My grandmother passed away this week which put a halt to my scout mid week. Unfortunatly weather isn't looking good enough to fly it now before the deadline and I had to cut some corners and gain some weight to at least get a completed plane by today.
I have finished and weighed it. I know it CAN fly.. The issue is it cannot handle the light wind today and it snowed last night, So my first two attempts to maiden in the yard ended in the snow. For fear of moisture ruining the plane permamantly (its mostly made with water soluble glue and tissue paper) I cannot submit a demonstration flight by the deadline.
When weather allows I will still try to fly, record, and post it here. But I guess that disqualifies me from meeting the deadline.
Final weigh in is at ~54g however.(scale jumped between 53-54) I ended up having to use heavier servos than I intended to try to finish the plane in time. I have some linear servos and originally planned to use basswood instead of metal wires for the push rods which may have gotten me to 50g. But I did manage to get it to run on a 100mah 1s with a tiny boost converter put in to give me 5v.
Even though I couldn't get a flight in on time I still enjoyed the challenge as this isn't something I would have tried to make otherwise.
