CarolineTyler
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Now I'm excited to just be able to taxi it 
Long-EZ build
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CarolineTyler
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Looking like Wednesday evening for a maiden!
Though that is dependent on the replacement battery arriving from Hobbyking. My best battery for this plane still lies at the bottom of the river
Though that is dependent on the replacement battery arriving from Hobbyking. My best battery for this plane still lies at the bottom of the river
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CarolineTyler
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Just in care anyone might want to use it, the nose wheel thingy is now on Thingiverse
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3093138
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3093138
CarolineTyler
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Now I HAVE to build the new mini FT LONG-EZ and piggyback it on my new big FT-Style Long-EZ.....
kilroy07
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Put one under each wing!Now I HAVE to build the new mini FT LONG-EZ and piggyback it on my new big FT-Style Long-EZ.....
I dunno where you are @CarolineTyler but a lot of the model shops here are starting to stock flight test foamboard for around £2-£2.50 a sheet. After attempting to use hobbycraft foamboard to build stuff and failing miserably I gave up and bought some from Sussex Model Centre and haven't looked back, just incase weight is an issue for you.
CarolineTyler
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I live in Bradford, Yorkshire, and the Leeds Model Shop I've found out has FliteTest foamboard so will give it a go
The Hobbycraft foamboard seems to work fine if a bit heavy
CarolineTyler
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I broke it a bit today, was doing some taxi tests on the steering. Needed a little bit of adjustment to get it running straight and true.
Once that was done, I took the speed up to do a tiny hop .... Ran out of runway and rolled at speed into the tall reedy grass at the edge and broke the canard at its root.
Have made a new one and installed and this one has a nice carbon spar in its leading edge
Onwards to its proper maiden.
Once that was done, I took the speed up to do a tiny hop .... Ran out of runway and rolled at speed into the tall reedy grass at the edge and broke the canard at its root.
Have made a new one and installed and this one has a nice carbon spar in its leading edge
Onwards to its proper maiden.
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this one has a nice carbon spar in it leading edge
Careful. Stuff like this is how Rocket Knife got started.
CarolineTyler
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Rocket knife!!!!! "Does air guitar"Careful. Stuff like this is how Rocket Knife got started.
CarolineTyler
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I'm taking it off when the weather permits, not risking this birdUh oh, you have to fly this already
In case something bad happens, I am working on the next version with a narrower fuse, nose doublers for reinforcement and a fully rotating canard.
CarolineTyler
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No video this time.... nothing was worth videoing, blooming wind.
jpot1
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@CarolineTyler - any more flights? I've been making progress on the next plans revisions. More in the build thread.
CarolineTyler
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Sadly not, aiming for a brief weather window Sunday morning !!
CarolineTyler
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Still no reflight, a bit more taxi testing but the wind came up too strongly
Successfully flew my Ft-Goblin, the Rainbow Dancing Wing, the FT- long EZ ( including a brief "parking" in a tree ), and the QAV250 quad which has decided to keep falling out of the sky by means of pushing motor 4 to full power.
Successfully flew my Ft-Goblin, the Rainbow Dancing Wing, the FT- long EZ ( including a brief "parking" in a tree ), and the QAV250 quad which has decided to keep falling out of the sky by means of pushing motor 4 to full power.
