[paul borga]

Hey there,
I almost bought the Sensei but got Eflite's Alpha 450 Sport Electric Trainer instead. She's a well built balsa model that doesn't need any mods....excellent trainer right out of the box........

[bleyva]

My mods were done out of necessity, esc smoked on the table during testing of the control surfaces.
One of the screws on the front gear came loose and worked its way under the ESC shrink tube. (I THINK)
Not a good sight. I bought it from great hobbies and they were great at replacing the parts but they were the stock parts so i didn't risk it and modded the crap out of it.
The motor pretty well bolts into the stock location and mount, you will have to mess around with the ESC I had to cut some of the foam out to get it to sit nicely.
One thing i did do as well is cut small square holes through the fuselage and glued on white plastic spoons cut in half to act as air intakes to cool ESC.
As for CG using the stock points on wings, control throws are stock as well.
I might change the rudder to get more throw to knife edge better.
Yea I said it knife edge

[dashpuppy]

Originally Posted by MichaelJ

I don't have a wattmeter yet, it's on the to buy list. I don't know if it was the prop or the soggy field, but I was totally underwhelmed! Take off run was huge.I'm back to the stock prop for now.

were you out flying today ?

[fixer]

Originally Posted by MichaelJ

I don't have a wattmeter yet, it's on the to buy list. I don't know if it was the prop or the soggy field, but I was totally underwhelmed! Take off run was huge.I'm back to the stock prop for now.

I think you were under propped but a watt meter could verify it. What is your all up weight if you have it? OEM it should be 3 1/4 lb. Check that the prop was tight. I've seen video of the plane OEM and it only taxied about 15-20'.

[fixer]

Originally Posted by paul borga

Hey there,
I almost bought the Sensei but got Eflite's Alpha 450 Sport Electric Trainer instead. She's a well built balsa model that doesn't need any mods....excellent trainer right out of the box........

Balsa is way best but the Sensie will have to stand up to a beating if it is going to be our club trainer. It's hard to beat Aerocell foam (literally). With Aerocell you are flying a plane made out of "pool noodles".

[MichaelJ]

Originally Posted by fixer

I think you were under propped but a watt meter could verify it. What is your all up weight if you have it? OEM it should be 3 1/4 lb. Check that the prop was tight. I've seen video of the plane OEM and it only taxied about 15-20'.

And with the stock prop and dry field I'm off the grass in about 20', it was so wet and mushy I should've had floats or funcub wheels.

[MichaelJ]

Originally Posted by dashpuppy

were you out flying today ?

Went through a couple of batteries on the Sensei, bent the nose wheel back a bit so flew the Champ until it got too windy.

[dashpuppy]

Originally Posted by MichaelJ

Went through a couple of batteries on the Sensei, bent the nose wheel back a bit so flew the Champ until it got too windy.

DAMIT i keep missing you guys, pm me your email or cell #3 so i can text you or email you to see when you are going out then i can come out ad fly something too!

[fixer]

Originally Posted by MichaelJ

And with the stock prop and dry field I'm off the grass in about 20', it was so wet and mushy I should've had floats or funcub wheels.

+1 for funcub balloons. I use them on any slo flyer

[MichaelJ]

Originally Posted by fixer

Are you using the stock 2200mah? How long will they fly at say 1/2-3/4 throttle, assuming it will fly at that power level.

I've set my timer for 8 min. Batteries are about 11.7 (2200) at that point. Flying about 50-60% throttle. I put the stock prop back on, much improved over the 9x6. I feel for the weather that you're getting. Flying weather can't be too far off.