Official Nexa 2060mm SBD-5 Dauntless Discussion Thread

[Tidroplane]

Hey Tidroplane, Yes, video and detail pictures would be great. So how are the landings with this plane? Do you use full flaps or some percentage? I land on the mains with most of my planes and let the tail slowly come down. Is that how it goes with the SBD? Have you tried the dive brakes? Does that motor/prop combo pull the plane around with authority or is it kind of sluggish. I was considering going to 10s which would give the motor another 400rpm at that kv but if it flies around well, I don't need the extra weight. Almost forgot, was that the recommended electric motor you used? Thanks in advance. Hey, I just realized we are practically neighbors. Go Hawks! They looked really good against the Niners yesterday

Landings are fine with the plane, just keep some throttle with your decent, 1/2 flaps with a good head wind, full with no light to no wind. The plane likes to land on the mains. Have not tried the dive brakes in the air, only looked at them on the ground, they look awesome! Suggested motor and Vario prop have plenty of pull on 8s, flies scale. By the way, I had said earlier that the 4s packs were 4500mah, they are in fact 5000mah. Yes the plane has the recomended motor.

[downwindleg]

Ok finally made enough room to open up the box and set out all the contents. No obvious damage to the kit and no big surprises. Looks really good for this price. Canopy could fit fuselage better and it would’ve been nice to have the canopy parts sized for operable conversion. Wondering about a source for aluminum standoffs for electric motor.

[downwindleg]

Hey Tidroplane, Yes, video and detail pictures would be great. So how are the landings with this plane? Do you use full flaps or some percentage? I land on the mains with most of my planes and let the tail slowly come down. Is that how it goes with the SBD? Have you tried the dive brakes? Does that motor/prop combo pull the plane around with authority or is it kind of sluggish. I was considering going to 10s which would give the motor another 400rpm at that kv but if it flies around well, I don't need the extra weight. Almost forgot, was that the recommended electric motor you used? Thanks in advance. Hey, I just realized we are practically neighbors. Go Hawks! They looked really good against the Niners yesterday

[Tidroplane]

No problems mounting the Vario prop, used a watt meter to set the correct pitch for the blades. Been flying it with a Spektrum transmitter, flight times have been kept to a little over five minutes at this point. No video as of yet, maybe before the season is over.

[downwindleg]

Hey Tidroplane, thanks for the input. Glad to hear the vario works out. I have two of those on a Yellow Aircraft P-38 that I have yet to fly. How did mounting the prop work out? Also wondering about flight times with that setup. Sure would love to see some video of this beauty in the air. What controller did you use?

[downwindleg]

Hey Comer, how does the plane fly? I assume that’s the stock motor with the Corsair three blade prop and two four s batteries.I’m thinking about going to 10s on the batteries. With 8s that prop is actually turning about 80 rpm less than the stock Corsair setup. With 10s, it would have a net gain of 370 rpm over the Corsair with the same prop. Since the Dauntless has a larger wingspan and more weight, it might help to have a little more power. Don’t want to over rev that prop though.

[downwindleg]

Okay, went ahead and ordered one before they run out. Looks like a good compromise between a foamy and full on fiber glass/composite plane. I get the size I want, most of the work done, reasonably light weight, and spare parts replaceability. I have a beautiful Yellow Aircraft P-38 in the same scale but all fiberglass and weighs forty pounds. I am afraid to fly the damn thing. Far too much money in it, far too heavy and no easily replaceable parts.

[downwindleg]

Hey Steve, hoping to see this bird fly soon. I like the size and the scale details. Is that prop from the FlightLine Corsair? Wondering how that will work with the stock motor and what I assume is 8s on the batteries. Thanks for pioneering another cool plane.

[Comer]

[Trady37]

Tempted …. Does anyone know if a small Saito radial 33 would fit in this. It’s how I save on buying planes .. no radial, no plane))

[Comer]

Flew mine this weekend - great plane - but way too much play in the flaps and airbrakes when installed with the provided hardware - looking for some high quality low profile control horns that will fit inside the current structure and remain hidden like the current ones as it would be shame to run the control arms on the outside - any suggestions - thanks

[clchange]

just got my kit and it is a awesome bird. I am a little disappointed in the instruction book as they devoted more pages to building the bomb than to items I feel need more instructions, I'm sure I will be posting questions when I get into the build but all in all love this plane.

[rifleman_btx]

I may have to get me one of these. I bet fpv in this bird would be tons of fun. Have a rear seater sitting backwards, a buddy with an FPV zero on the tail having the gunner aiming the guns at the zero while I evade. I think it is a must do! have the gunner control the gun and have his own pan and tilt head tracking camera. Wouldn't that be epic!

[Sbuchho345]

6.25 inches back from left and both mine fly great

[Partsman]

Where is everyone finding the best CG point to be on this plane?

[Sbuchho345]

The covering is the factory covering. I did however do all the weathering using shades of pastels I grind up in an old coffee grinder from goodwill. After grinding the pastel is about like talcum powder. I use an egg carton to hold the different colors. And use one or two spots in the carton to mix colors. After I put down a shade I shoot a flat clear to hold it in place and just repeat for each shade starting from lightest to darkest. I just use an assortment of brushes that vary in width and stiffness.

[James]

Im new here and need a little ok a lot of help. Has anyone programmed an ix20 using a spektrum ar20310 reciever..
im putting every servo on it's own channel so I can fine tune things in the radio if needed.

I thought I had a working program but now I can't get the flaps and brakes together.
I had this flying on a dx9 using y harnesses but any small adjustment needed to be done mechanically so I went to the 20 thinking it would be easier to adjust in radio. But that ain't working out so far

I wish I could help you with the IX20, but I never had nor seen one up close. But did you recover this model or just paint over it? Looks gorgeous

[Sbuchho345]

Im new here and need a little ok a lot of help. Has anyone programmed an ix20 using a spektrum ar20310 reciever..
im putting every servo on it's own channel so I can fine tune things in the radio if needed.

I thought I had a working program but now I can't get the flaps and brakes together.
I had this flying on a dx9 using y harnesses but any small adjustment needed to be done mechanically so I went to the 20 thinking it would be easier to adjust in radio. But that ain't working out so far

[Comer]

How did she fly?

[Ron1950]

what ??? not a working tail hook? your slipping buddy...you do some good work man...i need some of your talent...