Well, today I finally got all the parts need to get my first plane in the air. My plan was to start with a mini speedster. However, with Joe Nall going on, my motors have not shipped yet. So I went with plan B, a full size Old Fogey. I was in a hurry to get in the air, so I went with the 2200 3C instead of soldering up an adapter cable to use the 800 2C.
Well my daughter (22) decided she want to see the crashing. So she helped me by hand launching. Well, 3 props, 2 trees, a house and birdhouse later, I am back in the house with a wrinkled up nose, busted power pod and a broken FT firewall and 92% capacity still in the battery. Had a BLAST!!!!!!
What I learned on my first flites:
- my yard is not big enough for the old fogey with a 3C (may not be big enough for the 2C either. Tomorrow will tell)
- not only do I need to watch the orientation of the plane, but also where it is going (house and bird house strikes)
What I still need to figure out. Maybe you all can help me here:
- when I applied rudder to try and turn, the wings tipped up to about 60 deg, then the tail came around and straight into the ground. I quickly learned to cut throttle to save the prop (on a prop saver).
- my wheels are not big enough to roll over my grass. Need to come up with a new plan there. may just pull the landing gear for now.
My setup is a hobby king HXM2730-1300 motor, 8x4 props, turnigy plush 18amp ESC and a 2200 3C (800 2C tomorrow). Radio is a Turnigy 9X. Still trying to figure out how to program everything on it.
All in All, I had a blast. Had some good laughs. I expected to crash, not quite this much.
Alzey
Well my daughter (22) decided she want to see the crashing. So she helped me by hand launching. Well, 3 props, 2 trees, a house and birdhouse later, I am back in the house with a wrinkled up nose, busted power pod and a broken FT firewall and 92% capacity still in the battery. Had a BLAST!!!!!!
What I learned on my first flites:
- my yard is not big enough for the old fogey with a 3C (may not be big enough for the 2C either. Tomorrow will tell)
- not only do I need to watch the orientation of the plane, but also where it is going (house and bird house strikes)
What I still need to figure out. Maybe you all can help me here:
- when I applied rudder to try and turn, the wings tipped up to about 60 deg, then the tail came around and straight into the ground. I quickly learned to cut throttle to save the prop (on a prop saver).
- my wheels are not big enough to roll over my grass. Need to come up with a new plan there. may just pull the landing gear for now.
My setup is a hobby king HXM2730-1300 motor, 8x4 props, turnigy plush 18amp ESC and a 2200 3C (800 2C tomorrow). Radio is a Turnigy 9X. Still trying to figure out how to program everything on it.
All in All, I had a blast. Had some good laughs. I expected to crash, not quite this much.
Alzey