U-can-do- 3d

[Pipercub 09]

I want to buy a ucan do to learn 3d with but i want to know quality and flight characteristics of this plane any one know anything about it?

[f4u]

I have the 60 size. OS91fx for motor .Easy to assemble great to fly. If you want better 3D go Four Stroke 91 or 100. I have arthritis in my hands and with the balancepoint where its suppose to be would make a great trainer with the throws turned down. Flies what pattern you want and will evenhover. Do not use metal bolts in landing gear. In fact use larger sizenylon bolts. Saves on ripping out landsing gear ount. Tom f4u

[BillGreen]

Been flying the same NO-CAN-DO for 5 seasons. OS 90 FX, Jett Muffler, Perry pump, APC 16X4W.
The plane flys great. Marginal 3D plane. Will hover well. The thick airfoil doesn't stall easily, so stall manouvers aren't pretty. Beef up the landing gear mount. Landings are slow and gentle,Flys well in 30K winds. Saito 125 would be my engine choice if I started over.
And yes I altered the supplied graphics to NO-CAN DO on the wing.

[Pipercub 09]

Thanks so what your saying is buy it but strengthen the landing gear and use diffrent bolts??

[1THEPALMER]

He is saying it's not a good 3D plane.
If you are ready for 3D consider a plane from here http://www.swanyshouse.com/index.aspx
Then go join The Profile Brotherhood. There is a link on Paul Swanys page. Check out the video contest to see what Paul's designs can do, look for a vid done by "McDDD".
I am flashburn there you will find me lurking in the electric forms most of the time tho I have a 60 size Mojo and a 40 Primo.
We call it the "You Can'T Do" There are way better planes out there, do not settle for that mass produced crap.
If you have to have an ARF look here http://www.valuehobby.com/product_details.php?category_id=4&item_id=46
designed by another Bro, his handle is Spaz. I have the little electric Sabre and it kicks ass!

[VA6WGO]

The U-can-do 60 is a fun plane to fly. The best combination would be with a saito 125 and the 16 x 4W APC prop.

Even the saito 100 with an APC 15 X 6 will pull it out of a hover.

To learn how to hover is a good plane, it hovers very easy. Harriers are not the greatest.
Due to the position of the elevator it has a lot of roll and pitch coupling when doing a knife edge, a computarized radio is a must with this plane. You will find that rudder-elevator and rudder ailerons mix is very handy when doing a knife edge to compensate for all those nasty tendecies.

If you want to learn to do rolling circles, hovers, high-alfa knife edges, it's a fun plane to start with.
I used to have one and I flew the &^%$ out of it. I found that the landing gear was ok, you may have to beef it up a bit, the plane is small and light. You may have to add an extra 2 degrees of right thrust to keep a straight up line.

I learned to hover with it and after that I moved to giant scale gas powered aircrafts and found out that the bigger the plane the better it flies.

Cheers,

Will

[1THEPALMER]

To learn how to hover is a good plane, it hovers very easy. Harriers are not the greatest.
Due to the position of the elevator it has a lot of roll and pitch coupling when doing a knife edge, a computarized radio is a must with this plane. You will find that rudder-elevator and rudder ailerons mix is very handy when doing a knife edge to compensate for all those nasty tendecies.

If you want to learn to do rolling circles, hovers, high-alfa knife edges, it's a fun plane to start with.
I used to have one and I flew the &^%$ out of it. I found that the landing gear was ok, you may have to beef it up a bit, the plane is small and light. You may have to add an extra 2 degrees of right thrust to keep a straight up line.



Cheers,

Will
Sums it up just fine, Hover OK Harrier not, Knife edge needs several mixes,
Save yourself the grief trying to get a poor design to fly well and go direct to a real 3D plane. See my post above for links. Those are 3D planes, The UCD is crap when compared to them.

[Pipercub 09]

thanks guys a little confusing but i understood it

[canadianf1pilot]

Well there you go Creek, everything you wanted to know.

You guys may not know it, but Pipercub 09 (AKA "Creek") is all of 11 years old, and is ALWAYS flying! (we are grooming him to be our next instructor pilot!)

Bill

[moose200]

I would personally go to www.swanyshouse.com and pick up a BURRITO 40. they are awesome planes!! if you throw in a O.S 46 you will have more then enough power. And they are super easy to fix if you happen to crash. I am only 17 and I started when I was 16, they are great and easy to learn on, if your new to 3D and you just slowly add more throws. So you starts out like a normal plane and depending on how fast you are on learning by the end of the season you have your controls going almost 90 degresse!! next thing you know you a 3D aholic..lol. just ,my thought

[junior flyer]

Ya, for sure if you are just wanting to get into 3D you cant go wrong with a 40 size profile. As stated the ones from swanyshouse.com are especially good. Personally I have a 40 size MOJO and it is just crazy with a 46 FX with a mousse can muffler. This thing can hover at less than half throttle and pulls like a horse if you get in trouble. The MOJO is a very solid plane and is tough to break. I have dorked it in a few times while hovering down low and nothing has happened to it as of 2 years now. Also there is almost no knife edge coupling in this aircraft, which makes learning low and high alpha knife edge easy.

[roberted5]

Check out this video,you should be able to copy paste it in your browser.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euTDSG42IW4

If you like 3D flying,this is about as good as it gets.Then go to swanyshouse.com.He also has big planes that will do the same thing.

[Ken E]

Don't be too quick to write off the UCANDU 60 as a good 3D plane. I had one with a Saito 100 and I loved that plane, it was my favorite for practising 3D all though I took the landing gear off three times before I finnally really beefed it up. A friend has that plane now and in all honesty you have'nt seen 3d till you've seen him fly that plane, that thing is awesome in his hands. He does better 3d than I've seen in any video. He all so has the bigest Ultimate with a DA 150 and several other large planes that he flies 3d. So you see it's not so much the plane , it's the pilot that really makes the difference. Just keep practising. ken

[Pipercub 09]

i've bought a greatplanes eagle 580 instead, like back in september. got it ready to go and love it so i'm happy

[roberted5]

If your just starting out with 3D I've heard from many flyer that the Mojo 40
is the way to go.There is another 3D site called Pro Bro and all they fly is 3D slabs.
I bought one and an OS55 AX,then the next step is the Primo 40 and you can use the OS 55AX on it also.

The Pro Bro site has all kinds of building threads,McDDD introduced me to it.
Nothing on that site but flying slabs,true 3D planes.

The Burruito is a good plane also,all of Swany's kits are good.

[1THEPALMER]

This? http://www.greatplanes.com/airplanes/gpma1286.html
If so can I come live @ your house and be your big brother?

[Pipercub 09]

Yes thats the one...only smaller. i bought the 46-81 size. running 1000 mah pack hitec 635 servos on elevator rudder. And of course just a standard servo on throttle. For power i have a super tigre G61with a 13-4 prop. Flys good only weighs 41/2 lbs.