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“When I purchased I didn’t know motors were out of stock. Now I have a nice plane with no power. When will they be back in stock or do you have another motor that will fit/perform?Thanks Steve Broome”
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“Fantastic plane. Everyone loves the covering. First flight was very impressive. No problem on take-off. Flight was good. Flaps good. Retracts good. Landing no problem. Had to wait 3 weeks for next flight. Flew 3 times yesterday. First flight, no issues. Second flight, forgot to lower retracts until almost on runway. Over-shot and went around for another attempt. Flies the same with flaps and l/g down, but does help slow-down the landing. Bounced on landing and struck lower vert. stab. hard. No damage to stab. Rolls, loops, inverted flight, no problem. With this set-up, I'm flying about 90 percent throttle. Would like more power, but not worth the trouble or expense, very impressive plane. The only modification I made was to mount both batteries on top of each other behind front fire wall.(2) Exceed Rocket 4120-400 KV motors(2) 90 amp Turnigy ESCs20 amp YEP SBECScorpion Back-up Guard(2) Nanotech 3300 (6s) 40C batteries15X10E APC front15X10EP APC rear(6) Hitec servosWeight 13+ poundsAll equipment has been used in other planes. Batteries are almost new.Assembly of plane was not difficult, but getting both motors to run properly was challenging. I'm looking forward to many more flights.”
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“My first review of this airplane was never posted by MOTIONRC, so I am doing another one. #1 covering is horrible. It is stick on covering just like wall paper and not heat shirk. Weathering job is the worse. #2 spinners are worthless, out of balance and slightly too big. #3 If you do not set it up correctly, you will have problems. #4 ( 37 inch's) of 14AWG wires is required to connect the rear motor to ESC. You need to add the same amount of wire to the front motor. Otherwise one motor will turn faster than the other one. #5 Front motor is a puller and back motor needs to be a pusher with pusher prop. My set up is (FMS 4258 460KV motors, 60AMPS ESC'S, 6500MAH 60C 6S lipo. 14X8.5 props). ESC'S are located in the front landing gear wheel well for max cooling. There is more than enough space in the front wheel well for them. Both my upper and lower fuselage vertical stabilizers were glued crooked at the factory. I fixed it, but it was not easy and took a lot of time. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS ITEM.”
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“Electric only, short front cowl, no room for engine. Most surprised by the tiny wing tube. Thick wing could have been 3 times larger tube. The weathering is over done and heavy on one stab and wing but not the other. The rear cowl has no weathering, you can see that in the pictures. Looks like they blotted it with a sponge and dirty silver paint, way to much. Glad I bought it but also pretty disappointing, could have been much nicer.Again, the wing tube is a joke”
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“As I look over my new purchase even more closely. And I still am disgusted with the over done disastrous weathering effect that ruins what would have been a pretty plane, It occurs to me a question. Who is the genius that decided to weather a prototype aircraft that never went into service? Only a few were flown. What we have is is an abomination or an abortion, it's just stupid. And you can't fix stupid. I already unwrapped it or I would send it back”
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“The Do-335 is one of my favorite late-war aircraft, due to its unique layout with the tractor/pusher motors and dorsal/ventral stabilizers. As soon as Motion announced that they’re were bringing a shipment to the States, I preordered. I have been incredibly pleased with this model.Construction/BuildThe model has a light-ply construction and it came fully sheeted and covered with a fantastic printed covering. The construction was easy. I had no real surprises. In the shipping box, the tail section is not supported very well. I didn’t have any damage to the tail section on my plane, but two of my online friends who also purchased the ARF have reported damage to the tail section structure. The dorsal and ventral stabilizers are integrated into the structure of the fuselage; so, damage to a stabilizer is not always easy to repair. However, my Do-335 was received without any shipping damage. The cockpit is beautifully laid out. The battery bay is large enough for a 6S-8AH battery, which is what I’m using, and the avionics bay, located aft of the cockpit, is also spacious. There are precut slots for three standard servos (elevator, rudder, and nose-wheel steering). The split rudder and split elevator join the pushrods together and both pushrods (for the elevator and rudder, respectively) are operated by one servo. I would have preferred to have had the capability to install two servos, each, for the split rudder and split elevator, as I have a 16-channel radio; however there wasn’t enough space in the servo deck to install two more servos. Not a big deal. I used to HT high-voltage, high-torque servos (D-485MW) for all of my servos. The propeller spinners are for two-bladed propellers, but I chose to go with 3-bladed 16”x10”x3 props, tractor and revers, and purchased TruTurn aluminum spinners to replace the plastic red 2-blade spinners. There was plenty of room for a largish, 60-size electric motor. I also didn’t like the stock cartoonish pilot figure, and opted, instead, to go with a 1/7 scale warbirdpilots.com Luftwaffe pilot. Construction Summary: just a few minor squawks, but overall, I was incredibly happy with the quality of the ARF and the ease of construction.FlightBelow is copy of the Maiden Flight Report that I posted in the Do-335 Thread on HobbySquawk.I successfully maidened my Do-335 today. Upon arriving at the field, I carefully checked the alignment of the ailerons, elevators, rudders, and flaps. Did a thorough range check with the engines at full throttle, with no problems. Did a taxi test to get the nose-wheel steering trimmed. One of the Main Struts rotated in the trunion. Several grub screws were loose on the Mains and were vigorously retightened. After tightening the screws, the 335 taxxied just fine (and later took off and landed just fine, too). I know that I’ve described my setup in other posts (and some of it multiple times), but for the completeness of a maidened flight repot, I’ll describe my setup again.Radio: JumperT16Receiver: FrSky X8R (two), running on 8.4v from a 2S LiPo receiver battery.Motor (tractor and pusher): Freewing 5055-390Kv (Flightline Spitfire), with prop adapter from Flightline 1.6m Corsair)Prop: MAS 16x10x3 (tractor and pusher)ESC: Hobywing 60A ESC, BEC power disconnectedBattery: 6S. Two CNHL 3S-8AH-30C batteries wired in series.Servos: HiTec D-485MWFlight Weight: 15.6 lbsWing Loading: 37.8 oz/Ft^2Wing Cube Loading: 14.7Power: 2690 WattsPower/Weight: 172.4 Watts/lbTake off was incredibly easy. I’d previously done taxi tests and had the nose-wheel steering trimmed in nicely. The takeoff roll and climbout was straight as an arrow. The climb out was much steeper than I would’ve liked, but she had a lot of up trim, that I had trim back out. The flight was easy. I flew her very sedately, but she felt completely locked in. The only thing that gave me concern was when I went to full power, and she started fish-tailing. I backed off the power and she immediately returned to stable flight. The landing was easy. I came in steeper than I'd planned and didn't quite get her leveled off before she plopped to the ground. The suspension absorbed the hardish touch down (I had expected her to bounce, but she didn't). After the flight, I saw that the rudder and elevator pushrods will deflect inside the fuselage, and I need to better support them before the next flight. The full flight review is here:https://www.hobbysquawk.com/forum/rc-airplanes/rc-warbirds/239941-official-black-horse-1724mm-dornier-do335-pfeil-arrow-thread?p=248463#post248463Final Thoughts: I love this plane! I am incredibly happy to have purchased and flown it.”
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“I had two of these, one I wrecked one I still have and fly. The first I used a RH prop on the rear engine and turned it around. This doesn't work. The plane took off fine but about 30 feet up it flipped over on it's back. I flew it that way and did a 180 degree turn back to the runway when it started rapidly cork screwing into the runway. Make sure the plane is a little nose heavy to help with control. I fly off a grass field and replaced the fix gear with retracts. The field causes the struts to bend, which I constantly have to straighten, which prevents the gear from retracting. You'll have to make extension cables to hook up the rear engine to the front of the plan. Once you have the plane sorted out it a nice flyer.”
