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I ordered one of these as soon as I saw the ad in a magazine. It was very easy to build and except for a couple of minor changes (explained below) if flies great.
While there are other kits that top it in one or more different categories, as an all-around starter kit (especially for the price) it's well designed, simple to build, easy to fly, quiet and easy to fix if something goes wrong.
The LiteStick isn't really a trainer, and other planes such as a FireBird XL or a Teddy will work better. However, enough folks seen attracted by the low price and are determined to learn to fly with the LS that some hints seem to be in order.Hint #1 - FIND HELP !!! If you're learning how to fly, find a flier in your area who can help you learn. If you don't have any luck, you can also locate a local electric flier by joining EFLT (an electric flight e-mail discussion/help list).
SFRC is another list worth subscribing to. It has fewer members than EFLT but it's more closely focused on slow-flyers and you may find more specific help for any questions.
Hint #2 - If you there's nobody in your area who can help MOVE someplace else (:-) or else see more flight training hints.
The only significant change that the LiteStick REQUIRES is to add a string across the the two wings to help hold them at the proper angle (this is called DIHEDRAL). The wings should look roughly like the illustration at the top of the page, but on their own they will sag to roughly level, which makes the plane tough to turn.
Yeah, well ... flying and photographing
don't mix (:-) (If you have any better pics please send them
along.)
Equipment that works well on the Stick (radios, batts, charger, ESC, servos, etc)E-mail questions or send pictures/info about your own LiteSTICK
More advice from other builders and fliers (in order of date sent along):
| June 2000: |
Ken Crispin
Ron Fikes
Bob Ruff
David Fee Brian Chan August 2000
|
David Keith - BipeStick !!
Ron Fikes #2
| Don Matlack David Fee - 2 September 2000
|
Ed Couch - CanardStick !!
Tom Cole - aerobatics!
| Jerry Tuttle October 2000
| Ken
Farrel - cool rudder mod
Doug Stickland - AntipodeStick
Tom Cole #2 - "Herk-Stick" !!
| November 2000
| Gary Jones - "DragonStick" - VERY "outside the box"
| Dr. Sandy Frank - a bipe for the rest of us (:-) Dr. Sandy Frank #2 - a LiteStick version of the Lazy Bee Ashok Srinivasan - Going to the Dogs! (:-) Don Stackhouse Polyhedral and much, much more December 2000
| Irvin Cooper
- removable wing, bipe, floats, lithiums (more)
| IFO-stick Dr. Sandy Frank #3 - MANX flying wing Bob Higgins - Le' Pou Stick Y.C. Tseng - Portable Stick Turbo-Stick - Wingerons! Cool! January 2000
| Half-Stick
Ed Couch's GyroStick
| February 2000
| Two Guys from Ohio
Low-Tech-Stick
SnoopyStick
| Ron Fikes' 3rd (and 4th and ...) March 2000
| TwinStick
David Hogue
Canard Cub
RogalloStick
| EddieBird - When is a LiteStick not a LiteStick? (:-) April 2000
| Flapper Stick
SikorskyStick
FunStick
| July 2000
| ArrowStick COMING SOON
| Night-Light Stick COMING SOON August 2000
| Zagi-Stick
Handley-Page Bomber
| October 2000
| WindyStick - (Idea)
| December 2000
| PWT from Boris Sverev
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Another LiteStick with a better (??) way of mounting the wings..
| Fred Bronk Jr sent this picture of a LiteStick gaggle at a Hangar 1 flying session at Moffett Field in California. | 
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