QuiQue Yak

[Chris Moon]

For anyone interested in this plane, I have one finished and have flown 
it about 10 flights.  The parts fit and finish is the best I have seen 
in an ARF.  Flight characteristics are excellent.  This would be a great 
plane for at least Sportsman and an excellent practice or off season 
plane for almost everyone.  I have flown the Sportsman, Intermediate, 
and Advanced schedules and it could be competitive in each one.  It 
flies very true in both pitch and roll.  Knife edge mix is not needed 
for normal maneuvers.  You might want a tiny bit of up elevator mix on 
both sides if you plan to do horizon to horizon knife edge passes, but 
for point rolls etc you really don't need any mix.  My setup is with an 
OS 160 / Perry pump and Bisson Pitts muffler and gives unlimited 
performance at 11lbs 1oz. (I can get under 11 lbs by using smaller 
battery).  The hardware provided should work ok, but I replaced it for 
standard 4-40 ball links and clevises vs the metric stuff included.  On 
the downside, the paint on the fiberglass landing gear cracked after 3 
flights.  It is just the paint cracking, and not the gear itself.  The 
paint also shows some cracks and spider crazing on both the wheelpants 
and cowling.  The paint job  looks excellent when new but does not have 
a lot of durability or ability to flex with normal flight vibration.  
(Flying from paved runway). 

Plusses - parts fit and alignment
            - flight characteristics
           
Minuses - paint and fiberglass not durable

3-D flight - don't know, don't care - I'm a pattern flyer
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