Tom sent along valuable details about his V60...
"I bought a Venture 60 kit from you about a year ago, after a move from
overseas and a new job and various other excuses, I finally maidened
it
today. It flew great! My setup is:
- OS Surpass .91 II with 12x8 3-blade and
then 13x8 2-blade
- Futaba 2.4GHZ w/8-ch Recvr
- NiMH battery
- 4
digital servos
- 14oz tank
- one bay cut off each wing
Here are
some of the things that I noticed about the flight:
- even with full rudder,
it has essentially no roll coupling either
way. After flying a TF Contender
for a while, that is pretty cool...
- even with a 4S-91 and 6 inches off the
wing, it still floats in a
long way
- low-speed stall is gentle, no
particular wing drop
- the old-school one-servo two-ailerons setup still
works fine
Some construction notes:
- putting a 4S-91 in the nose, I
figured that the battery would need
to be way back in the fuse, but it
ended up balancing out with the
battery basically right above the wing
-
throttle cable position was surprisingly difficult with the Surpass
engine,
as the rear-mounted carb made it tough to back up the control
connector
against the firewall
- I've had trouble drilling a straight 3/16 hole through
the wheels,
but will hopefully get it right the next go-round
So -
it was a great build and is a great flyer. I'd be happy to
recommend the
kit to anyone."
