Do all the DIY planes need gyroscopes to fly?
We have struggled for a year with 4 different planes... but never tried a gyroscope.
Is that the problem or are we STILL doing something wrong?
Sad 9 year old and team....
Yep! Give us a bit more information. How is it crashing? Is it just not lifting into the air? What plane is it?Do all the DIY planes need gyroscopes to fly?
We have struggled for a year with 4 different planes... but never tried a gyroscope.
Is that the problem or are we STILL doing something wrong?
Sad 9 year old and team....
not a one of my craft have flight computers (IE gyros) on them... only one that is going to is one that needs active balancing in hover mode.Do all the DIY planes need gyroscopes to fly?
You just need to tighten the nut down more. It should be clamping the prop onto the rest of the motor. You'll need a prop wrench, or several minutes of attacking it with pliers.Thanks everyone! This has been a whole family effort for months and months now...and innumerable propellers.
We have tried the DIY Tiny Trainer 2x and now we are trying the Mini DIY Corsair.
The Tiny Trainers we built twice-- we got it to fly maybe 25 yards and caught wind and broke the tail.
The 2nd Tiny Trainer got into the air twice and then landed nose first and was irreparable.
The Corsair is featured below-- but it is looking pretty grim because of multiple recent crashes (the tail is re-inforced).
Our son is doing the flying but has done AMAZING with a pre-built RC Hobby mustang (on amazon) and he can fly that on expert mode.
Today, we are trying to sort an engine issue that you will hear on the video. One thing to note is that the propeller had a lot of play on the nut provided- see photos-- it just doesn't seem to make sense that the propeller would have that much space -- so we put on a different bolt. Otherwise, ?????
Shoot- I have videos-- but it won't allow me to upload... what format is allowed?
The engine is faltering...
You just need to tighten the nut down more. It should be clamping the prop onto the rest of the motor. You'll need a prop wrench, or several minutes of attacking it with pliers.
https://store.flitetest.com/flite-test-8mm-prop-wrench-flt-2102/p975859
It looks like you have two problems at hand.ok, try this!
thank you
Do you want your elevator on the left stick like you have it? Conventional mode 2 has it on the right stick on the up/down axis. Where you have it now is where most of us control the rudder. It's much simpler in mode 2Ok, we are fully noobs! The control surfaces are seen here..
Good points @PsyBorg.I agree with the motor angle. That is way off where it should be. The motor noises may be the prop slipping or it may be when you get to a certain power level there is arching between bullet connectors knocking out a phase until power drops and the arching cannot occur.
Also one other thing to check specially using wooden firewalls is that the screws are not pulling thru the wood and extending far enough in the motor base to touch any of the motor windings.
Now for my own failure to launch a fixed wing journey I found that what I "thought" was just a touch nose heavy was in fact really a LOT nose heavy. Glide testing (tossing but not flying under power) to see what the plane does is best way to find true CG. I since have started there and balance perfectly level to start forget that nose heavy stuff for now. If it glides well with all things in the plane with no power then it should fly. Proper down thrust in the motor mount is also key. Finally the last hurdle I have to face is to not be wimpy on throttle when hand launching. All these set backs can be seen in this funny video of me being a hardhead...
Go back to the tiny trainer and not be like me trying to fly things above current knowledge and skill levels hehe
Do you have a simulator?Do all the DIY planes need gyroscopes to fly?
We have struggled for a year with 4 different planes... but never tried a gyroscope.
Is that the problem or are we STILL doing something wrong?
Sad 9 year old and team....