Great plane to fly. Be careful with the outboard wing connections. They can come loose. I ended up adding some tape at the joint after one side came loose.
Looks good. 😅 Even better with aluminum foil! In Europe there are color sprays in the color 'chrome effect paint' in car accessories. I've painted a few parts with it and it looks like polished aluminum. Maybe worth a try?
Cool video! Glad you got your camera back!😂 Looks like a very relaxing airplane to fly. I would consider acquiring one but unfortunately I’ve exhausted my RC funds for the year. 😕 Hope you and your family had a wonderful first thanksgiving here in Tennessee!!😄
What a beautiful looking aircraft. I haven’t done RC in a very long time, but this one sure makes me want to again. I flew a real B-18 cargo in Texas back in the 70’s, loved it, hated it.
I had the 1.5m p51 and Focke-Wulf. Bit boring and a little slow for a 6s. This beach craft looks quicker and visually just as nice. Sold the warbirds as just too heavy and slow for me
In assembling and trimming the new Beech D18, I noticed that left/port motor had about 1-2 degrees more down-thrust than the right /starboard motor. There is no reason I can see for this; as the model is totally symmetrical with the counter-rotating props. I added 3/64" nylon washers to the bottom two screws of the motor mounts, and this brought the down-thrust of both motors into line. This may have been the reason (before adjustment) it kept dropping the left wing on the maiden flight.
As trainers go, there are better options imo. The yaw stability of this one makes it a little more challenging. However, if you have an instructor helping and buddy boxing with you on the airplane, I think it could work.
If I recall correctly, the servos are glued into the wings. So, if you take a pair of plyers to the servo arm and start wiggling the servo, it’ll come free.
Would this make a great plane for installing a camera for areal videos over forestry?? And could you add larger batteries for longer flite time? This plane is on the short list for sure!! It will either be this or the EC-1500
Honestly, if you’re looking for something for surveillance, a drone might be a better option. The thing to keep in mind though is that the FAA now requires remote ID when flying outside a designated rc flying area for anything over 5 oz.
@@Thercgeek Yes. I stopped in at my favorite hobby store, and it has a huge R/C section with parts and full service. And one of the techs, has some mega license and does drone work for movies and such, sounds like he does hiiiiigh end stuff. Anyhow he said for video imagine in “cottage country” drone is the way to go, especially for the flight time. He said 30 minutes with a drone is easy, and with the return to home features.. I just love the planes,,,, and was hoping to do everything in one. I’ll still look at getting video with the plane though.. Thanks for the great work.
They are harmonious without rudder input. But with rudder input, because of the differential thrust, they become discordant. I don't know if that's interesting enough to be a positive or not. But it is a thing.
@@seanmolloy9422 I have to deliberately listen for it. I'm usually too occupied with other tasks while flying to listen to to twin prop sounds. To me it's not a big deal either way. I like the model for the most part. My only complaint is related... there's not enough rudder authority for nice knife edges (with 2 rudders!) and the differential thrust increase to the yaw authority varies with throttle position, so, that makes it more complex for knife edges and helps none at all for hammer heads and other maneuvers at low throttle settings. Of course, it's not really intended to be massively aerobatic. I will say that it was nice that they used counter rotating props such that p-force is nuetralized.
Fantastic review my friend, glad to see you out enjoying this classic twin! I hope you and the fam had a joyous and happy Thanksgiving! Fall is a beautiful time of year in Middle Tennessee 😁👍🤠✌
Have a 120" Ziroli of this plane. Father built it and very scared to fly it. lol Got it after he passed away with a 1/3 Balsa USA Fly Baby that I fly quite a bit.
Can you tell the difference in the differential thrust banking compared to conventional banking with out the thrust? And or what is it about the differential thrust that your not real fond of?
Exponential is a setting that can be used to tune the feel of the airplane in flight. It essentially will reduce the sensitivity around the center of the stick, but can also result in non-linear deflection rates. I don’t use a lot of expo generally, but its essential for 3d type flying because they use really extreme deflections.
You know, I was thinking about that recently. My two go to edf flyers right now are the eflite 80mm f16 and the fms 80mm rafale. Both I enjoy flying quite a bit!
@@Thercgeek as someone who just got the 80mm f16 that is very reassuring. A little bit stressed to maiden it, it's such a beautiful bird. I've gotten used to flying the 70, but from what I hear the 80mm feels lime a different beast altogether
The 80mm has very similar flight characteristics to the 70, but it flies heavier which is the biggest distinction and an important one to understand when flying it. It’ll take up airspace quicker and land faster.
Great review! I would buy this plane in a heartbeat if it wasn't a foam model. Looking forward to the future when the foam planes are coated with somekind very thin protective surface or whatever it takes for them to stand up against time better.
I hear you there, but it unfortunately adds cost. There was a company many years ago that had a pvc shell around their foam airframes. It was a pretty cool idea that worked well, but That company is long gone now.
@@Thercgeek Interesting, remember the name of the company? I'm thinking some kind of coat similar to the one Alfa Models used on their smaller planes. Smarter people than me will hopefully come up with something ;)
I'm glad you did this video. I want this model, but I too am not a fan of differential thrust. I think there is a way to reprogram the ESC to disable the differential thrust. Could you please do a video step by step on how to disable the thrust, please please please??? Then I would pur hase this model.
I’m assuming the ESC wires go to 2 separate ports on the receiver. If so, then a really simple fix to disable differential thrust is to use a Y harness and connect both ESC receiver leads together through the harness and plug the harness in to channel 1. [EDIT] I say “Y Harness” but it’s more of a Y Cable
