If the Female servo plug is installed like shown in picture it is easy to connect it to the servowire coming throe the wing. Ensure that the servo wire runs below the opening where wing tabs enter. After this wood Assembly is glued in place it is really hard to feed throe the servo wires. Before you glue in to the fuselage the centerpiece that holds the wings ensure the Y cable is feed throe this wood assembly.
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The third change i made was to secure the cowling using magnets instead this unpractical plastic pins.īe AWARE: The manual does not mention how to install the Y cable for the ailerons. To compensate the 4 Grams i did not install the fake wheel in the back since it does not ad any value. I used steel push rods which are just 2grams heavier but for sure will never brake. The Carbon fibers within the push rod might be hard and have great pull rates but the epoxy which holds together the single carbon fibers is NOT hard. If you clamp this push rods your chances are that they are crushed by the screw and brake easy. The second change i made is NOT to use the carbon push rods.
(see picture, top one is the Alu one as supplied) Using the better designed push rod clams ensures that the clamp is not rocking when the servo moves. The M2 nut can be precisely adjusted and glued in place to secure it. Luckily i have some tougher brass made parts that have a 2mm pin to install it to the servo arm. The 1mm pin used to mount it to the servo arm is way to weak and the self clamping washer does not guarantee that the fastener will sit tight in that servo arm.
The push rod fastener which comes with the kit is way to weak. I pretty much stuck to the Manual i just made 3 changes. Two days ago i started to assemble this hacker Bergfalke. I will ad some pictures for you so you can make your own judgment. I'm amazed that Omni Models just takes the ad from Hacker and posts it the same way. I guess it will be my first and last hacker plane. If i would have seen real pictures i would not have spent $150 for this plane. Thermal flying like proposed by hacker is therefore not possible. Due to the mismatched weight in wings I had to ad lots of additional weight on a glider that is already to heavy. Adding 19g led to the lighter wingtip helped a bit but never really solved the problem.
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I was aware that this is NOT a ARF plane and i would not mention it if the rest would be like shown in the pictures.ġ/11/18 Update In a later stage i had to learn that the main wings differ in weight quite a bit (19g 0.67oz) The huge difference in weight made that the plane flipped over the wing tip as soon i tried to fly it slow. In the fuselage where the wings are installed you have to build a wooden frame / wing joiner. There are push rods included but nowhere in the fuselage is any grove or bore to install the push rods. Same for the wheel, you need to cut out the hole and glue together a wood frame to install that wheel. In the fuselage you have to cut out cavities for servos and battery. Here again the ad states" Hacker Model Bergfalke 2-Meter Sailplane ARF" This plane is far off from being ARF. I feel like I'm taken for a ride i think editing pictures is dishonest.īefore i ordered the plane i downloaded the manual to learn more about this plane. The paint looks faded and on the main wing the blue and red stripes where not properly masked so paint has no sharp edges. I'm a bit turned off since The picture in the ad is made so that plane looks great, but when you get it it looks totally different. To be honest the transparent foil cover on the main wing looks like sandwich wrapping, The foil is not like the usual Mono-cote it is really thin and very soft. This statement is just partially true since Fuselage rudder and elevator are not covered with this " attractive " foil. The ad says This well known German glider is pre-covered in an attractive full-color trim scheme. For sure it did not look like the pictures in the ad. My second observation and disappointment was to see that the wings are covered in some kind of transparent foil. My first observation was that the box looked rather small for a 2m Glider.