Official Skynetic 1000mm Havok Racer Thread

[AceMigKiller]

Yeah, reaming out props is not a problem at all.
That reamer shown above is the best I've used for these APC's and easily obtained at your local hobby store.

[wvrcdude]

I got my APC 8x6e props today. It seems the diameter is smaller than the stock props and the shaft. They don't fit over the threads on the prop adapter without boring the hole open with a drill. Does anyone else have similar experience, or should they fit with no modifications outside of balancing?

Actually get a true prop reamer. They are stepped for the different prop shaft and wont over ream past the required size. This will keep more of the prop in contact with the shaft than the conical hole made by a tapered reamer.

[mr.frankenjet]

I got my APC 8x6e props today. It seems the diameter is smaller than the stock props and the shaft. They don't fit over the threads on the prop adapter without boring the hole open with a drill. Does anyone else have similar experience, or should they fit with no modifications outside of balancing?

go to Harbor freight and get a tapered reamer, centers perfectly and allows you to gradually increase the diameter for a snug centered fit.

[Skosh25]

I got my APC 8x6e props today. It seems the diameter is smaller than the stock props and the shaft. They don't fit over the threads on the prop adapter without boring the hole open with a drill. Does anyone else have similar experience, or should they fit with no modifications outside of balancing?

[mr.frankenjet]

I would not set the break, if the prop ends up at 12/6 it will most certainly break on landing

[Skosh25]

Did the maiden yesterday. Hand launch was a breeze and flew on rails with virtually no trim right out of the gate, just like my Freewing T-33 and Flightline Corsair. About 2 minutes into the flight, I came out of a dive and added power and it looked like I lost the prop. Managed to get it on the ground with no damage to the airframe whatsoever and discovered I lost not only the prop, but the whole motor was missing! Canopy flew off too. ESC and battery still intact. Motor mount still intact. Not sure what happened. Maybe I over-stressed it by adding power too early in the dive recovery, or the motor wasn't sufficiently secured to the mount in manufacturing. Either way, an eventful and frustrating end to an otherwise great flight. Canopy and motor assembly MIA (likely in the pond adjacent to the field). I was able to order most of the missing pieces, but the canopy and motor are out of stock.

Any thoughts as to what happened? Complete stock setup done by the book, and was running an Admiral 3000 4s.

Motion - when will the canopy and motor be back in stock? Eager to get this back up in the air again. Next time i'm going to use masking tape on the canopy and add some VC-3 to the motor screws.


-Scott

The spares I needed came back in stock yesterday (canopy, motor). Also picked up some APC 8x6s. Excited to re-maiden this and fly it for the first time since April.

Question: Has anyone turned on the ESC braking on this?

[mr.frankenjet]

Had my maiden today with 6S and 7x7. Launch was easy with about 50-75% throttle. The plane is insane fast and that makes it not realy controlable at full throttle. From a power dive out the left roll is not controlable and if you don't move the stick to idle the plane will be dead. At horizontaly full speed the ailerons loose effectivity because the foam is not strong enough.The foamie is at the limits with this setup.I recomend to reduce the throttle about 10-20% to get it controlable with this setup

+1 after 140mph I found the roll rate got scary soft, felt like the limit to me. 8x6 with a 4 cell feels just about right power balance to me and likely the limit,around 130 ish

[James]

anyone got the throws on this plane no instructions with kit ?

Hey simobb, welcome to Hobby Squawk. The instructions to every product we carry will be on the support tab on the product page. The Havok can be found here: https://www.motionrc.com/products/sk...np#support-tab

Hope that helps!

[Alpha]

They're one of the shipments on the water, wvrcdude , thanks for your patience! If you haven't already, please enter your email address in the Notify Me field on the product page to receive an automatic email as soon as the product is restocked and ready to ship from our warehouse to you.

[wvrcdude]

Any eta on parts? I have a smoked motor that happen on the 5th flight back in April/May-ish and would really like to get this thing back up.

[simobb]

anyone got the throws on this plane no instructions with kit ?

[Gilles]

Does anybody have a motor? Just burned it down on my last flight.Motion Rc does not have it on stock. When will it be back on stock?? Any hints for an other motor which fits.
rgds
Christian

[Gilles]

Had my maiden today with 6S and 7x7. Launch was easy with about 50-75% throttle. The plane is insane fast and that makes it not realy controlable at full throttle. From a power dive out the left roll is not controlable and if you don't move the stick to idle the plane will be dead. At horizontaly full speed the ailerons loose effectivity because the foam is not strong enough.The foamie is at the limits with this setup.I recomend to reduce the throttle about 10-20% to get it controlable with this setup

[AceMigKiller]

There's not a "huge" difference in MPH between 8x8 and 8x6 on 6s. Haven't really played with 5s.

I've had the best luck on 8x6e APC (smoothed and balanced as mentioned above) so I'm gonna stick with that.

[Gilles]

After reading all posts there is not realy clear what the fastest setup is. 8x8 Apc e on 5s or 6s ?. 7x7 Graupner speed prop on 6s ?. Comments are appreciated🤔

[mr.frankenjet]

+1 true, the 8x8 was nearly perfectly shaped out of the box, the 8x6 had allot of flash, I like the broad foam filled nail files for the shape balance and sharpen. This is a really fun plane.These props are allot quieter and more efficient than the stock one.

[AceMigKiller]

I too, settled on the APC 8x6. For what it's worth, sand down the sharp leading edge to a round edge with super fine sandpaper, balance it, then install it for some added mph and efficiency!!!

[mr.frankenjet]

Now running an APC 8x6, the 8x8 was too much, launch is better and components staying a bit cooler. Clocked at 130 straight and level,this prop feels about perfect to me. I have to say this is a really slick plane.

[Blewbayou]

I wonder if their is anything that is like the red bull air race. Single plane, timed through gates fpv for these racer's. That would be a blast for these planes.

[Blewbayou]

Wow no waay :( that's they told me on June 23rd when I posted this msg. No way I'll wait another 5 weeks.... maybe I should just pick up the V900..

That's what Andrew told me yesterday. I thought about the v900, but I want to put a fpv camera in cockpit