minimoa bei Hobbyking erworben,vom fliegen super, aber etwas slampig gearbeitet z.b. am Motor amhinteren Ende der Welle fehlt der Sä*gering, im Motor in der Glocke war eine M3 Mutter die da nicht hin ghö*rt,die Abdeckungen der Sevokabel unter der Flä*che und die Dekorstreifen Halten nicht Viele Grü*ß*e Alfred
also bin enttä*uscht von diesem Modell v. Hobbyking , der Sturtz stimmt auf kein Haus , der Flieger steigt Kerzengerade in den Himmel, nur der Motor ist dann viel zu schwach fä*llt dann nach rü*ckwä*rts, ist ganz einfach einen einzige Katastrophe, ich wü*rde dieseMurksflieger niemanden empfehlen.
Has anyone used ailerons as spoilerons on their Minimoa? If so how much travel did you use & were they effective?
I read a lot of comments about how long the glide is so I thought spoilerons woul help with shorter landings.
Thanks.
Aileron work very good for landing as spoilerons.
I don't need them for every landing, but sometimes when weather is too good or place too short, they work very well ...
Hi All, I have recently purchased a HobbyKing Minoma Glider from the original purchaser. The problem I have is this. Connect the battery in the aircraft and switch on the (just installed Rx on/off switch) and all is fine. Check all controls including a short motor run from the Tx all is OK. Turn off the RX switch and then the Tx and after about 15 seconds a BEEPING sounds from the motor and it rotationally kicks maybe 3-5 degrees. This then repeats every 10-15 secs until the battery to the motor ESC lead is disconnected. Could anybody please explain what is happening and is there a way of stopping the motor beeping and kicking without disconnecting the power lead?
This is a quite normal behaviour of the ESC: If no signal from the RX enters the ESC, it beeps to let you know: "Hey! I have no signal from RX!". If you have put a switch between ESC and RX: This is quite useless, because even if the RX/servos/etc is switched off, the ESC will draw power anyhow. So unplug the batterry from ESC directly to be save. This "panic signal" you hear from ESC can not be switched off, BTW.
Hi, has anyone flown this glider on 2s 7.4v lipo & if so, how did it perform? I've read some reviews saying that it seems over powered for the type of glider it is so thought maybe it would be better on 2s.
The original Minimoa design was not made for LiPO, it was made for NiMH. This is why you need some addtional nose weight in most cases. :) As such, a 3S LiPO seems a bit overpowered, but if you just use the motor to climb up, then turn it off and glide down you should be just fine. It's an oldtimer anyhow, so you probably don't want to stunt around with the motor up and running all the time. If you use a 2S LiPO, the node weight will get even more to get a useable CG. In my opinion, carrying som
Mine is a lot too powerful on a 3S and a bit uncontrollable of the climb at this power. It does however fly really well on about 1/4 power. A gentle climb to height and then a super glide. One battery will last all afternoon and this is the way it should be flown ** its not intended to be a rocket-ship Its a super looking old-timer and if you use a 3SlP its a bit heavier, has a bit more capacity and you don't need the nose weight - just don't use anywhere near full power. Hope this helps. H
The Minimoa goes good with 2S, but the batteries weight is to low, you need to put in some balast in the nose.
Better use a 3S-lipo and use the motor only to climb in periods, perhaps with half power. The motor will do a good job but it will burn if you use the motor without pauses during flight.
The motor in this model as has the prop to match has been changed since all the reports of burning out motors and needs 3 cells to fly! If your prop is 9*5 then you WILL need 3 cells, 2 just wont be enough!
I use 3 cell A123 lifepo4 2300mah in a triangle in mine and if it was on the old setup would have worked as was, but with new motor being a lower kv and prop being smaller I had to change prop to a 10*6 to get enough power for climb, 11*7 would have been perfect but I could not get one! On that pack though I fly for 35 to 40 mins easy without thermals, with thermals I have had nearly 2 hours!
Hi, habe das modell bekommen, sehr schön. Leider ist mir wie hier bekannt der motorträger geschmolzen. Das liegt wohl an 11,1V (orig9,6V). Wie kann man das problem lösen? Danke schonmal
Hallo,
das einzige wie du da lösen kannst ist meiner meinung nach einen motor rein der die 3s verkraftet oder nur mit 2 s fliegen.
weis jetzt nicht genau wieviel platz vorn ist aber mann müsste da ohne probleme ein paar luftlöcher reinbohren können und an der seite ein luft auslass.
anders könnte mann einen neuen motorträger bauen.
wegen einen absturz war bei mir mal einer komplett zerlegt und ein neuer musste schnell her, mit ein wenig überlegen suchte ich mir einen besenstiehl mit geeigneter
Hallo,
ja der Motor ist überlastet. allerdings laeuft der Motor bei mir nur so um die 10 bis 15 Sekunden auf Vollgas. Mit dieser Motorlaufzeit sind super Höhen erreichbar, so dass ohne Motor mit Thermikanschluss gesegelt werden kann.
Die Steigleistung ist mit dieser 3S Motorisierung bei Vollgas eh grandios, geschaetzt so ca 70 bis 80Grad.
I had a crash with the plane (most my fault - but the linkage of the elevator and rudder are too vague - you should use proper control cables). So i need some spare parts. Motor and the red plastic front nose. Can i get them in the german warehouse?
There are no Spare Parts in the german warehouse. But take a look to the "Art tec" Homepage!
They sell the same plane and have a lot of parts. The Best Is Lindinger.at
That´s the minimoa's problem. I have one minimoa and I adaped elevator and ruder control. There aren´t spare parts on DE warehouse. It´s easy to order main warehouse. I recently buyed one spiner and propeller due to one crash, lol. I hope that this information helped you. Good luck with minimoa, it´s a good glider.
I fixed the Problem by some tricks and ordered additional a second one. I adapted the elevator and rudder control by a shot piece of 2mm carbon and shrink tube. I glued one of the weight inside the top of the nose, so with a 3s/2200 Lipo CG is fine.
Since the motor mount due to heat very quickly schmiltzt (max 10 sec full throttle and beautiful style glider flying!) Necessarily a somewhat large hole in the 10mm spinner and recesses in the underlying disk drill. Start with a maximum of 70% gas is more than sufficient. Flight image is breathtakingly beautiful.
Habe meine Minimoa heute Aufgebaut und muss sagen fertig sieht sie ja schick aus, aber die Oberflä*che ist mega Kratzempfindlich und So ingesamt macht der schicke Flieger einen nicht wirklich stabilen und soliden Eindruck. Das Heck lä*sst sich easy bewegen. Der Rumpf ist nicht wirklich Steif. 2 Servos Hö*he und Seitenruder defekt, musste ich sofort austauschen. Das Ding bekommt von Anschauen schon Kratzer, Qualitä*tseindruck : sehr dü*rftig!!!!
Bin mal gespannt wie Sie fliegt
You can see the files tab (next to videos) were attached instructions. I advise to open holes in the spinner and the cooling plate income and exit holes in the fuselage.
j'ai achete ce planeur a DE WAREHOUSE debut fevrier et l'ai recus le 16/02/2011. la boite est arrivee intact apres 4 jours. mais il y a un gros probleme avec les ailes : si je met la clee d'ailes il est impossible de positionner les ailes sur le fuselage (en effet il y au un decalage de /-1 cm). quand j'ai signaler le probleme avec des photos il m'a ete repondu apres 11 jours de bien vouloir envoyer des photos chose deja faite dans le premier mail!!!! en plus il me faudrais renvoier le colis en CHINE A MES FRAIS :-((. le renvoyer en allemagne passe encore mais en chine cela me couterai plus cher que le planeur. est ce que d'autres acheteur ont rencontr?le meme probleme???
yeah, I had the same problem, but you can fix again by yourself the plastic holders on the wings with PU-Glue (buy in a Hobby Market). Than the gap problem is fixed.
bonsoir moi aussi j'etais interressé par l'achat de ce planeur en europe mais maintenant que je sais quand cas de probleme il faut le retourner en chine et comme les problemes avec hobbyking tu en a une fois sur deux ca calme. Cela fait un an que je n'est pas commander chez eux apparament il n'ont toujours pas ameliorer leur SAV donc je vais m'abstenir de commander
bonsoir moi aussi j'etais interressé par l'achat de ce planeur en europe mais maintenant que je sais quand cas de probleme il faut le retourner en chine et comme les problemes avec hobbyking tu en a une fois sur deux ca calme. Cela fait un an que je n'est pas commander chez eux apparament il n'ont toujours pas ameliorer leur SAV donc je vais m'abstenir de commander
cela fait des mois que j'attend un jeu d'ailes pour mon planeur et rien ne vient www.link est ce que je vais devoir aller en chine pour chercher les pieces pour enfin pouvoir voler avec mon planeur???
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Erstflug verlief nicht ganz problemlos... der CoG passt schon mal ganz gut. Der Motorsturz stimmte leider berhaupt nicht. Ich musste 3 unterlegscheiben unter die obere schraube packen... Die Querruder brauchten auch mehr Ausschlag. Habe die Anlenkung in die untersten Lcher eingehakt. Jetzt passt alles und er fliegt einfach nur Super... Sehr schnes Modell....
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I have the Moa for some time now and have flown it in almost any situation (mountain / high thermal / flying field). Overall it's a very nice sailplane. It's a scale Oldtimer, and that's the way to fly it. Slow. You want to roll and loop? Consider a Fox or Salto. Airfoil seems to be a ClarkY 10pcnt, good choice for the wing load. Tip stall is late and smooth. It glides _very_ slow. Some advice for your first flight: 2200mAh/3S/20C Lipo needs about 90g of additional nose weight, as the Moa was designed for NiMH. The motor is not ment to be on continuously. Turn it on, gain height, turn it off, glide down. Works fine with the stock setup. Motor all the time? Use a 30A ESC, drill hole in spinner and prop mount for cooling. In thermal conditions, rudder first to enter bubble, ailerons only to stabilize. You need _much_ elevator for low sink. Don't use the Y-cable for ailerons. Use 2-chan. aileron diff. Ailerons as flaperons works nice, on low speed. Lost aileron efficiency? You're too fast. Loose speed, and the moa soars nice. Scale landing? Use tape to cover brake area from wheel to front tip. Land on wheel. Use aileron to stabilize main wing. Push elevator down to brake. Like the original 1934. People on the field will be jealous.
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Hi All. I am using a Zippy 3s 2200mah with the Moa seem to be struggling with the C&G all though the lipo is quite heavy for this model it does seem still tail heavy, i have put come lead weights in the nose but it does seem to make this model quite heavy for the motor, anyone have any idea what alternative motor you could use to give a little more power,cannot seem to get the C&G right.
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Rather good kit however....at the first testflight I reved up the engine and at 60pcnt speed the whole engine with plastic cap came out of the plane. I noticed that only a few tiny spots of glue had been used. a rather unsafe situation. Also all servo's had to be replaced by HXT 900.
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Habe den Vogel nun schon einige Wochen. Er fliegt sehr gut, geht auch gut in die Thermik und sieht mit den geknickten Flügel klasse aus. Fliege ihn mit einem 3S 2200 ABER habe den Gashebel mit Klebeband so eingeschränkt, dass ich nicht Vollgas fliegen kann. Mit 2/3 Gas steigt er optimal und Flugzeiten jenseits der 30 min sind gut zu schaffen. Insgesamt ein toller Flieger!
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