Hi Jeff! Thank you for two very instructive videoes on the ASW28. I didn't get your live stream on the maiden, but I looked over the comments afterwards and notised that there was a question on how this plane does as a FPV platform. Really good I must say, you can check out my videoes on my modifications. I notsed that you considered the authorities of the control surfaces as very good. May be in dead calm weather, but in windy conditions with turbulens I learned (the hard way) that it wasn't too good. Many have programmed in flapperons, I followed Brian Philips' advice and extended the control surfaces. I've got very fond of this model. I'm now building my 4th version, building in all my previos mods from ground to get it, at least in my eyes, as perfect as possible. Thanks again! - and happy flying!
Thanks for the info. Just put mine together and had the problems you identified. I also enlarged the hole for the servo wires in the fuselage, wouldn't want to mess about on a cold day on the hill doing that. I put in a 1300mah 3s, kept the pilot and wheel and it seems to be spot on with the battery all the way to the back. Locating the wings I also had the problem of one not locating but think I may have had some wires fouling the gap. Going to have a look now at putting the connections into the wing that would make it so much easier. Thanks for sharing.
rounding the trailing edge is less efficient aerodynamically than a sharp corner (long story) - easiest tool is a sealing iron set low enough to flatten the edges :)
Hi Jeff, ArxangelRC has reported that on his ASW28 there was not enough epoxy between the fin and the plastic horizontal stab mount, and the fin and the plastic piece that is fixed to the fuselage. Happily the failures happened on landing, but he also had a camera on the fin which increased the mass and the stress to the tailpieces. Keep up the good work. Cheers.
Hi Jeff, super tipps again! I have bought a second hand model for not too much. Just to test how sailing/gliding is. I will check your points on mine. The thing with the balance lead for flap+servo would be cool. I haven´t found the video you told yet. Happy flying! I´m about to maiden my second hand Draco too :) Just have been following your tips too
nice looking plane. i wanted one a while back but was always out of stock so ended up getting the phoenix 2m instead. The asw28 has a huge cockpit area compare to my phoenix.
Picked one up a couple months ago and can't put it down. I've deleted the wheel and similarly blocked off the hole with foam and hot glue, though I'm running 4s 5000mAh packs, as all of my batteries at the moment are either much larger or much smaller, and doing that mod lets me even get those chungus batteries far enough back that it balances perfectly. It wants to fly slightly fast that way, but the flight times are incredible! I've stayed up for more than an hour and a half at my favorite spot near a river gorge.
Hi Jeff. I simplified the aileron and flap servo attachment on my ASW 28 by using the same system the Eflite Commander asp uses for the flap and aileron servo attachment. Very simple and quick!
I would love to know the wattage of the stock motor installed on the ASW28... The only thing I found was the rpm per volt which is 850kV... If I knew the wattage, I would know the maximum amps the motor needs, so I would go for the proper battery setup.
missiletm It is.....I've flown at that spot before. It's near where I live. As a matter of fact, that is the location where I first began to fly back in the days! Just south of Lytle creek
Hey boss, awesome video and awesome plane! For what I see, the wing can be separated in 2 parts, are they also robust if I want to put them in a bag or something like this? Because I'm looking to transport this plane during mountain walking or when travelling in my motorbike. Thanks a lot!
Hi I just found this video and its helping get mine set up right, thank you! You said you'd post a link to "Andrew's video" about setting up crow breaking but its not in the description. Can you please add the link? Cheers!
My asw28 came in yesterday. Do you have a link on setting up the crow breaking you where talking about? I would like to set it up on mine. Thanks for the tips for the plane. Now I can,t wait to get her out flying
Hello friend. Is the ASW28 glider good for thermals? I want to buy a good thermal glider in order to get a good flight time. I'm from Brazil and there are a lot of thermals here. And on a few thermal days, with a battery of 3S 2200mah or 3000 mah, how many minutes do you think you can fly? 30 min with a 3000 mah battery?
I Purchased a glider at the swap meet with the 6’ foot wingspan I cannot find any specifications on this aircraft it’s a balsa glider i’m trying to figure out where the CG would be. Any ideas? 🤔
man they still sell it ? this was my first glider... and the only good thing about it is the invicible fuselage. cord is too small (problem with all semi maquette like) and the aileron size is ridiculous.... Once i struggle to land at a slope with 15-16m/sec and i was just controlling in binary mode, full left full right full front... To compensate for the small cord they made a very thick wing with 17% (3cm thick for 17cm cord) while all my other glider (i now have 9 of them: from foamy to f3k and f3f full carbon) are 7-9% to lot lot of drag. and you really need to give it speed or it will fly like a brick... falling down. and the motor is weak and you have to setup esc brake. if you really want to buy something like taht kind, buy the latest iteration of the phoenix (2.6m i think) which got very better wings with longer cord.
Let's face it, this is a low quality kit. I've seen multiple videos on this airplane and the list of things that are wrong is long. Fit/Finish being a big one. Think about it, would a decent model spawn a number of videos on how to fix all the issue users have? lol
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Hi Jeff! Thank you for two very instructive videoes on the ASW28. I didn't get your live stream on the maiden, but I looked over the comments afterwards and notised that there was a question on how this plane does as a FPV platform. Really good I must say, you can check out my videoes on my modifications.
I notsed that you considered the authorities of the control surfaces as very good. May be in dead calm weather, but in windy conditions with turbulens I learned (the hard way) that it wasn't too good. Many have programmed in flapperons, I followed Brian Philips' advice and extended the control surfaces.
I've got very fond of this model. I'm now building my 4th version, building in all my previos mods from ground to get it, at least in my eyes, as perfect as possible.
Thanks again! - and happy flying!
Thanks for the info. Just put mine together and had the problems you identified. I also enlarged the hole for the servo wires in the fuselage, wouldn't want to mess about on a cold day on the hill doing that. I put in a 1300mah 3s, kept the pilot and wheel and it seems to be spot on with the battery all the way to the back. Locating the wings I also had the problem of one not locating but think I may have had some wires fouling the gap. Going to have a look now at putting the connections into the wing that would make it so much easier. Thanks for sharing.
I have an ASW28 ,too. Great plane makes so fun to fly :-) Nice video, well done, thanks for sharing. :-)
rounding the trailing edge is less efficient aerodynamically than a sharp corner (long story) - easiest tool is a sealing iron set low enough to flatten the edges :)
Hi Jeff, ArxangelRC has reported that on his ASW28 there was not enough epoxy between the fin and the plastic horizontal stab mount, and the fin and the plastic piece that is fixed to the fuselage. Happily the failures happened on landing, but he also had a camera on the fin which increased the mass and the stress to the tailpieces. Keep up the good work. Cheers.
Mine was fine
Hi Jeff, super tipps again! I have bought a second hand model for not too much. Just to test how sailing/gliding is. I will check your points on mine. The thing with the balance lead for flap+servo would be cool. I haven´t found the video you told yet.
Happy flying!
I´m about to maiden my second hand Draco too :) Just have been following your tips too
Great video mods are great and will be implementing them on mine. Did you upgrade the ESC when using the 4s 1300 battery?
Thanks.
nice looking plane. i wanted one a while back but was always out of stock so ended up getting the phoenix 2m instead. The asw28 has a huge cockpit area compare to my phoenix.
The Phoenix will thermal better, the ASW will slope like nobodys business!
Viele tolle Tipps. Vielen Dank 👏👏👊👍
flap horns are made to be installed backwards to reduce load on servo in flight.
Picked one up a couple months ago and can't put it down. I've deleted the wheel and similarly blocked off the hole with foam and hot glue, though I'm running 4s 5000mAh packs, as all of my batteries at the moment are either much larger or much smaller, and doing that mod lets me even get those chungus batteries far enough back that it balances perfectly. It wants to fly slightly fast that way, but the flight times are incredible! I've stayed up for more than an hour and a half at my favorite spot near a river gorge.
Hi Jeff. I simplified the aileron and flap servo attachment on my ASW 28 by using the same system the Eflite Commander asp uses for the flap and aileron servo attachment. Very simple and quick!
Man I love that song (during the flying at the beginning).
I’ll post the title in the description when I get home, it’s from the free TH-cam library
@Jeff Yang It's Flicker In Eyes by Steven Perry. I found it a while back the same way 😜 It’s perfect for those nice chill flights.
Hi Jeff, I'm using a rs232 connector on my aircraft wings.
It really flies pretty nice, hum? 😃
Fantastic!
Hello, just wondering where you got your plane cradle looks like Green foam??
Bravo.thenks
I would love to know the wattage of the stock motor installed on the ASW28... The only thing I found was the rpm per volt which is 850kV... If I knew the wattage, I would know the maximum amps the motor needs, so I would go for the proper battery setup.
Where I can find the decals with (L AIL,R AIL,ELEV,RUDDER)?
That first flight looked like north Fontana.
missiletm It is.....I've flown at that spot before. It's near where I live. As a matter of fact, that is the location where I first began to fly back in the days! Just south of Lytle creek
Hey boss, awesome video and awesome plane!
For what I see, the wing can be separated in 2 parts, are they also robust if I want to put them in a bag or something like this? Because I'm looking to transport this plane during mountain walking or when travelling in my motorbike.
Thanks a lot!
Probably not unless you don't use the wing tips- they catch on everything, I flew it one day with no wing tips just fine..
@@7demo7review Ok thank you man!
@@gerardfernandes3332 Or put your winglets on with embedded magnets.
Hi I just found this video and its helping get mine set up right, thank you! You said you'd post a link to "Andrew's video" about setting up crow breaking but its not in the description. Can you please add the link? Cheers!
Search Andrew Newton crow. I’ll try and add to link soon
@@7demo7review OK great I will. Thanks!!
My asw28 came in yesterday. Do you have a link on setting up the crow breaking you where talking about? I would like to set it up on mine. Thanks for the tips for the plane. Now I can,t wait to get her out flying
Neil Hodgson follow Andrew Newton’s channel- search Taranis full house setup
@@7demo7review Thank You
Hi Jeff. What is the weight of your batteries?
Hello friend. Is the ASW28 glider good for thermals?
I want to buy a good thermal glider in order to get a good flight time. I'm from Brazil and there are a lot of thermals here.
And on a few thermal days, with a battery of 3S 2200mah or 3000 mah, how many minutes do you think you can fly? 30 min with a 3000 mah battery?
I like it, I would buy it. Would you recommend it - I mean in terms of quality? Thank you very much.
They are well made. I would reinforce the clear canopy. The canopy tends to crack where the snaps are
I Purchased a glider at the swap meet with the 6’ foot wingspan I cannot find any specifications on this aircraft it’s a balsa glider i’m trying to figure out where the CG would be. Any ideas? 🤔
Take the wing root length and divide it into thirds. From the leading edge it’s generally the leading edge 1/3. That’s what I use
@@7demo7review You’re the second one they told me the same thing appreciate the info. THANK YOU
PARFOIS DE LEGER DETAILS FONT LA DIFFERENCE,QUESTION COMMENT AS TU FAIT POR SUPPRIMER LA PLATINE DE SUPPORT ACCUS. BON VOL
How do I set up crow with the fsi6?
Andrew Newton just posted a recent video on this..
I tried to get wing tips from tower and they were too big, must be diff versions
The tower version is very different
What motor and esc please?
stock,,,,
man they still sell it ?
this was my first glider... and the only good thing about it is the invicible fuselage.
cord is too small (problem with all semi maquette like) and the aileron size is ridiculous....
Once i struggle to land at a slope with 15-16m/sec and i was just controlling in binary mode, full left full right full front...
To compensate for the small cord they made a very thick wing with 17% (3cm thick for 17cm cord)
while all my other glider (i now have 9 of them: from foamy to f3k and f3f full carbon) are 7-9% to lot lot of drag.
and you really need to give it speed or it will fly like a brick... falling down.
and the motor is weak and you have to setup esc brake.
if you really want to buy something like taht kind, buy the latest iteration of the phoenix (2.6m i think) which got very better wings with longer cord.
Let's face it, this is a low quality kit. I've seen multiple videos on this airplane and the list of things that are wrong is long. Fit/Finish being a big one. Think about it, would a decent model spawn a number of videos on how to fix all the issue users have? lol
For me it’s all bout the way it flies... which is great