Flying the Sky Hawk Glider at Curtin

[seanmcgrth]

Hi..I've just got on of these 4ch Sky Hawks from Hong Kong....

How do I set the C of G , before I take it out for my first fly...

Regards . . Sean

[aenoch75]

watch when u start with this one, the props are very easily broken make sure the motor isnt running near the ground

[seanmcgrth]

@aenoch75 ..tell me...first fly with mine and I broke the prop

[Bamitzyou]

is their sound or is it my computer

[gadgetexperts]

Hey im thinking of getting one of these, what is the fuselage and main wing made of, and how good is the control surfaces and gliding properties of this plane, thanks

[Luke231294]

the fuselage is made of plastic

the main wing is made of foam

the plane is very hard to keep in the air

[playernl2]

it isn't hard to keep it in the air just make some practice runs with a simulator or just toss it without the motor and just glide like 5 meter to see how it reacts and make sure that the wings are symetric

[blingyruss]

will this plane still work if its crashes?

[farttilludieinc]

yes i have one i took it upside down crashed so hard it still flies

[seanmcgrth]

@blingyruss ...YES..!!!!!

[DanielDaniel1]

as 4ch do you get airelon control? thx

[CaptBiggles42]

Yes, aileron, elevator, rudder and throttle.

The rudder is not overly effective though.

[DanielDaniel1]

thank you

[DKingTaco2188]

rudder is only meant for lazy turns when your gliding, I never use a rudder if the props running, what a waste when I could have way more fun turning with ailerons. If the plane has no ailerons use a combination of rudder and elevater to get an aileron like turn. That's what I'll do with my firebird phantom when I get it, later upgrade to this I need a plane that can go slow, my park isn't overly huge. How does the batterry work? Do you have to completely run down before recharging?

[jamondeguijuelo]

I bought one this week for only 60€!(RTF all included) It is my first RC plane.I hope to learn with it and finally realize an old childhood dream =)

Thanks for the video

[vpsshore]

Hey i noticed you are using a 2.4ghz transmitter. Im curious, what radio gear do you have in there? Also, what motor setup are you using? I have this exact same model but the current radio gear that came with it as well as the servos are pretty crap! Also, mine came with a brushed motor so i was also curious if you had a brushless in there!?

Thanks!

[CaptBiggles42]

I am using a Spektrum DX-7 with an AR6000 receiver.

The motor is a 1000 kv brushless which, with a

10.5 x 6 prop, pulls about 15 amps.

I had to re-enforce the nose by bolting some circuit board front and back to stiffen the nose up. Others have used fibre glass instead.

I can comfortably get about 15 mins of flying time (as you can see from the video I don't spend too much time gliding).

I also ran fibreglass tape across the wing, top and bottom for a bit of extra strength.

[seanmcgrth]

@CaptBiggles42 ..Can you do a vid showing just the up-grades you've done...

These Gliders are getting very popular now...

theres no Vids on Youtube that I can find showing what you can do to it...