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Old 09-04-2021, 12:24 AM
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I can undertand swearing off the Maxi Alpha 3. I got one early in my BAR period but it certainly is not a favorite and hasn’t been flown in a long long time.

OTOH I put up a plain old bulk Alpha for its 100th flight today, on a C18-6W. It got to 1246 feet in a hurry. And winds were so light all day today at Sod Blaster 3 that the walk was not long at all.
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Old 09-04-2021, 02:12 AM
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I once ripped the fins CLEAN OFF a buddy's MA3 with a lowly Composite Dynamics E20-4.
They shredded off at about 300' and continued straight up to about 700'.
My buddy's response was "Geez, thanx for the motor".
I told him he should have used BETTER GLUE.
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Old 10-19-2021, 08:35 AM
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I once ripped the fins CLEAN OFF a buddy's MA3 with a lowly Composite Dynamics E20-4.
They shredded off at about 300' and continued straight up to about 700'.
My buddy's response was "Geez, thanx for the motor".
I told him he should have used BETTER GLUE.


The Maxi Alpha has it's flaws that's for sure but a little application of epoxy and the issues go away. When I restored mine I used BSI 30 min. epoxy to attach the fins then gave them a fillet.

Results look better than anything Estes could have hoped for an i've gotten several flights on the E20, E30 and F44 motors without issue. The F44 causes some fin flutter but it has held together without any issues.
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Old 10-19-2021, 06:41 PM
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The Maxi Alpha has it's flaws that's for sure but a little application of epoxy and the issues go away. When I restored mine I used BSI 30 min. epoxy to attach the fins then gave them a fillet.

Results look better than anything Estes could have hoped for an i've gotten several flights on the E20, E30 and F44 motors without issue. The F44 causes some fin flutter but it has held together without any issues.



My compliments. That's a great looking bird. The fins almost look plastic.
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Old 10-19-2021, 07:46 PM
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The fins are plastic. It still has the stock fins and fin can. Just assembled with epoxy and added filler to cover the gaps.
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Old 10-20-2021, 06:05 AM
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The fins are plastic. It still has the stock fins and fin can. Just assembled with epoxy and added filler to cover the gaps.



Well I guess that explains that! But still a great looking bird.
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Old 10-22-2021, 06:32 PM
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When I saw "Maxi Alpha 3", I read it as MAXI - Alpha 3, and my first (and only) Alpha 3 was the orange/black scheme, so I did my MA3 in that scheme.
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