RC Giant Scale Basic Tutorial Aeroworks Extra 260 

I have been watching your video for several years now. I used your info to help build my giant scale war bird. It turned out fantastic!. Now I am getting ready for my next giant scale build and find myself reverting back to your tutorial for a refresher coarse on all the detail components for the electrical hook up. Power distribution etc. Thank you.

Great walk through! I've never been able to see what all it takes to setup a plane of this size before. This video really helps give it perspective.

This is the first time I have ever seen a summary of how these giant scale planes are setup. Super awesome overview man. Great video and much appreciated. Now I see why they are so expensive.

Very nice video. Super informative. Looking to get back into it and this video will help me tremendously. Thank you

I'm just getting back into rc I've been involved in it when you had to build you're self this is a great video and I learned a lot about giants so much cool stuff these days keep it up

A brilliant and very helpfull series of videos, thanks for your time on this, looking forward to more.

Good video. Takes a lot of the mystery out.

Nice presentation, and nice set up. I tuned in because I have not set up a plane like this in years and wanted to see what the latest on power management systems was, figuring a lot has changed, really pretty much the same, as it turns out with just more products around. One thing I want to mention, is, if you plan to fly a plane like this a lot, and not just two or four times a month, you will want to address wire management and rout all you servo leads etc. into a Harness of sorts isolating all wires from rubbing against formers stringers or anything else. I used small spiral wrap plastic tubing, tape, and small tie wraps as well as cable ties the kind you screw into wood and it has a small loop for the wires.. You would be surprised how quickly wire insulation wears thin.

Best RC giant scale tutorial on youtube.

Very impressed and step by step look ture thanks.

Thank You so much! I am a newbie and I appreciate this.

Thanks a lot dude, I have learned a lot from this video and I can start to think about how to get my Sbach organised!

Thank you for pointing that out. The CG is a tricky thing with big birds, any plane with a symmetrical airfoil (like this one and most 3d planes) you can check CG in the air. You first trim the plane out and simply fly straight and into the wind, roll inverted and if the plane drops you're nose heavy, if it rises you're tail heavy. This plane was too nose heavy so I moved my battery packs back now it's just a tad nose heavy which is where I think it flies the best.

Fantastic work! Everuthing is fine! I'm watching it and think that I've done nearly the same like you, except double alierons servos on wings and tail, because I have no opportunity to set it! Thats It! Thank you for great video material!

Thank you very much ,god bless you and your familly,,very interesting .thank's lot.

Damn I watch this video years ago, glad to be back watching this in 2021

Knowledge is power and you sharing yours is great thank you.

Fuel myth is that the higher the octane equals more power. More octane will smooth and slow down the burn, so engines with higher compression or using a power adder such as a turbo or super charger will need a higher octane to prevent spark nock or worse preignition. Also if you want to run a more advanced timing you can use a little higher octane. So use a good brand of fuel and run 87-91 octane for the most power.

Awesome job nice video

Good vídeo. Beautiful

Great Overview!

Very good video mate, i will add that fuel filters are very important in the carb line

Yeah I will fly it this Saturday and have it out.

Thanks for your help..

good vid lots of info

great vid.

So awesome

dude super sweet vid even nicer plane just started this season ive went from foamy s to stick just finished my extra 330 with a 20cc dle but i hope by next summer to have a giant probably a edge540 ether aeroworks or 3d hobby-shop anyway thanks 4 the vid great job

also the servos buzz because they are digital, digital servos are important to have for giant models. They buzz because they are constantly making fine adjustments to keep the gears straight which gives accuracy. The concern around binding servos (servos working against each other) is power drain. These servos pull around 5amps with stick input, so slight blinding with no stick input will result in amp draw flattening the batts quicker and in rare cases burning out the servos :)

Wing span 104 inches. Wing Area 1867 Weight 26 to 27 lbs Engine 100cc-120cc Since this video was take, I changed the engine from a DA100 to a DA120. Thanks, Voro.

Thank you

Thank you.

Great video would of liked to see it fly

I was looking at your last video it shows that it's been a year since you posted last I just got into watching your videos and subscribed I hope you come back and I hope everything is okay with you and your family? Please come back if you can I'm sure your fans that been following you want to know what you been up to and hope you're not gone because of something serious. You seem like a nice person and would hate to lose somebody like you and the community hope to hear from you.

servo clips alone aren't enough to give me peace of mind. I put heat shrink over them after I bathe them in a glue gun lump, especially on the lead connections, so that over time the wires will not pull out from flopping around. also nylon washers all around, where applicable. they survive vibration very well. I also add a cross of thick plywood behind the firewall where the screws go through, glued and coated with Tysol. I also go around the seam of the engine box with a bead of JB Weld Kwik.

Hi, I just wanted to know a little bit more about how to install the CDI and everything that goes with it.

Personally with a 30cc, I'd just go with an RX with a lipo and voltage regulator. Make sure it's a good quality RX with one possibly two satellites though. Also, make sure they are mounted correctly, far away from everything with the antennas crossing each other. Thanks, Voro.

Awesome video. Very helpful. Do you have or know of any Aero-works 106"edge 540 QB video's??? Thanks. Again awesome video"s

Hi , pretty good video, what happen if one of the two servos is damaged while flying? Will the left servo do the job easily ? Let’s say the rudder servos or ailerons servos thanks you

I'm going with a123 batteries and no power expander through an AR9100 rx with a single 7980 servo on rudder. I like simplicity. less gadgets means less chance of failure. also going to run a hopper tank in front of the main tank to ensure constant fuel. don't like dead sticks toward the end of the tank.

Each plane is setup differently with the Pull-Pulls, most of the smaller planes to cross, and some of the larger scale do not.

Hi, this is really beautiful air plane !!! The date is relatively old ,so, I would like to ask if you this days have tried to use the stabiliser gyro like, Hobbyeagle A3 Super or Eagle Tree Guardian or Dualsky FC151 or any model. I cannot find any information if these equipments can work correctly with the Power box like Super Red or others. Please send me any information you might have, I''ll appreciate a lot. Thanks !

Bad bird and awesome internals

What is the name of your ignition regulator, with the blue light?

Excellent video!!! Nothing wrong with anything he covered!!!! You are looking at $4,000 worth of airplane.. Do not skimp!!!

Thanks a ton for a great Video, not forgetting the 3D flight school stuff too! One question, on the fuel tank, why do you have a long vent tube looped and going along the top of the tank? I have seen it on quite a few builds but never understood the reason for this.

Would a 6channel receiver be enough for such a giant scale plane?

what mixes on knife edge and will you use any aileron differential? I'm setting mine up for precision free flight.

HI. To make sure the line never kinks. Thanks, Voro

Hi GREAT video!!! I bought an edge 540 106" with a DLE 111cc. Awesome plane. It was already set up with Smart-Fly EQ10 power expander. I took the expander out and added a new spectrum 6 channel receiver and I used the 7.4 5000mah lipo regulated to 6 volts. Reason I took the expander out is because I was told the DX6 Radio wouldn't work for this set up. Anyway I balanced CG perfect and took it to the field and the first and second five minute flights went great. Then 2 minutes into 3rd flight it went crazy in and out of signal and then in the ground it went. Not sure what happened. Stating over fresh. New plane, New 9 channel receiver, new 9 DX9 and same EQ 10 with the super regulator and all new HT 7955 all the way, new wiring, and same engine. In your opinion is this a good route to setting it up??? I need all the feedback that can help thru this build. Im not a 3d flyer at all. I like to fly my planes like a CUB. Never inverted unless on accident. LOL. Please help. Thanks.....

Hi, do you think that I should put a power box and power expander in a 30cc aircraft? Thanks a lot.

Vororc i can use a Dx6 in 50cc 3D ? ..i hace a 78" Extreme flight

I have a DA 100 but I may trade to an EME 120 and add a tuned pipe. Wouldn't a tuned pipe on the DA 100 be about equal to a DA 120 with stock exhaust?

Whats your opinion on the use of that tech aero ibec?

How do you provide power to the ignition?

I have this same type Aeroworks 75cc plane. Got it used with no electronics. How much throws and exponentials would you recommend for control surfaces for my first flight?

Hey thanks for the video. I had no idea that the giant scale R/C planes had like20 batteries in it, lol. If you don't mine me asking, how much do you have invested in this plane?

13:35: No kind of switch should ever short out (= create a shourt cirquit = connect "+" and "-") the wires leading to it.

Hi, I have seen in a lot of 3d planes that you run a loop with one of you fuel tank lines.what is the purpose of this? thanks

you didn't cross the the rudder pull pulls....?

how did you set up your tank?

very good, how much this plane?

What kind of fuel line are you using

is the ignition connected to de receiver as well? or what is the configuration you use?

Just started looking at your video and noticed that you are saying to use 2 cell packs when you show a 3 cell pack. Why? Dwayne

Is this your first big model? you do always cross the pull pull, I'm sure it would tell you in the manual to do it.

I don't use any type of mixing for any moves, Just manual stick movements.

what are the dementions

gr8 stuff.. i think you have missed the most important thing.. The CG.

who makes the powerbox

airplane fuel leaves a lead residue on your cylinder. I've seen that first hand on my cylinder.

Do you have heavy aircraft inspections in the states?

Why don't you balance your ailerons to keep them neutrally inline with the wing? This would eliminate the servos from being over worked all of the time, just to keep the ailerons inline with the wing.

Ballpark price what it would Cost to get that plane in the air?

I agree with no radio mixing. My goal is to learn to fly the plane, not learn to program the transmitter.

need smoke system

to all newbies on giant scale: ANY SCREW LEFT UNLOCKED OR CONNECTION NOT SAFEGUARDED WILL DESTROY YOUR PLANE.

freestyle lol, definitely not free flight. although I did once do that when the radio didn't connect.

also the poor man's redundancy of two A123's into the receiver.

all that power and money....even carrier bags cost 5p now so you can even spend unnecessarily to get it home...jeeees

ill warn against the smart fly "powerbox" we had some pilots at IMAC using them. All crashes with rudder stuck in diffrend pos. Now you know

Shit just got serious.

Basicly.....

1) No gyro ????? 2) Have you given any consideration to going with an electric motor ? I understand that in giant scale, there are CG issues with that.

do you really trust spectrum???????

say...pull..pull..faster.

you did not build unless you started with plans and a box of wood gluing an arf is not building you are decorating another mans work