Comment by isobot on September 25, 2009 at 12:44am

Chris,
Looks great, What kind of foam is it?
It mentions clipped and trainer wing? what is the difference in wingspans?

Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on September 25, 2009 at 1:04am

I think with a motor upgrade it should work well, is there room for a bigger lipo??? A drink bottle will make clear windows. might look out for one myself. G

Moderator Comment by Thomas J Coyle III on September 25, 2009 at 4:22am

Chris,

I looked at this model earlier this year, but was put off by the negative reviews and the fact that you have to use rubber bands to hold the wing on. Otherwise I thought that it had plenty of room for onboard electronics and other equipment.

Regards,
TCIII

Comment by James Turner on September 25, 2009 at 6:15am

interesting to hear how you go on with it this weekend.

Moderator Comment by Gary Mortimer on September 25, 2009 at 6:19am

Rubber bands have worked for years!! I call it a vibration dampening system. Good rule taught to me by a wise old man, never less than six of said rubber bands!

Moderator Comment by Chris Anderson on September 25, 2009 at 7:18am

Some answers:

The foam looks like standard EPP. They recommend you repair it with epoxy of Goop.

I have no idea what they mean about clipped or trainer wings. There's is only one wing and it's not changeable. That may actually refer to different models. This one's wingspan is about 42", which seems pretty clipped to me, so perhaps it's the "sport" version.

The battery compartment as it is is pretty small: about 3.25". But it's easy to cut the wall between it and the next compartment, which has loads of room. (Or just go up in to the cockpit area; which is just a thin layer of foam away and over the same CG point.

Rubber bands are great! What the problem with them?

Developer Comment by Mark Colwell on September 25, 2009 at 7:29am

Rubber bands absorb crash damage. They have saved many of my aircraft, I only use 4 on my BlueStik UAV, crashed 8 times during test flights of ArduPilot.

Moderator Comment by Sgt Ric on September 25, 2009 at 10:48am

Especially usefull since there's no fuel residue to ruin them!

(that used to be a major annoyance at the flying field)

Comment by sergeibot on September 25, 2009 at 8:01pm

There is a thread about the Busy Bee over at rcgroups. The claim is advanced that this plane has some design issues. Hopefully they are fixed by now.

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=649686

Moderator Comment by Chris Anderson on September 25, 2009 at 8:28pm

Yes, but they've revised the model since that thread, which is almost two years old. I can't guarantee that the plane doesn't have any issues, since I haven't flown it yet, but it's obvious that the plane has been improved since then and I have a newer version.

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