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Mini Q
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JStrametz
Strong User
Just want to say THANK YOU for all the great advice in this thread. I picked up a very lightly used (Originally from Aloft) Mini Q, set it up as per advice here and flew the maiden yesterday at Sunset. WOW is all I can say. This bird is a fun one! Super stable, agile and capable of anything you throw at it! It was by far the most fun slope maiden I have experienced. This will be one sloper that is always in my hangar!
JStrametz
Strong User
Well...... since you mentioned it...... I flew the Mini Q maiden for close to an hour on this first flight....about the time I was getting ready to land, I got a weird control hit, got it pointed into the wind and then.... the battery died and this beauty went full Elevon right, and spiraled at warp speed to the bottom of the dune.......
After a brisk hike down to the bottom, I found my bird nose into the sand on the side of the hill, and to my happy surprise, NO DAMAGE! Attached photo is after the death spiral...
Tough is correct! and this is an older model without the reinforcement...
Thanks again Wayne for all you do (Coaching manufacturers, suggesting improvements) to provide quality products for all of us sloping nut jobs!
After a brisk hike down to the bottom, I found my bird nose into the sand on the side of the hill, and to my happy surprise, NO DAMAGE! Attached photo is after the death spiral...
Tough is correct! and this is an older model without the reinforcement...
Thanks again Wayne for all you do (Coaching manufacturers, suggesting improvements) to provide quality products for all of us sloping nut jobs!
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You are very welcome!
I have seen this little birds take a pounding in solo crashes and mid airs and they almost always seem to come away with little or no damage. Not saying they can't be killed, but they seem to survive much better than I would have ever thought possible.
Trust me, I can kill anything given enough time. LOL
I have seen this little birds take a pounding in solo crashes and mid airs and they almost always seem to come away with little or no damage. Not saying they can't be killed, but they seem to survive much better than I would have ever thought possible.
Trust me, I can kill anything given enough time. LOL
thenated0g
Very Strong User
cough cough fs40
Konrad
Very Strong User
No, No, It's not you. Rather all airplanes have an expiration date!
Just thought I'd update this thread with the current speed record for the model. The airframe has a recorded speed of 210mph by Bruce Tebo back in 2020. This was one of the early examples with all of its flaws. Surely someone is ripe to set a higher speed?
They really are great little planes.
They really are great little planes.
Haoyang Wang
Very Strong User
Wow! Did it survive?
Mine is from the first generation, too. I simply glue it back with reinforcement whenever it breaks apart. Amazingly, eventually it has reached a stable point, staying in one piece for longer and longer. A fun plane to keep in the car.
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So... finally built two Mini Q kits I bought last year! (Life - and its alternative - got in the way...)
Learned a few lessons building the first one (Blue and Yellow), along with thoroughly reading this forum, and applied them to the second one (Pink and Black).
Maidened the blue one last Saturday at Four Corners with decent lift - needed minimal trimming with the CG at 20mm, but I suspect moving it back to 23mm will make it even better. May not get a chance 'til winds pick back up in the spring, though!
Took lots of photos and notes on the second build, and spent the last few evenings turning them into a detailed Build Doc (you know, like a construction manual, but more personal). I share a few tricks for quicker alignment and balancing, which I hope new builders will find useful.
It's a Google Doc, with comments enabled - always room for improvement:
docs.google.com
Learned a few lessons building the first one (Blue and Yellow), along with thoroughly reading this forum, and applied them to the second one (Pink and Black).
Maidened the blue one last Saturday at Four Corners with decent lift - needed minimal trimming with the CG at 20mm, but I suspect moving it back to 23mm will make it even better. May not get a chance 'til winds pick back up in the spring, though!
Took lots of photos and notes on the second build, and spent the last few evenings turning them into a detailed Build Doc (you know, like a construction manual, but more personal). I share a few tricks for quicker alignment and balancing, which I hope new builders will find useful.
It's a Google Doc, with comments enabled - always room for improvement:
Building a Mini-Q
Introduction The Mini-Q is an awesome bird, and a quick build. But the kit does have a few quirks, and since it may be a builder’s first molded glass model (as it was mine), I figured it deserved a build doc from that perspective. This doc does assume experience with slope gliders, as this high-p...
docs.google.com
Sure! Ok if I hit you up for CAD & printing to prototype the hot-swap power pod?
Hawaii Sloper
Very Strong User
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I'd like to start off with a response from one of our first pilots:"OMG!! The Mini Q flew awesome today! The winds were 22-25 mph today and the Mini Q was on fire. It is a ripper. Really fun plane, handles well and my landings were awesome. You just have to slow it down on the backside and it...
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I am finally getting around to building the bird I bought almost 2 years ago and I had a design comment, however before I mention it I want to emphasize I am NOT much of a builder. My RC career has been mostly helicopters which are basically erector sets. With that out of the way...
Shouldn't the hole for the servo be lined up with the hinge, and if for some reason it cannot be, shouldn't the angle of the pushrod exit on the cover be perpendicularly aligned?
Shouldn't the hole for the servo be lined up with the hinge, and if for some reason it cannot be, shouldn't the angle of the pushrod exit on the cover be perpendicularly aligned?
Red
Very Strong User
Yes, best practice is to align to the hinge. In this case the mismatch isn't too bad, but I would add a ball link to one end or the other of the pushrod. You can also rotate the servo to be perpendicular.
Usually you rotate the servo at the time of install to align with the hinge line.
What servo are you using there? I see you have already glued it into place, but if it is a cheapy servo, you may want to do the surgery and pull it out, you really want to put a high qaulity servo into this plane. Any play in the servo output will send this plane hunting in the sky.
My currently favorite servo is the FrSky Xact HV 5611. They have perfect centering and have a much better price than KST. (If you are using FrSky radio gear, they also pack a punch full of other features that may be useful.)
What servo are you using there? I see you have already glued it into place, but if it is a cheapy servo, you may want to do the surgery and pull it out, you really want to put a high qaulity servo into this plane. Any play in the servo output will send this plane hunting in the sky.
My currently favorite servo is the FrSky Xact HV 5611. They have perfect centering and have a much better price than KST. (If you are using FrSky radio gear, they also pack a punch full of other features that may be useful.)
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