Finished putting together my Arrows RC Bigfoot

[Iowa_dude]

Well I got to maiden the Bigfoot this past weekend.

THE GOOD:
Very stable flyer, once I got her trimmed out she handled very nice. Very stable, very gentle flyer. Nothing unpredictable in her behavior.
THE BAD:
The tires are very stiff and don't like pavement at all. They might be great in grass but slide all over hard surfaces with very poor traction. I will probably put some Eflight Timber tires on it.

The second thing is after the maiden when I went to taxi out for the second flight the motor seized up. I was very surprised after having a pretty good maiden with no mishaps.

THE GOOD PART 2 : I fired off a detailed email on Sunday to Hobbyzone where I purchased the plane, to let them know I'd had a problem. Monday (today) I got a shipping notice for a new motor. It was a surprise since I hadn't gotten a reply of any sort to my email. I am greatfull for the quick service., still would have been nice if they would have sent a reply letting me know what they had done.

Hopefully it was just a bad motor, I've never had a motor fail that hadn't been thoroughly abused first.

That's cool of them, makes me want to continue buying their product.

 

[Xraycer]

Should I send an email to Horizon about my mishap?

 

[Doom!]

Pretty sure operator error is not covered! On the other hand I've had quite a few that looked similar.

 

[Xraycer]

Pretty sure operator error is not covered! On the other hand I've had quite a few that looked similar.

I'm pretty sure it was faulty equipment

 

[GBLynden]

Dang Doom! That is shocking about the motor, but not about Hobbyzone's response

 

[Iowa_dude]

Doh
First time I ever flew my Apprentice STS I did great for about 2 minutes, then I hit a tree branch and somehow broke the fuselage in half. But! I still landed flawlessly. It was repaired. Lol. Maiden voyages are enense.

 

[Doom!]

I've got the motor and wheels, just need a calm moment to install them.

 

[airslither1982]

Well finally got a chance to finish up my "Bigfoot" that's been sitting around waiting for me to get off my butt. This is a really nice kit. The quality is very nice, fit and finish are very good. All of the cables are clearly marked. The battery hatch has a very nice latch. Sturdy landing gear and lots of lights.

I'm itchin' to take her out, hopefully next weekend will be her maiden flight.

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Had to spruce her up a bit with a plug for my favorite forum.

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Nice....reminds me of a Cessna 170.....arrows is a good company I'm about to pick up a husky