Andre's E-Flite Pawnee Brave Night Flyer

Andre

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So this finally happened. The E-flite® Pawnee Brave Night Flyer arrived at my local hobby shop.

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Stay tuned as I do a full review on this plane.

I have high expectations for the Pawnee.
Will it meet them?

Initial Review/Friday Flying Update.
 
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Craftydan

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Soooooo . . . without the lighting is it a cowardly night flyer?

(Yes, I know, Pawnee Brave is the name of the full scale airframe. HH's run-on name just struck me as funny.)
 

Andre

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Did it come with those wood/sheet screws or is that your own "hop up"?

Details coming but the stock hardware is really poor and there are no spares.

So after stripping out 2 screws installing the landing gear I swapped over to some better screws.
 

Andre

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No spare hardware seems to be the trend these days :mad:

First time for me. The Sukhoi Su-29 has spare screws and so did my Durafly P-40.

I would not had an issue either but the screws were really weak.
Heads were tearing up super easily.
So I took my time when I did the tail install.
 

krinaman

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First time for me. The Sukhoi Su-29 has spare screws and so did my Durafly P-40.

I would not had an issue either but the screws were really weak.
Heads were tearing up super easily.
So I took my time when I did the tail install.


Tail looked like the same setup as the apprentice. Just as a FYI keep an eye on those for the first couple of flights. I've seen a few apprentice's where the they need to be tightened some more after a few flights after everything settles into place.
 

Andre

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Tail looked like the same setup as the apprentice. Just as a FYI keep an eye on those for the first couple of flights. I've seen a few apprentice's where the they need to be tightened some more after a few flights after everything settles into place.

Super advice! Thank you.