Nine Eagles Yak 54 (Refitted)
A quick flight at the local park with take off from ground and landing.
Reflection: What a great project this was. We wanted to improve the performance of this reliable airframe and performance was what we got. The reduced weight and additional power from the brushless setup really add up to a lot of fun. Flat out this plane really gets up some speed and I would even say that it's too much speed for the airframe producing unpredictable performance at times. Where you really notice the additional power is in climbing and of course the climb rate is very good although still not vertical. Landings are greatly improved as well with the 20% weight reduction making this plane a real little floater. You can literally drop it onto the ground within a couple of meters. All up a real improvement made here. I had previously owned a NE 777B RTF which I thought was bit difficult to fly so I'm glad that I was able to refit this airframe and do it some justice.