flyfly ASW28

The fuz are  weak mainly.And I would only buy one after seeing the wings.Sometimes they can be warped.I bought my asw from show in uk few years ago.Yes they do the asw in glider only if you want to.My asw was for flat field use,hence the motor.I decided the fuz was strong enough for flat grass but if at the slope it would need further glass cloth reinforcement.For their cost they are fine if you get non warped wing.Part of the reason for flap conversion was to reduce the landing speed and thus reduce likelyhood of damage.It will float in with 70deg flap,30deg aileron up(full crow),2mm of down elevator and head wind of say 10mph.Without the crow it would come in at about 25mph!

They are strong enough for loops, rolls, cuban 8's and fly inverted well.I have ail to flap mix to make the flaps move with the ailerons to improve roll,ele to flap mix to give camber both ways as i pull elevator on.I.E..up elevator gives full trailing edge down of about 10mm of flap and 8mm on ailerons.Full down elevator gives 10mm up flap and about 8mm up ailerons.This allows good response in the pitch department allied to cg of about 65mm from the leading edge.With this rearward cg the elevator movement can be kept quite small at around 7mm each way.

Thermal flap of about 2mm all along the trailing edge of the wing slows it down for some surprising thermal ability for its weight.Its wing loading is above 22oz/sqft..quite a  brick really.

Here are some more pics..chris.

xtra work is an understatement! to properly sort them out you need to spend tens of hours.I spent about 60 hrs from scratch to finish with the asw28.Its like the old saying "you dont get owt for nowt"...you buy cheap and spend many hours getting them right ,or pay more and spend less time etc...I have spent half this time(30hrs) on mouldie to completion....you pays your money..etc...Chris.

PS ....If you spend cheaply and put no effort in you are in for hard and wastfull time with these models.Even worse with the Cmpro discus etc...these are worse than the flyfly kits.I have only ever seen one discus(cmpro) fly sucessfully and the owner nearly completly rebuilt it first!

I know this is an old thread... but I have only just gotten round to reading it. The FlyFly Fox is similar to the ASW 28 in that it needs sorting, but that is the fun of aeromodelling, surely? I paid about £150 for one. The fuselage moulding (despite being slightly twisted) should cost at least 2/3 of what the kit cost, and if you hate covering - like I do - then the other third is money very well spent! Straightening a twisted glass fus is easy! (Costs a kettle of boiling water and <2 minutes work.)

Yes there are things that could be done better, but when any flying model kit costs less than £200 "ARTF", and looks this good, then what do you expect???

My son has a Fox and after the initial flights, wing repair and undercarriage rebuild, it is now a great little model. Looks fab, flies well, lands well, hell I might even be interested in getting one for me (don't tell Jane though!). Or I will swap my completely sorted 3.4m Minimoa for one, if you fancy a swap.

I have found a source for Action Man dolls, at about a fiver each and they look great in models of this scale, although I pushed the boat out and fitted "The Wanted" pop group dolls in my son's one, at a tenner each. Well cool, apparently! 

Cheers,

Jef