Great service as usual, ordered the carbon version and found it to be of very good quality , didn't use the supplied aileron horns , thought them to be too thin , made some from thicker material , used blue bird 101hv on rudder and elevator and kst x06 on ailerons. My first effort in launching gave me a good height and this got steadily higher with more flights , the model has a very nice glide and I am really enjoying my new found skill.
After a long discussion with Neil I purchased this motor to power a Topmodel Thermic Dream glider. The nose is very narrow and suitable outrunners were causing problems and the Dualsky XM3850EG-8 Cased Outrunner fitted perfectly in the nose. It is mated with a Beatles 80amp ESC and powered with a 3S/4000mah Lipo battery. The folder prop I am using is a Carbon 14 x 10. Although, at 3kg, the glider is at the top end of the weight range for the motor I was delighted with the performance. This motor gets the glider to 200m in around 9 seconds and the angle of climb is about 70/80 degrees. Overall I am very happy with this purchase.
I've bought this bag for my Mini Dart 2 DLG and it works well for that. The fabric and zippers seem to be of very good quality. On the back of the bag is a small leash that would allow to hang it from a hook at home.
The only two things that would improve the bag for me were if there were some straps on the back to allow it to be attached to a backpack or to carry it directly on the back like the Multiplex Carrying Bag, and if there were a zippered internal pouch for screws and some small tools.
The Hyperflight Bag is much nicer than the MULTPLEX bag, visually and also with the padding and internal pouches. I'm very happy I've bought it and I've stiched on some straps myself in the meantime, so this review is only intended as a suggestion for a small improvement of an already very good bag.
Ordered this for my Maverick F5K. The original carbon cone was slightly out of shape and the aluminium bolt housing was not centred or properly glued to the carbon cone.
Also, one 2mm prop attaching screw was missing.
A quick WhatsApp message to Neil resulted in Neil sending a replacement at no charge to Australia.
That’s why I use Hyperflight - great service.
Thanks again Neil.
This is something I have been wanting to get into for sometime. Having flown planes and helis for decades I am excited at a new adventure in the DLG scope. I must admit it a completely new learning curve with this aircraft especially the setup in relation to the limited information instructions wise. The team at HyperFlight despatched immediately and the aircraft (being of a fragile nature) was well packed, meaning it arrived safely. Thank you HyperFlight crew, I may just call on your expertise during the assembly.
Top notch!
Dualsky products need to be supported that is spare parts specifically all spinner hardware screws, yoke / propeller hardware metal inserts, need to be made available to customers who may have lost or broken the same, Collets and locknuts need also be made available for lost or broken ones. By doing this you raise customer service to a higher level!!!
Fast delivery to France.
Very good glider, well made, but the fiberglass wing is fragile.Perhaps get a carbon version.
The opening in the fuselage for the flaperon controls is not easy to locate.
CG was bang on 58mm / Blue Bird 101DMGs (not buy there , the qualityis not good : The screw is broken under the head, and one have gap between the bearing and the plastic box, and sometimes it's double neutral. ) / 1s 300mah cell
Thank you Hyperflight team.
I have always been a hitec man, most of if not all of my 1/3 scale models powered and gliders have hitecs in. But as Neil is so close to me and I needed some standard size digital servos in a hurry I bought 3.
I am really impressed with the smoothness, no central slop, silence and power of these servos, I am converted, they are good enough for all movements. I will be buying more when the time comes!
Thanks Neil.
Glad to see Neil is stocking these servos now, I discovered PTK servos a few years ago when buying a kit from a French store and was impressed with the quality and accuracy of them especially at the price, never have had a bad one, great service as usual from Hyperflight they are justifiably renowned for quality and service.
Not having used 1S batteries for flight packs before I tried this HV lipo on my latest DLG as there was no room for anything else and this all worked fine, it is of great quality. As is usual with Hyperflight the package arrived next day to me, always great service and my go to company.
I ordered this kit on a Sunday. Just after ordering I realised I had ordered the wrong version! I took a chance and called Neil and to my surprise he answered right away and rectified my mistake immediately. I received the correct item a few days later. Great customer service!
New to DLGs having just built a basa model with built up wing. This is in a different league. Glass version, beautifully made but beware, it is very, very delicate. Just holding the wings while you cut for the aileron horns can be enough to put dents in it. Definitely get the wing bags!
The forum linked above is a great help when building, especially for the aileron control horn slots and linkage length. Otherwise a straightforward build.
CG was bang on 59mm with Blue Bird 101DMGs and 1s 500mah cell.
I struggled at first but again with advice from the forum realised some down trim was needed for straight and level flight at recommended CG - so stick with the CG and trim accordingly.
Now getting up to 25m launches, which I think is OK for my level of experience (and age!). Today caught my first thermal and went up to 40m and stayed there for 5 mins, very pleased.. and hooked!
I ordered this kit on a Sunday. Just after ordering I realised I had ordered the wrong version! I took a chance and called Neil and to my surprise he answered right away and rectified my mistake immediately. I received the correct item a few days later. Great customer service!
I'll say straight off the bat that Ive not used it yet but the quality is spot on.
And at the price Neil has it for at the moment it's worth buying just to have it in your store of repair materials.
I wish this stuff was available in 10mm or even smaller squares but again at this price and quality I'll take what I can get 😜.
Just finished building this cute little slope soarer and I have to admit I am very impressed with the outcome.
The kit comes well presented in its individual bags for each section and the online instructions are easy to follow and have in-depth pics to help you on your way.
Its not a hard kit to construct, but the Mad stab if you are a beginner is a little tricky to get it spot on also in the instructions it shows you hinges for the movements, there aren't any included in the kit and I wouldn't and didn't use them anyway.
All in all for a 1.2m its a great build and extremely cool looking glider and very similar to the Aresti and if it flies anything like the Aresti we are all in for a fantastic ride!
Having flown the Forza now for nearly 5 years, and my Typhoon since 2013, trying the Toccata with it’s BSLD wing design and very fast section just had to be done! The build quality was very good on my Sport version, with a super shiny, very hard finish and good overlaps on the close fitting fuselage seams.
I elected to fit a 20g rudder servo between the battery and Rx having read that the previous reviewer had to use somewhere near 300g of nose weight to achieve the suggested CG of 96 as a start point.
THIS PROVED TOTALLY UNNECESSARY!
The actual cg figure for first flights is actually 110mm from the l.e., and I arrived at 113 by removing a great deal of nose weight flight by flight. Having done so, the all up weight dropped to 1,745g. I later found the reviewer for Aufwind mag arrived at 113 as well!
As the cg moved back, the light lift performance improved significantly, as it did throughout the envelope.
In good lift, ballasted to 2,300g, this thing is an absolute missile, and really good at fast, big, smooth aerobatics.
Do I like it? Very much so…
after a long time waiting for weather managed to maiden the forza. conditions were excellent really nice model for social sports flying. no trims needed. responds well with camber when needing more lift. fun to fly. responds very well and retains its energy even without ballast. need to adjust butterfly but otherwise good all round model. recommend.
The kit came with everything you needed, a nice box for storage and the ballast with direction on how to place the ballast in the proper order. A very clean set up and it was nice they provided the necessary ballast, many manufactures don't, and you then need to talk other flyers with WiKi f3L 2m planes!
I have tested a small number of my own and a friend’s servos and both the MKS servos (HV69 and HV70) performed the best in the tests with exceptional performance.
A 210mm long carbon fibre rod pointer was attached to the servo arm and deflections were read with a magnifying glass on a scale with 0.1° divisions. For the HV69 a torque load of 0.56kg.cm was applied to simulate small inflight loads when the servo is centred. At 8.2V the servo had no detectable centering error and zero gear slop. When the voltage was decreased to 4.8V the pointer drifted only 0.05°.
The MKS HV70 also had no detectable centering error but had 0.2° gear slop (very little for such a small servo).
The KST servos I tested in the same way had the following centering errors: X06 V6 ±0.18°; DS213MG V8 ±0.4°; A08 V6 ±0.1°; DS215MG V3 ±0.18°]. These small errors are probably acceptable for most model applications.
The smaller servos had a proportionally smaller torque applied.
In future I will test other MKS servos when I have a suitable model.
This was needed for patches on the wing tips of my F5J "Inside" . I haven't used plastic films for many years - this model was handed down from a friend, so was a little concerned about doing neat repairs. I found the Oracover Light easy to locate and stick down around the perimeter of each patch. Shrinking with a hot air gun worked well, leaving the patches almost invisible. Easy to use, light and surprisingly tough for its light weight.
I have used one of these motors previously and was impressed with the power , size (to suit a 32 dia nose) and relatively light weight of these cased outrunners. This one will be used in a larger F5J model but I am confident that it will be satisfactory, based on the previous model.
Very neat servo frames suitable for flap and aileron installation in F5J glide wings. They were delivered as part of a package of components for my upcoming F5j glider from Hyperflight. Despite a minor hiccup - I rate Hyperflight's service and problem solving as exemplary.
It might seem odd for someone living in Canada to order from the UK instead of the US. These days it seems like it can take months for stuff to get across that border, and with all the trump tariff theatre we never know how much anything will cost; also UPS & Fedex seem to enjoy charing the recipient a fortune in broker fees and tax on fees and assessment of fee fees etc.
So to get my KST servos from Hyperflight in just 5 days with no complications was a very pleasant surprise. Strongly recommended!
I can't offer any opinion of the servos yet aside from "gosh, pretty" because just as I was preparing to replace the ancient servos in my 25 year old Seledkin, we got evacuated due to a major wild fire. :-( Hopefully I'll be abel to get back to that job in a few days.
I’m using the Dualsky Summit 60X ESC in two of my F5J gliders. I’ve now flown two competitions and several practice sessions and I can say the ESC performs great and as advertised without any issues.
The ESC is compact and robust, perfect for a slim fuselage.
I made a few small changes to the setup using BLHeli32suite to suit my motor/gearbox combo, primarily easing the start-up and brake to reduce any potential stressing of the gearbox. Changes were simple to make and worked as expected.
All in all a great ESC with a powerful BEC at a reasonable price. Recommended.
Manual is not enough for first timer, watching other DLG videos came together nicely in 2-3weeks. Didnt flown yet but looking promising. Quality of the other hand, i would say 3.5/4 star. U can see air gaps underneath wing cover. Wires were rusty, all parts just enough amount, if u mess something, u have to sort out ur own.
Another excellent quality kit from the German makers of the Inside F5J and the Introduction, and an enjoyable build. No English instructions but diagrams at very stashes plus the excellent plan make it all quite easy.
I intended mine as a more efficient slope soarer than my foamy models but only needed the power mainly for saves in very weak conditions. So I am going to use a much smaller motor and lipo so extended the nose by16 mm to minimise extra nose weight. I will use ballast for strong conditions.
I’ve finished the fuselage and tails and am starting on the wings. I will sheet the upper leading edge as I dislike the Iron on film sag between ribs.
One aspect where I found a design fault was the ply strip bridge between the two elevator halves which was not stiff in torsion and as only one side is driven by the servo would not allow both elevators the same travel under aero load. Quite easy to cure though with some extra ply bracing. Or even a 2 mm carbon tube.perhaps?
The kit is well put together and it is for the season builder. The laser burn is clean on all parts. Instructions lack some details; photos did help a lot.. the wood selection is great. I really like the overall kit. Everything to build is in the kit. The Jig takes a little figuring out for building the wings. If you are an experienced builder, you will enjoy this airplane in my opinion!