Ultimate .40 Bi-Plane EP/Glow 41.7.6in Balsa/Ply Kit (UK Warehouse)

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1590mustang

1 points - 5/24/2013

This is a copy of the world models ultimate and HK have just copied the manual (badly)

Dean Blair

29 points - 2/18/2013

Does this have a removable canopy?

soryn81

1 points

no,you have to remove the low wing to have access inside the fuselage

Dean Blair

29 points

Dam it! I want to make this electric but need some idea how to go about making a battery hatch. Any ideas?

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The instructions come on a mini cd which has the pages of the manual and are very poor quality scans. Parts list shows pilot, dummy cowl and instrument decals but you don't get them. It looks as though the manual is for another Ultimate model not this one. The manual is very vague and you need some building experience to build this model, NOT for beginners. The tail plane does not fit without taking the bit of wood out at the rear of the slot. The engine mountings want a bit of giggling for a two stroke. The distance from the firewall to the front of the engine wants to be about 15mm more than what it says in the manual. The wheels are just foam and look a bit naff. In the manual it shows one servo for the wing control surfaces but it wants two... one on each wing. Wing servo mounts are just balsa and not hard wood. Sorry HK but I don't think this model is value for money. The model looks ok but it was a pain to build at some stages.

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Overall Rating		1/27/2013 Renral 2 likes
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Build quality ok manual on disk next to useless does not relate to newer version at all take your and check everything.

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Overall Rating		2/10/2013 Mark 7 likes
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Well It had it's maiden flight yesterday after the bad weather and it flies really well. I have put a SC 46 engine in it which gives it plenty of power, flies on a third throttle and not weight adjustments needed for CG with that engine. As said the manual is useless.. HK take note here. I'm glad I built it for me to fly it, others at our club gave me some good comments as well (unlike them). Please get your act together Hobby King you have a good model here if it had the right build instructions, better wheels and don't tape the decal's to the outside of the box like mine were.

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