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Author: D Segal I have just finished the SHAFT kit and I want to tell you what a superb kit you produced. The instructions were clear, the assembly sequence worked and the parts fit beautifully.
Author: jim quenneville (jimmyandbern@peoplepc.com) Fun and Fast Build.
An amazingingly stable little plane with great aerobatic capability.
I recently mixed the rudder couple out and 4 point rolls are nice and straight.
A perfect durable plane....I can see why Bill offer so many sizes.
I want one of each !
Author: James Rust (mikerust@gmail.com) I'm scared of glue, so I had my friends dad build it :) It took him 8 hours from start to cover. It took me another 2 to get the electronices in....but man what a pleasure to fly. I crash other planes ALOT, but the Shaft hasn't let me down once. It is so agile I can get out of any bad spot!!! Flies inverted just the same as upright....I even did a hammerhead stall...I don't even know what one is....man one a plane!!! I'm gonna try the adrenaline rush next....wish me luck.
Author: Jim Taylor (jjtaylor74@verizon.net) Mission Accomplished! Fantastic tough light parkflyer!
My new SHAFT weighs in at 15 3/4 oz with:
HS-45 servos
AR 6100 receiver
E-Flite Park 450
APC 10x4.7SF
Castle Creations Phoenix 25 ESC
Thunder Power 3s740 Pro Lite V2
Covered in AeroLite
This combo runs at about 150 Watts.
I would like to try a 1000kv 1.5oz outrunner as those can typically burst to 150 watts but I would be saving 1+oz on the motor.
I was impressed with the design of this airplane. Very well thought out! The wing turned out nice and flat and I don't forsee any warping from sitting in the car. The break free wing and landing gear work perfectly! Tail feathers are nice and strong and can take some abuse. The only thing I plan on changing is adding a tail wheel. Total build, covering, radio install, power system install and radio programming took 7 hours.
With an AUW of 15.75 oz it's a treat to fly really slow just around stall a couple feet off the ground. Easy to fly around in a culdesac, even turn around all under tree level. Open it up and with just a little mixing it knife edges relatively easily and can hold elevation with full rudder. Aerobatic are great with this plane. Flat spins are really tight and flat and decent slowly with power. Nice fun tough plane. I'll keep this one around for a long time!