Avios/Hobby King 1600mm C-130 Hercules

[MANFRED]

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[wvrailfan]

Opened mine today to discover there was no manual included. Anyone else have this problem?

Manual is online only.

[MANFRED]

Opened mine today to discover there was no manual included. Anyone else have this problem?

[wvrailfan]

So the battery is not quite near the CG. Using a big battery could make a very big difference to how the plane balances. From your previously post, I was imagining that you were pushing the battery well under the wing to get "close" to the CG. Is there a possibility to carve out foam to the rear of the door opening to relocate the battery tray for a longitudinal placement of a big battery? Not that it really needs a big battery as all indications seems to point towards a decent flight time using a 2200mah.

I guess "near" is a relative term, sorry if I misinformed.

Rearward of the hatch, there is a much thicker portion of the fuselage, which I assume provides structural strength for the main landing gear. It is 2 1/2 inches ahead of the 65mm CG point. You can place a battery against it and be just 2 1/2 inches ahead of the CG. It is not a solid bulkhead, you can in theory put a battery on top of the main gear, but you will have to clean up some wiring from what I can see.

Hope this is more helpful.

Jim

[Woodcock]

Give it a month. The second batch should be available then and it can be purchased the regular way through their website. I find it really odd that HK would go the way of a lottery to sell these. Makes one wonder if there was a problem with the first batch and they had to weed out all the ones with problems, thus ending up with insufficient stock for the masses.

Ya I can wait. A 6 Day trip turned into a 2 week trip. Just my luck, been watching these closely.

Woody

[xviper]

Give it a month. The second batch should be available then and it can be purchased the regular way through their website. I find it really odd that HK would go the way of a lottery to sell these. Makes one wonder if there was a problem with the first batch and they had to weed out all the ones with problems, thus ending up with insufficient stock for the masses.

[Woodcock]

Damn, looks like I missed my chance to get one of these. i just returned from Asia. I actually flew one of these outbound to Guam. Our C-130 went down for a pretty serious maintenance issue, we had to leave it there. Returned on a C-17, (I got a little right seat time). This was my very last hop, I'm officially retired from active service now.
But I would have really liked to have got one of those. Just my luck.

Woody

[NoDirt!]

The CG is listed as 65mm back from the leading edge. The battery hatch is 5 1/2 by 4 1/2 and is about 3 1/2 inches ahead of the wing. The battery is suppose to rest just behind the battery opening. I measured and that puts the battery about 4 inches ahead of the CG. I actually place my battery well ahead of the suggested battery location. I flew it with the battery at the suggest location and the plane seemed elevator sensitive to me, so I moved it forward and like the flying characteristics much better. I'm willing to attribute that to some quark in my flying ability, or lack thereof. Others that have flow the plane seem happy with it using the factory suggest battery location.

That's good to know - That it appears to not be too sensitive to a change of CG. Thanks for the dimensions.

[xviper]

So the battery is not quite near the CG. Using a big battery could make a very big difference to how the plane balances. From your previously post, I was imagining that you were pushing the battery well under the wing to get "close" to the CG. Is there a possibility to carve out foam to the rear of the door opening to relocate the battery tray for a longitudinal placement of a big battery? Not that it really needs a big battery as all indications seems to point towards a decent flight time using a 2200mah.

[wvrailfan]

The CG is listed as 65mm back from the leading edge. The battery hatch is 5 1/2 by 4 1/2 and is about 3 1/2 inches ahead of the wing. The battery is suppose to rest just behind the battery opening. I measured and that puts the battery about 4 inches ahead of the CG. I actually place my battery well ahead of the suggested battery location. I flew it with the battery at the suggest location and the plane seemed elevator sensitive to me, so I moved it forward and like the flying characteristics much better. I'm willing to attribute that to some quark in my flying ability, or lack thereof. Others that have flow the plane seem happy with it using the factory suggest battery location.

[xviper]

The battery tray is set up for a 2200 battery to sit sideways across the fuselage very near the CG. There is a lot of room in there for larger batteries. I actually found I like mine nose heavy and place my battery ahead of the suggested location.

Also, keep in mind, my flight times are based on mostly 1/2 to 3/4 throttle and very little full throttle time.

Isn't the door on the left side of the plane where the battery goes in? It's well ahead of the wings. Are you saying that the battery lives well back of that door opening? Isn't the CG aft of the leading edge of the wing?

[JamesonC]

I don't know, but from the little I've seen I am hoping the battery sits on or close to the CG and weight won't be a huge concern.
Can anyone answer that?

And I was referring to the fact that HOBBYKING10 is currently not working for any purchases at the moment. It appears it's disabled site wide.

Yep, I tried to make a purchase Saturday and HOBBYKING10 has been disabled site-wide it seems. Purchase cancelled.

[wvrailfan]

The battery tray is set up for a 2200 battery to sit sideways across the fuselage very near the CG. There is a lot of room in there for larger batteries. I actually found I like mine nose heavy and place my battery ahead of the suggested location.

Also, keep in mind, my flight times are based on mostly 1/2 to 3/4 throttle and very little full throttle time.

[NoDirt!]

I don't know, but from the little I've seen I am hoping the battery sits on or close to the CG and weight won't be a huge concern.
Can anyone answer that?

And I was referring to the fact that HOBBYKING10 is currently not working for any purchases at the moment. It appears it's disabled site wide.

[xviper]

Nice. The flight time sounds good. I have 2200's but hope my next size up -3600's - fit.

And by the way HOBBYKING10 isn't working on anything for me at the moment.

Someone showed that a 3000 fit cross wise but that's not the problem. The problem will be balance.
"HobbyKing10" worked in the beginning. IT WAS A MISTAKE! They caught it and made it defunct for this plane. The rep even said that those who got away with it should consider themselves very lucky. It won't happen again.

[NoDirt!]

Nice. The flight time sounds good. I have 2200's but hope my next size up -3600's - fit.

And by the way HOBBYKING10 isn't working on anything for me at the moment.

[wvrailfan]

Flew three more flights today. I'm using Admiral 3000 4 cell with my timer set to 7 minutes and coming back with 40% and up left in the battery. The plane seems very efficient.

So far the only real weak spot I've found is that the nose gear could have been just a little more beefy. Try not to land on the nose wheel, it will bend. It can be bent back, but it takes a bit trial and error to get it lined up so the doors work correctly. Landing on the mains is not hard, I just goofed when I first got this one. I have it back in alignment and working correctly.

It does need some rudder in turns, or it will drag the tail around. I have finally mixed some rudder in with the aileron.

It is a good looking model, in the air and on the ground.

[Jhnybgd]

I was going to wait, but I got a second chance notice on 11/22 so I could not past it up. :)
Ordered same day as the email.

Going rumor was that the discount code 'Hobbyking10' was not to work on this plane.


Fedex Bound!

Damn,nice catch!

[Pilot.Vrf201]

I was going to wait, but I got a second chance notice on 11/22 so I could not past it up. :)
Ordered same day as the email.

Going rumor was that the discount code 'Hobbyking10' was not to work on this plane.


Fedex Bound!

[Gilatrout]

Nice review. I got picked in the lottery but ultimately passed because I wasn't sure about the plane. Now I regret that decision.