Bought this servo 4/11/2023 . Didn’t notice any operating problems when fitting it and programing my transmitter. Went to fly my gliders 1st flight today 21/4/2024 with this brand new servo and under load it flicks ailerons up/down ,very disappointed with its performance.To risky to fly with this kst.
This is a good addition to the Wiki 2M. Each ballast cylinder fits exactly into the wing holes provided in the model. The ballast set comes with a correctly sized storage box that the user assembles. I did not see that in the description, so I was happy to see that. Hyperflight continues to serve USA addresses with prompt shipping.
If I could leave 6 stars I would.
Incredibly nimble and fast, yet able to fly slow in no wind to light conditions and core thermals TIGHT! Yesterday I topped out a thermal off 1 throw at 72 meters!!!!
Ive also had a few mishaps on landing in stronger conditions but overall the plane and wing hold up well. The rudder fin however is a bit fragile. I may be inserting a small carbon rod to give it more strength for more of my "improvised" landings.
100% getting another one to fly with a bit more weight for the slope!
Purchased my Ahi from HyperFlight last week along with servos and battery as per Neil’s recommendation. Firstly the Ahi is so easy to put together it’s ready to fly in no time and the quality is great, no issues whatsoever excellent. I spend most of my time putting vinyl on it to brighten it up.
The Bluebird BMS-126WV servos that Neil recommended are excellent and fit in the plane a treat, centre well and powerful and a sane price. I’m sure I’ll have many flights with this and bags of fun.
HyperFlight has always been first class service, lots of really helpful advice and tips plus a really nice bloke. Cheers Neil excellent service as always 👍
If you're hesitating, jump straight in .... the kit's wonderful.
It's been many years since I built from a kit, my last efforts were of the Veron and Frog sort, so this one came as a revelation. Incredible balsa and not a crushed or mangled edge in sight, the cutting was perfect. I'm about halfway through so I've a way to travel yet but it goes together like a well made jigsaw, for a nearly novice there's a few mysteries but the build log here and cogitation over a pot of tea will solve those .... I can't believe that my finished fuselage weighs only 39 grammes, I've probably folded paper darts that were heavier ..... roll on some dry days, but first a few wet ones please, so I can finish the Alt bird free of guilt.
Normally use my Arduino Nano but tested one of these for a fellow flier. Drivers installed automatically on windows 10. Very easy to use and worked with both BLHeli-32 and BLHeli-S. The software is already on the device so no need to flash when swapping between Heli32 and Heli-S.
This is a lovely made little DLG. As far as I can tell, it flyes really nice. However, be careful not to leave as many dents in the wing as I did building it, the surface looks as strong as double carbon, but it isn't :) I'm tempted to compare it to the glass version, but so far it handles my "neary catched" landings pretty well.
Thanks for the perfect shipping!
Arrived in California in 4 DAYS! Very impressed with the quality of this model and build time, all up around 4 hours to build and then longer waiting for glue/epoxy to cure. I will be ordering another one soon. I want more of these for the quiver!!! Hours of fun with a 300mah battery! Also note: The HS40 servos do not fit in the vertical position, they are too tall. The aileron servos should be about 15mm tall max.
The Max Flight F5K was the first elect. DLG I owned. I bought this plane to fly under the FAA 250-gram guidelines. When i saw how well it fly's I had to start up a collection. These planes fly and land on a dime. I have both 4 servo and 6 servo planes. The 4 servo turns faster than the 6-servo unit and they are both fantastic and led me down a long journey on exploring the world of elect. DLGS
Maybe I didn't read it correctly, but I don't know if this model is Genteel or Gentile Lady because the assembly drawing shows something different and the decal shows something different. In my case, the element: 2.5mm Balsa lower hatch base was incorrectly cut with a laser... When building the model, you can use YT and PDF of the Angelwing Designs construction file to help you build the model. I was looking for just such a thermal glider, with a wing for slow speeds without much wind, rather silent flights. Although, as you can see on YT, even the sea breeze does not bother this sub250g drone. I am preparing to use a pylon on top of the wing center wing with an electric small motor. I recommend it for flights in small spaces without having to maintain the A1/A3 category.
Like a lot of us I’d love a 4m carbon ship, but the price jumps exponentially at that sort of size, and for most sport flyers (like me) it’s hard to justify.
That’s why this 2.5m Joy appealed to me, and a lovely thing it is too. A lot of the assembly work is done for you, and these things are beautifully manufactured, I’ve got the smiley face design and it’s flawless. Everything goes together so well, and the wiring harness is pre-installed and everything marked on the carbon layup for things like servo horns and the cuts for the wing servo rods. The servo boxes are cleanly finished and you really can’t mess up the channel to the servo horn unless you’re very ham fisted!
As ever with a precision wing like this one, you need some high precision servos to do it justice and to ensure you get reliable and consistent camber and other wing positions, so don’t skimp on those if you can help it.
All up weight for mine was 690g, but I went for a gearbox motor. The two fuse hatches allow for flexible rc positioning and access, but tape them on before flight just in case.
Flight wise, I’m finding it really rewarding, it will float quite readily if that’s your style, but is also happy screaming around making you smile at the sound of it.
Delivery from Neil was as ever brilliant, well boxed and arrived in perfect condition. The box has got a second life at my daughter’s primary school as part of a giraffe sculpture, the cardboard is very strong! :-D
Purchased the 1250 rpm outrunner & carbon prop for my Dream Hotliner 2.0. Postage to Country Australia was 2 weeks exactly. I have installed and tested but not flown as yet. Seems to have plenty of pull and carnt wait to get this airborne Neil has been absolutely excellent to deal with and I will be purchasing more products in the future.
The Terra V5 is a 'quality' kit that comes in a lite-ply box which becomes the building jig for the wings. It includes push-rods, hinges carbon joiner rod and 3D printed wing joiner mouldings. Assembly was straight forward but some care is required fitting the 1mm lead edge sheet and some effort required to sand down the trailing edges. It is a lightweight design using commendably light balsa for the tips and tail. I recommend carbon reinforcement (1x3 mm strip or 2mm rod ) is incorporated during the build. Some though is required during building as how to connect the wing servos and how to keep the wings in place . Nothing is mentioned on the plan. There is very little space to use rubber band retainers so I fitted a vertical tube in each wing root to be joined by a piano wire u shape across the top of the fuzelage. I used small 4way pcb header pins and plugs to connect the servos at the wing root. I used the recommended servos but needed to modify the supplied servo mounts to suit the confined space in the wings. My motor is a Dualsky XM2532 1500K which being a "cased outrunner" was a easy fit with a 9x6 folding prop. The model flys well in light conditions but I have not tried it in a strong breeze. Mine weighs in at 640gm but because of the rather short nose I needed 50gams of lead and a 78gm 3S 850mAh Lipo to bring the CoG to the recommended 60mm behind the leading edge. This is a rewarding model but requires prior building experience.
These are ideal for lightweight models. The only problem is that you have NO adjustment. Just roughen the end of a 1.5mm carbon push rod, apply medium cyno glue and slide on. The pin needs a 1.6mm drilled to the control horn for a perfect fit. Only 4 stars because there is no adjustment but they do work well.
Received the parcel in Romania after 8 days. All in excellent order. Thanks.
Great solution for making carbon push rods. I epoxy these to the end of a carbon rod. Finally coating the carbon rod and aluminium end with epoxy and heat shrink the assembly before the epoxy sets. This makes a strong end set up that will stand most if not all stresses.
I asked Neil and his team in the order comments section if the list of items I had ordered were compatible with each other (fire wall, spinner, props, collect etc). Within an our of placing the order Neil rang me and informed me the spinner I ordered was incorrect for the set up. The correct one was added to the order and the wrong one removed. Great service as always and the components are the best on the market. Many thanks Neil & Team.
Received in a great 7 days. Well packaged and all there . There was a replacement parts bag for some bits that were cut too small, all good. There is a small leaflet on some instructions , but minimal , there is a build thread on RC Groups. Some thinking on some of the build , but an experianced builder should be ok . Some of the ply fuse parts needed a little sanding/cutting as they didn't quite slot in . The wing joining points I got to a great fit and good angle UNTIL i covered when they bent noticebly , some angled balsa needs to be added at 45 ' to stop this , braced against the carbon spar at the next rib down . ( like a geodetic structure. ). Not flown yet but will soon . Overall pretty good .
I've given these 4 stars only because they don't last very long, but are great for holding the prop blades close to the fuse. No more blades that dangle or don't quite fold all the way back. Will be buying some more, although I forgot with an order I just put in - doh!
These are very nice prop blades, but there was a difference of 0.4g in weight between the two blades. As you can imagine, the front of the fuselage had the shakes when I tried a static test (it was at this stage I weighed them). I ended up sanding the front and rear surface of the heavier blade until it matched the lighter one, and repolished it. The other issue was I needed to remove bulges from the roots as they were preventing the blades opening. Hopefully Neil reads these reviews and feeds them back to manufacturers, at least match up pairs of blades better. Having said all this I would use these again, as once balanced are great, and fold nice and close to the fuselage when used with a CN-U Spinner.
I wanted to wait until I had completed the build and flown the model before posting a review. I mostly scratch build my planes from plans rather than a kit but wanting a 2m glider and faced with all those ribs, so on this occasion I chose the Eli RES. Like other reviewers I was very impressed with the quality of the kit and apart from a few head scratches during building, it went together very nicely with excellent fits. I used a suggested power train of the DYS D2225-19 1350kv (which is a nice snug fit in the nose) and the 28A BLHI-32 ESC. For r/e I used a pair of the CHA DS06 Chaservo and a pair of Power HD servos for the spoilers. The suggested spoiler/servo mechanism works fine. I covered the model with Hyperflight's own transparent covering and was surprised how nicely it worked. Finished weight was 470g with a Tattu 750mAh battery which I was able to squeeze in. I have flown it several times now, the power setup gives several reasonable climbs and although there was marginal lift on most occasions I flew the ELI it still managed not to disappoint. I can't wait for some better days. Spoilers are set to about 60 degrees and a little up elevator to compensate. They are not overly effective. I would thoroughly recommend the Eli, it looks and flies great. Excellent service from Hyperflight.
I found the Glider fun to build and seemed to be reasonably easy even for me a first time builder.
The Pug flies great and responds to very light lift conditions which is a blast, I was able to thermal it first day out!
Unfortunately, I found the 3d printed bits to be excessively brittle I broke one of the pushrod guides separating them, broke the elevator mount installing the elevator, broke the forward wing mount tightening down wing for the first time and finally the rear wing mount broke on the second day out during a slightly hard landing. My kit was also missing the carbon throwing peg.
Regardless the pug is a joy and I will likely be picking up a twisty soon enough!
Bought two Pico Reds and installed in both a Prestige 2PK Pro Standard and Storm. Both in conjunction with a 2S/300 battery. My last flight yesterday testing 6S in the Storm, and not yet familiar with the total consumption used at full power. Ended up at around three hundred meters in 10 seconds (after already flying for 20 min...) and got low voltage warning. Looked at the Jeti display which told me 15 volts! No chance to fly the 2PK down in time. Then "popped" the low RX voltage up, and the backup battery took over. Full brakes from 300 meters brought the ship safely down.
I have set the BEC voltage to 8,4 V, and charged the 2S/300 battery to 3,9V cell (7,8V total). 3,9 V gives around 190 mAh for use. The telemetry is set for Voltage low at 8V, so I knew the backup was "taking over".
What a fantastic solution! It helped me this time, but I know for sure to land before this happens again
The kit itself is high quality. I would rate this kit about 9 to 10 for craftsmanship!
I am very impressed with the way the servos for the tail are laid out in this sailplane.
The elevator control horn uses a steel rod that is joined from the root end of both elevators. You have to use a clevis to connect to this rod and the servo, but it's a neat idea the way it works!
Overall, love this kit!
It's one of the best kits on the market!
Usual speedy delivery from Hyperflight and after a couple of minutes with a permagrit to reduce the width of the servo lugs they fit the frames just fine. The external bearings need pliers to gently snap them into place into the nylon frame but just be careful to keep the bearing level with the top of the frame when doing this. So much better than the wooden frames.
Superb quality part that was on my doorstep, half a world away, a week after damaging the original DLG style fin which is fragile in a sloping environment. The replacement fin arrived perfectly packed to prevent damage during transit. Superb service as usual Neil!
The original fin was fairly easy to remove at the glue joint and a minimal amount of boom sanding was performed to assist adhesion. A hole needs to be created in the forward 'shell' of the fin for the pull cable to pass though. I re-purposed the original horn and torque rod but needed to make a new pull cable due to the extra length required. The whole job took less than an hour to complete.