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“This is my second one I sold my first one. If it flys as good as the first one (I am sure it will) then I will be happy . solid built and nice looking a joy to fly”
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“I have had my Turbo Mentor for over a year now. I love the way the plane flies but the recommended landing gear are crap. They may be good enough for smooth asphalt but not for the Geotex cloth runway at my club, and certainly not for grass. Even with good landings I would only get a couple of flights before having to replace a bent pin or the entire gear assembly. After going through two complete sets of replacements, I finally removed the Nexa gear and replaced with an Eflight 25-46 gear set. The Eflight gear are metal and much more robust, and fit with minor modification of the plane. Another advantage is that the nose gear can be modified to accent steering linkage on either side. The Nexa nose gear cannot, and the linkage connection is on the wrong side to work with the rudder servo (see other reviews). On the down side, the Eflight gear is expensive and does not have scale struts. I have multiple flights now with zero issues, so this was a good change for me.”
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“This is a follow-up to my 02/2024 review. Love the plane but the recommended landing gear are crap. Even when new they are a bit wobbly. Our club has a Geotex runway that is not perfectly smooth. I averaged about 3-4 flights before I would have to replace a pin on the LG or the entire gear itself. Over the last year went through two sets before making the switch to the E-flight 25-46 Electric retracts. Much more expensive and they don’t have scale looking struts, but much more robust. Very happy with my switch and wish I had done it earlier. Great plane otherwise.”
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“The plane fitted together with no problems. The nose retract was more of a challenge to install. Added a 60 brushless 500 kv motor with 100 amp spektrum ESC Took the plane for the maiden this morning and it was a great flying plane Needed right aileron trim but flight went really well. Put a hatch latch on to keep canopy in place and several adjustments to install retracts on the main gears. missing several parts but had enough too finish build All in all the plane is a great flying plane instructions only gave 1 setting for ailerons and elevator which I had to add additional rates and expo”
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“• Maiden – 2/2/2024• Motor – Cobra 4130/14 450kv• ESC – 100-amp Spektrum Smart ESC (SPMXAE1100) – Overkill but was cheaper and lighter than the Spektum 80 amp) • Prop – MAS 14/7/3 – Static test pulls 57 amps, inflight 53.5Amps• Servos – HS-625MG (4) and HS-85MG (2 for flaps)• Rx – AR10360T with SPM9747 remote• Servos – HS65MG for ailerons, HS125MG for elevator (65 too thick)• 6 Minutes on 6S3300Review I am not convinced that I am the best person to review an ARF kit because I am primarily a balsa builder and have only assembled one ARF previously. From my perspective the construction of this ARF is good quality, the hardware provided is good and the instructions are adequate with a couple of exceptions mentioned below. This is not a kit that I would recommend for a first time ARF assembler but should not be a problem for those a bit more experienced. My plane is set up REAFFTG on a 10 channel Rx, with the three extra channels being used for nose wheel steering, thrust reverse and ASX3/SAFE control.• As discussed by others, the primary issue while assembling this ARF is that the steering linkage for the recommended nose gear is on the right side (unchangeable) but the assembly directions assume that it is on the left. Looking at the problem, I saw three possible solutions:o My initial plan was to get a nose retract with steering on the left side. I purchased the Eflight 25-46 Size retract set (EFLG330) for this purpose. I found that the Eflight gear would fit in this model with minor modifications, but the Nexa nose strut does not fit the Eflight nose retract. (The mains do fit.) I decided to save the all-metal Eflight retracts for use in case the lighter plastic Nexa gear fail. o I also looked at the possibility of moving the rudder servo to the right side of the model and putting the elevator on the left. There is adequate access inside to move the linkage tubes, but this would necessitate a shorter rudder servo arm due to limited space between the servo and the side of the model.o I opted for a dedicated nose wheel steering servo as others have done. Mine is located just aft of the joiner tube between the elevator and rudder servos. Instead of using a Y cable with the rudder servo, I put the NWS on its own channel. This allows the nose steering to be trimmed separately from the rudder. The NWS channel is set up with a mix from the rudder that is only active when the landing gear switch is down. This keeps the nose wheel from turning when retracted. • A smaller issue with this kit is in regard to the battery compartment. If retracts are used, the nose wheel raises through the floor of the battery compartment when the gear are retracted. As a result, any battery (or fuel tank) mounted directly to the floor of the battery compartment would interfere with gear retraction. My solution was to build a false floor in the compartment using lite ply.• On my model, there was a lot of paint on the inside of the wing T-nuts, making it very difficult to mount the wings the first time.• As a result of the bevels on the flaps, they will only deploy down on this model. This prevents mixing the ailerons to the flaps for increased role rate. Not a big deal, just FYI.• The recommended servos are a little large for the openings cut in the kit. Easy fix with a file.• I really wish that the plastic pieces for the horizontal stab leading edge extensions were better quality. From a distance they look nice but up close you can see that the edge that is glued to the fuselage is curled and will not sit flush.”
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“I really like this plane. Unfortunately the first one went down due to a bad battery. The plane goes together very well. I using pro modeler servos Avian 5055 motor, 100 amp Avian esc, with a spektrum ar8360t receiver all flight controls on separate channels. The plane flies great.”
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“Overall the quality of the plane is very good,This is not for the novice builder.The only complaint is the control surface horns are not the best. I always have to buy better quality ones.That being said I really like the plane.”
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“I love this plane...I have built 7 Nexa models and feel this plane performs very well. The build was a little more complicated than some of the others but it is worth the trouble. It is important to understand that this plane needs a separate steering servo, eight channel receiver and good retracts and struts. I have flown it about 10 times without problems.”
