RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: sandyspad Just a quick note, My wings are .4 stab 0, don't really know about anything else, except that the plane took 1st at Tulsa, 3rd at Pittsburg and 1st at Omaha. Advanced class. I think it is one great plane for the price and quality. And if it can win with me flying it's got to be OK. Oh yeah motor AXI 5330 F3A. Sandyspad [/quote] Congrats on the results, glad you are enjoying the plane, just goes to show everyone that it will fly well regardless what incidence you have, as long as you are comfortable and confident with the plane you will do well. Lee
Posted on: 8/8/2012 9:59 PM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Knife Edge Spin Doctor Needed
Every plane design needs a slightly different input, some will lock in with full elevator/rudder and aileron, most will go flat if you input too much aileron and elevator so the trick is finding the sweet spot, try entering with slightly less than full elevator input. Also, you should have at least 45 degrees of elevator throw to start with, like I said, some require slightly less to maintain it, and same goes for ailerons. There are a few good instructional videos around that explain this. Lee
Posted on: 7/30/2012 5:42 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "3D Flying!"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: xrboss Is anyone using the brake setting in the ESC of the castle HV80? Does the plane require the brake setting for the down lines? [/quote] I'm not, I feel the plane actually flies a slow downline without it, it's easy to maintain consistant speed with the Vanquish. I'll be interested in seeing what others have to say about this. Lee
Posted on: 7/12/2012 4:15 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: strattac Anyone know what control arm is being used for the futaba 9650 on the elevator? [/quote] Use the Dubro Super Strength arms, I used the shortest arms and that is what we recommend in the manual, you may have to open up the holes in the stab a little when using the short arms. Here's a link to them: http://www.horizonhobby.com/products/super-strength-standard-servo-arms-fut-DUB673 Lee
Posted on: 7/8/2012 11:01 PM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
Hey guys I figured I would post my setup for everyone again, I fly with three flight modes, here it is: 2M Vanquish (One of the first planes with the integrated cowls) - Torque Silver Bullet - APC 20.5/14E - E.F. Elite Spinner Guided by- JR 11X DSMX RX- JR 921X DSMX with 1 Satalite RX Servos- Ailerons JR 9411's with plastic gears Elevators JR 3421's with plastic gears Rudder JR 8411 with plastic gears RX Battery- Thunder Power G6 2S 900mah RX pack with Castle Creations 1 AMP BEC for 6.6 volts regulation Flight Packs- Thunder Power G6 Pro Lite 5S 25C 5000's Speed Control- Castle Creations ICE 2 HV 80 Plane is built using all stock hardware, I didn't try to save any weght anywere because I wanted to show that with the basic equipment above te plane will make weight. Weight with batteries: 10.7lbs. Wing Incidence: +.6 Stab Incidence: 0 CG: My CG machine is broke, just for reference I have my batteries as far forward as I can, front corners touch both sides on fuse on battry tray, I'll try to post a picture of this. I have no elevator trim at this CG and Incidence settings, the plane requires very slight push to maintain level inverted flight and the 45 degree inverted upline CG test shows exactly what it should, the plane holds a 45 inverted at full power for several hundred feet then starts to drop towards the canopy. I found that the plane snaps better and breaks better on spin entry with the more forward CG, with the incidence set where it is it does not feel like a nose heavy plane though, I'm very happy with these settings, though I never settle and will always make minor adjustments and tweaks here and there but this is what has worked great for me so far. (Your battery positions may vary a little because my plane is one of the first with the integrated cowl, not sure if the latest version with removable cowl and different canopy will change things a little, regardless overall weight of the new version is same as the original version) Mixes: Down Line: Throttle/Elevator- 1% down Rudder/Aileron +2 with left rudder (Those are the only mixes I have in the plane!!!) Aileron Differential: 1 degree less down than up in all flight modes. Normal sequence maneuvers: Flight Mode Position 0: Ailerons- 11 up / 10 down - expo +35 Elevator- 9 up/ 9 down - expo +18 Rudder- 17 L/R - expo +30 Snaps: Flight Mode Position 1: Ailrons- 20 up/ 19 down - expo +45 (If there is any kind of rolling element that requires extra rudder authority this is the mode I use) Elevator- 10 up/ 11 down - expo +18 Rudder- 25 R/L - expo +40 Spin/Stall Turn: Flight Mode Position 2: Ailerons- 20 up/ 19 down - expo +50 (plane spins very good with rudder/elevator input only, I use extra aileron for authority keepin wngs level at stall speed/spins entry/stall turn) Elevator- 19 up/ 19 down - expo +50 Rudder- 30 R/L - expo +50 I know my setup won't work for everyone, but if it helps anyone with getting set up and close to where they are happy it served it's purpose,have fun and enjoy your 2M Vanquish's!! Lee
Posted on: 7/4/2012 11:42 PM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
The stock pin hinges are fine, we use the stock pin hinges supplied with the giant scale E.F. planes with no issues too. This plane will never be subjected to a manuever that will cause the stock pin hinge to fail, in fact I doubt you could get them to fail even if you tried something stupid that you shouldn't be doing with a pattern plane. The only thing that should cause excessive wear would be not lining the hinges up properly when installin them. With hat said, some people just have their own opinion and way of doing things, if they want to replace the stock hinges that's fine, but could you send the stock hinges to me so I can use them on one of my projects?? :-) Lee
Posted on: 7/2/2012 12:16 PM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: Flyer88 [quote]ORIGINAL: RC Accessory How a pattern plane flies is subjective to the flyer. What I think is good setup, you may not like. CG will most definately effect how wing incidence can be set. trimming is a long process. As far as EF goes, I simply called them and the followed up with an email. Why hasn't other people on the forum done this? I do not rely on the information from the forums as I have no idea who the person is nor their level of expertise. Some people I do know and take their advice. So instead of asking questions here and not knowing if the information is right, how about sending an email or make a phone call to EF. www.extremeflightrc.com info@extremeflightrc.com Phone: 770-887-1794 [/quote] I did put in 5 call yesterday, but no answer. Just like F3A Unlimited...???? How do you run a business and not answer the phone. I've been trying to buy a composite pattern plane from this guy ( for the past two months) but he doesnt call back to answer a couple deciding questions for me. And yes I know he was in a car wreck and off work for a while. The last time I checked a couple thousand dollars was not easy to come buy and to splurge it on a model aircraft is pure luxury. They don't have to sell their planes or answer questions....they have this forum. They give a plane to a pilot with an orange shirt , do a build thread on it, say it's the next best thing since the space shuttle and they sell planes the modern way. Behind a bunch of BS. The only reputable plane is Chads in my mind because he is answering questions and supporting the product. I know nobody gets rich off these planes but if you want to get in the game....you better be in the game. [/quote] Ok, you put in 5 calls yesterday, did you leave a message? What time did you call? I find it hard to believe that after 5 calls you got no answer, but if that's true and you left a message you will get a return call by the following day at the latest. Same goes for a email. There has been plenty support in this thread, myself and Arch posted our settings in the beginning of the thread and have been in here off and on since, do you need someone to hold your hand in the thread every day? Do you own a Vanquish?? If you do you wouldn't be posting this poo. It's people with attitudes like you that make people not want to get into pattern, I was warned about your type.... Lee
Posted on: 6/27/2012 7:16 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
There has been plenty of good information in this thread. Everyone likes a different setup and the CG can vary depending on each setup, incdence should vary with different CG's too. I don't think there is any one perfect setup for everyone, the perfect setup is what works for you. This is why things were left a little vague in the manual, because if there was a specific CG then we would have people posting tha E.F. doesn't know what they're doing because they don't like that CG, which we already have being said about the recommended starting point for the incidence. These settings came from a pattern pilot that was testing the prototypes and giving feedback to Mr. Hinson. I will e if I can have an addendum made for a starting point on incidence in the manual and see if we can put a starting CG range as well. When I got my plane I set it up on my own, it was my first pattern plane and I basically set it up the same way I do with my IMAC planes then slightly adjusted the incidence and CG to wear I thought the plane snapped and broke on spin entry best. his took roughly around 40 flights, however even tough I settled with a specif setting doesn't mean it doesn't get changed sligtly over time, any good precision pilot will always be chasing a better setting. I posted my set up in the begining of this thread and they are basically the same as what Arch ended up with. Arch and I liked the CG a little more forward in the plane, seems like most others aren't liking that setup, that's what makes it difficult to write a manual with specific numbers. Fact is I think the Vanquish has a more detailed manual than most hig end pattern ships come with, if they even come with one at all. I saw a couple posts about the weight and a target weight set for the plane. At the factory there is a target weight for the different parts of he plane, if they weigh the part and it's over it gets disgarded. We are confident that as long as the buyer uses the proper equipment we recommend there will be no issue making weight, I haven't heard of anyone having trouble making weight using the stock hardware and recommendations. As far as the changes made to the rudder and the cowl, it hasn't added weight to the plane. As far as Arch moving on and flying other planes, that's fine, I don't think he was ever expected to solely fly the Vanquish, he was given the plane to do a build thread and he did a good job doing that. The only Extreme Flight team pilot in these forums flying the Vanquish is myself, I have not moved on to anything else because I know this plne is very capable of winning, even without the trojan helmet and other gadgets taped on, lol. Since I am not well known in the pattern community I don't think people will listen to me much. That is one thing I have noticed entering pattern, it seems like unless you are at contests and well known your voice kinda goes unheard. I am very capable of setting up a plane as well as anyone, as well as many other guys in this thread so to say this thread is a waste of time, that is just stupid.... Lee
Posted on: 6/27/2012 7:00 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
The APC 20.5-14E works good but I found that the Falcon 21-14 worked better. Lee
Posted on: 6/26/2012 5:02 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: jetmech43 well I did the 45 degree upline an rolled innverted and it droped like Arch said [/quote] Don't change the incidence on the stabs, it will throw everything off on the plane. I use the same method Arch uses, here's more detail on how to do it. Fly level into the wind, pull 45 and make sure you establish a perfect 45 upline at full power roll inverted, the plane should travel a couple hundred feet then gradually start dropping towards the canopy. If the plane starts dropping towards the canopy right away you're to nose heavy. Once you get this set right you should be able to fly level inverted and have a slight push to maintain inverted flight, again if you have to push a lot you're nose heavy. From the sounds of your discription of your plane I think you are still to nose heavy, keep moving the battery back until you can do these tests and get results that I have discribed above. The Vanquish is one of the best flying pattern ships I've flown, I have flown both wood and composite high dollar planes and regardless what some people may say I feel when set up properly and in the right hands it can be very competitive against any plane out there. Keep us posted on your progress, I know when you get it right you're gonna be very happy. Lee
Posted on: 3/4/2012 3:52 PM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: jetmech43 I rechecked my incidences again with a new incidence meter, I borrowed one (Keith) then decided I needed one hangar 9 angle pro, it read .5 on wings and 0 on stab so dont think it was a bad incidence meter, going to try and fly it again today, and just play with the CG and see what happens [/quote] The Torque motor is 575g and the power 160 is 650g, my guess is your batteries may be slightly heavier too, just keep moving them back I'm sure you'll find the sweet spot, I only have a couple clicks of up trim. Lee
Posted on: 3/3/2012 7:15 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: barnowljenx This thread is getting more and more interesting as more Vanquish owners start to put their experiences in.  I'm learning quite a lot about setup just reading what you guys are doing.  Interestingly, Arch's point about increaing down elevator throw is what I tried and it does make a difference to me.  I had not thought about reducing expo so will try that next on down ele and see what it does for me. I find that the Vanquish snaps quite slowly and so it is quite easy to stop it after exactly one turn.  I always find that it then is off heading and I am assuming that is correct as I've read that you always lose direction after a proper stalled snap rather than a glorified aileron roll.  Am I right in thinking this? [/quote] What aileron travel are you using for your snaps? I have mine set for either 25 degrees, elevator is 9 up 11 down, rudder is 20, this is for snaps only and the plane snaps very fast and doesn't lose lose heading much at all. The most important thing I have found to get this plane to snap well is a slighty forward CG and I have the incidence at .6 which helps in not making it feel so nose heavy, I'll have to put the plane on the balacer and see where I'm at. Lee
Posted on: 3/2/2012 8:33 PM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: danamania This was my first model without fixed incidence wings.  When I maidened on my own, I thought it required a bit of up trim.  I did move the battery packs back an inch or so from the recommended starting CG balance point in the manual and this helped with pitch trim.  After a few more flights, I was fortunate enough to have two FAI level pattern pilots put four trim flights on.  They did not find the amount of up trim remarkable and we did not reset wing incidence (from 0.4 deg).  My question is how much up trim did you need to dial out the dive?  It might help others to know in deg. or mm at the elevator?  Just a thought. [/quote] I have hardly no up trim on mine. I have my incidence at .6, this allows me to run a slightly forward CG which I think makes the plane break better in snaps and spin entry. I'm using Thunder Power G6 Prolite 5000s and have the batteries as forward as I can get them, the front outside corners are actually touching the wood on the sides of the tray. Just for reference I have a 1% down elevator downline mix, the only other mixing I'm using at this point is rudder/aileron +1% on left rudder. I have a very slight push while inverted. I'm so happy with this plane, for a wood ARF that is very affordable I don't think it can get much better. I have seen where a couple people have said the plane lacks some rudder authority but I haven't seen anyone try adding anything to the plane, maybe a cantalizer ( I call it a Trojan Helmet ) like Dave Lockhart and some other guys use on their planes would help a little? I also see where guys have added depron on the wings of their planes to act as SFG's, I'm sure with some additions the plane would meet the needs that some people say it lacks. My guess is if guys are running these things on their planes that would mean their plane may be lacking some rudder authority too? Anyway, I fly at the Ocean County Modelers field all the time, come on out some time and I'll let you fly mine and show you my setup. Lee
Posted on: 3/2/2012 8:25 PM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: just starting 3D ???
There are many good simulators out there, AeroFly Pro Deluxe and the newer versions, Real Flight and Pheonix are the best that I have tried. Lee
Posted on: 2/10/2012 7:46 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "3D Flying!"
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RE: just starting 3D ???
It's been a while since there's been a post here, I hope your practice is going well. Here's what I recommend you do if you are serious about learning 3D flying. The first and most important thing is having your plane set up properly for 3D flying. Lets start with the CG, this is the single most important part of an airplane setup. There are many people out there who think you have to have a tail heavy plane for 3D flying, what they don't realize though is it can actually make a plane even more difficult to control because the plane will be very pitch sensitive. The easiest way to see that you have your CG set right is to take off, make a couple trim passes, then pull up to a 45 degree upline at full power, roll the plane inverted and let go of the sticks, your plane should travel 200 to 300 feet maintaining that line then gradually start pulling to the canopy, once you think you have that right go ahead and fly a level line, roll inverted and see how much down elevator you have to push to maintain level flight. You should have a very slight push when flying level inverted. Having your CG set like I described will make your airplane fly the best it can, it will be very stable, won't be too pitch sensitive and will track very well under all flying conditions, especially if you are flying in a good breeze. Any plane out there will 3D great with this CG setting as long as you have your throws set properly. The next thing you want to do is get your control throws set properly, I'm going to tell you the best basic throws and expo settings to start out with for learning 3D flying, once you get these setting right and start practicing you will find that you may want to adjust these settings a little to your preference as you start to excell in the maneuvers. What you want to do is start out by adjusting your elevator and rudder throw to 45 degrees in both directions, this is the standard throw recommended for 3D flying on these surfaces. The best general expo setting to start out with on these surfaces is 50%, this will give you a good feel all around, if you feel it's too sensitive you can go up to 60 but I wouldn't go much beyond that because you will start to lose the feel of the airplane. Many guys will set their elevator for as much throw as they can get, however once you get over 45 to 50 degerees of throw it can actually become difficult to control the plane during certain maneuvers. What you should do, and we recommend it on our Extreme Flight EXP line of aircraft is, set up your plane for 3 rates or flight modes, the first being precision which will be great for pattern type flying and maneuvers such as snap rolls as well as for landings and takeoff, then the second mode is for normal 3D flying with the rates I have described here, and the third mode is the same as the second but with as much elevator throw as you can get, this mode will work well for crazy tumbles, super tight knife edge spins and elevators that literally drop straight down. If you don't fly with fight modes then you can set up the same way with your rate switches. Next is the ailerons, most planes will roll very fast with 45 degrees of deflection, most people won't be able to keep up with the plane at that high of a roll rate. Different designs require different throws as well, for example a Yak requires more aileron to perform a good snap roll than an Extra. I would recommend you set your ailerons for 35 degrees of throw and adjust from there until you feel you have a roll rate that you can keep up with and feel comforatable. Set your expo at 50% on the ailerons to start out with and adjust from there as you progress. Here's some advice on what maneuvers you should start learning first. Of coarse everyone wants to learn to hover so I would exect you to be doing that, but there are two maneuvers that I feel are the basis for all 3D flight, they are the upright and inverted harrier. I feel these maneuvers are the two most important things to learn if you want to be succesful, mastering these first will give you the ability to save your plane any time you make a mistake, whether it's while hovering, attempting harrier rolls, blenders, flat spins, etc..... you will always end up pulling or pushing out of these maneuvers and if you are comfortable with the harriers you will never have a problem recovering. Think about it, the most common mistake when learning to hover is the plane falling towards the canopy or gear, if you know how to harrier you can simply harrier out of the mistake. Harriers will also force you to learn to use the rudder which is a very important tool in 3D flying, there isn't a time that I'm not using my rudder while 3Ding. When you attempt harriers remeber that every plane has a sweet spot, when you fing that spot the plane will lock into the harrier and won't require a ton of control input other than what you need to control your heading, you may end up only using half of your 45% elevator throw to maintain the harrier, also remember the harrier is mostly controlled by the throttle, smooth throttle inputs are key to a succesful harrier and maintaining that high alpha attitude. When you want to turn the plane you should be using more rudder than aileron, the aileron inputs should be more for maintaining wing position in a turn and correcting wing rock and leveling wings after the trun, generally whenever I input rudder I am inputing a little aileron too, but only maybe a 1/4 of the input I am using with rudder. At times you'll find yourself using opposite aileron while turning too, it will take time to get this down but once you do it will all make sense. Here's a little trick for inverted harriers, obviously when you are inverted the rudder inputs will be opposite from when upright, however you aileron inputs will be the same. The trick to remember which way to go with the rudder when inverted is cross control, when you want to turn left input slight left aileron and cross control the rudder for opposite rudder because right rudder will be left when inverted. So just remeber, inverted harrier = cross control for turning and wing rock control. It sounds complicated but like I said once you practice it you will reach a point where everything clicks, then you'll look back on it and say that was easy. Another very important thing to work on is knife edge flight, you should be able to knife edge both directions, both top and bottom to you. Here's a trick for hovering, a common thing that presents a problem and mistake is when the plane starts to torque roll. When the canopy is towards you everythings is good, but as soon as you see the belly of the plane you're lost. The most difficult thing for someone who is learning to hover is when the belly is towards you and the plane starts to fall off to the side, but it's really not so hard to recover once you remeber this trick. Which ever direction the plane starts to fall off to, move your rudder stick in that direction. So if the left wing starts dropping, the plane will be falling to the right from your perspective, so if it's falling to your right move the stick to your right and you'll be good. If the plane is falling towards the canopy which is away from you, push the elevator stick away from you, or pull it towards you if the plane is falling towards you. Once again this sounds complicated but once you think about it and try it you will reach a point where it all makes since and clicks. So to sum it up, when the canopy is towards you elevator and rudder are opposite what the plane does, when the belly is pointed at you the elevator and rudder are the same direction as the plane is moving. Once you get these maneuvers perfected you will be able to recover from any maneuver with confidence, it won't matter what direction or orientation the plane is going or in, whether it's knife edge, upright or inverted, you've got it and you'll be a better pilot all around. Simulators are the best tool we have now days for perfecting flying skills, if you don't have one get youself one, it will pay for itself in the airframes that you don't crash while learning these maneuvers. Good luck with your practice and don't take it too serious, keep it fun!! Lee Morey
Posted on: 2/10/2012 7:43 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "3D Flying!"
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RE: Hangar 9 30cc P-47 Build Thread
Very cool John, can't wait to get this one myself. Hope to see you soon at WRAM show? Lee
Posted on: 1/13/2012 7:59 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: sandyspad I have one a question, has anyone had any issues with the landing gear? Seems they use 1/16 or metric equivilent sort of aircraft ply and another 1/16 light ply to space the blind nuts. Mine pulled the blind nuts right through the wood, and no it wasn't a bad landing. Got it out and replaced with 3/16 aircraft ply with bamboo pegs in front, working OK now. Mike [/quote] I haven't heard of any issues like you have described. Lee
Posted on: 1/8/2012 2:17 PM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
Yes they did, I know Curtis said that they were sending some out to guys that had them cracked out of the box. Did you contact them about yours being cracked? If you didn't I would email a picture and give Curtis a call this week to see if there are any left. Lee
Posted on: 1/1/2012 12:08 PM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: sandyspad Iv'e been goofing off and haven't contacted EF yet about the cracked canopy, guess I'll do that after Christmas. They did have wheel pants, cause I ordered some a while back and got them pretty quick. Don't use that wood screw to hold them on or you'll also be ordering new ones. A 4-40 screw and blind nut is the answer. Good instructions on the tail wheel Pete. Mike [/quote] Yes the screw and blind nut is the way to go. Chris is away with family for the holidays right now, I'll find out if they have canopies in stock, however the best thing to do is contact them by phone and email them with a picture of the damage, if it came out of the box that way I'm sure they will take care of you, looks like there are a few others with the same problem. They will be back in the office Tuesday. Maybe Blair will jump in here and let us know if the have canopies in stock, if not I'm sure they will have some on the container due right around New Years. Lee
Posted on: 12/23/2011 1:11 PM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
Could one of you guys that have a cracked canopy post a picture? I'm curious to see what it looks like, my Vanquish was one of only a couple from the first shipment we had in the US and I haven't had any trouble with mine, I've got plenty of flights on it and it's holding up very well. Have any of you contacted Extreme Flight about this issue? Sorry I haven't been in here much, it's difficult trying to follow all the threads on all the sites about all of our planes, I will make it a point to get in here every day to assist any of you that may have questions or need support. Lee
Posted on: 12/23/2011 6:35 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: kochj [quote]ORIGINAL: Ryan Smith I saw that airplane with my own two eyes at SEFF. It's a new model, it has a Rimfire 50cc electric motor in it. [/quote] Well...then it must be a 88'' then...[:D] Is it replacing the other extra? or an additional one, with the changes off the 78''?? [/quote] It's a 90" EXP Extra 300 prototype, with a RimFire 50 motor running on 12s 8000mah batteries. The plane is geared around the DA60 and similar engines, at this point it's still in the testing stages. Lee
Posted on: 6/6/2011 11:10 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
[quote]ORIGINAL: rcpattern Lee, You should ride down with Dave to my contest June 11-12 here in southern, MD. Arch [/quote] I will be there, that is the D1-D2 shootout right? Looking forward to meeting you as well as everyone else. Lee
Posted on: 5/25/2011 2:40 PM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
I have 20 flights on mine so far and I'm in love, this plane really flies great. The only mix I have is about 1% down elevator for downlines, this thing is locked in!!!! Can't wait to get to the next contest up here, and just as Arch has done, anyone that would like to try mine is welcome to. Lee
Posted on: 5/25/2011 10:30 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2m Build Thread
Looks good Arch, I should have mine done within the next couple days, can't wait to hear your thoughts about it once you get it in the air, I think you're gonna like it. Lee
Posted on: 5/14/2011 5:51 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "Electric Pattern Aircraft"
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RE: Extreme Flight 2 Meter Vanquish On it's Way
Hey guys I don't know what's going on with posting pictures on this site, here's a link to a picture of the final version of the plane. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3838289 Lee
Posted on: 3/21/2011 11:27 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: Extreme Flight 2 Meter Vanquish On it's Way
Part of the hold up was Chris wanted to make sure it would make weight with some of the cheaper batteries, that helps serve the purpose of making a very competitive plane on a budget that everyone can afford, making weight won't be an issue. The motor that will go with the plane is the Torque "Silver Bullet" F3A, it will be a good match for the plane and once again is going to be very affordable. I'll be getting some flights in on the final version of the plane in a couple weeks when I arrive in Georgia, can't wait. Lee
Posted on: 3/19/2011 6:48 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2M no BS
I can assure you that you couldn't have got the plane for Christmas because the first batch wasn't even done on the production line, however maybe you could have pre-ordered it. I know for fact that the price in the U.S. will be $649.95 plus shipping, there is a Torque Motor for the plane as well. They really are coming and if you can't get the plane direct from Extreme Flight you should be contacting your distributor to arragnement a pre-order. Lee
Posted on: 3/3/2011 12:24 PM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2M no BS
I don't think they've been sold in Japan for two months already, I will find out details about that today.... Lee
Posted on: 3/3/2011 6:03 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2M no BS
The price is going to be $649.95 plus shipping... Lee
Posted on: 3/3/2011 5:45 AM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "RC Pattern Flying"
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RE: Extreme Flight Vanquish 2M no BS
It's been a long time, here is what we will see here in the U.S. very soon, as soon as I get mine I will start a new, clean thread with plenty of pictures. Check out the link. Lee http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3838289
Posted on: 3/2/2011 9:24 PM by Author "mxcop114" in the forum "RC Pattern Flying"
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