BATTLEAXE
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As of last night the weather site has been saying -2 for today's high at around 2pm. Looks like it might just do it to, temps have been rising since I went to bed. It should stay like this for a few days too.
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james90755
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you guys must be at a high latitude.
BATTLEAXE
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North of the 49th actually, The Canadian Great Plains.
james90755
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Beautiful country up there.... many childhood memories of fishing in Ontario.
james90755
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Good bunch of guys, but very few FT'ers. They all know about it and are always fascinated by what I bring to the field. I am trying to get them into streamer combat...
Good bunch of guys, but very few FT'ers. They all know about it and are always fascinated by what I bring to the field. I am trying to get them into streamer combat...
Marty72
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Here it is more for posterity then anything, This may be as pretty as she gets. If it survives the maiden I may paint it but I do like the way it looks. It does kind of have a goofy vibe to it so this might be the first plane I put googley eyes on. It kinda looks like my dog when she wants to play lol...
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That is an 11" prop and I am thinking that would be the smallest I would go on here. That's kinda what I was hoping for really, I imagine this 11x7x3 will haul this plane around pretty decently. But if it proves to be to fast for this airframe I would like to try a 12x5 two blade...
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The stance is nice, big wheels and tail high. The aileron servos are on the last hole of the standard arm for throw and the control horn uses the hole closest to the hinge, you can see how far away the control horn is from the pivot point so I had some adjustment to dial it back if need be. For now that's what DR's are for... View attachment 152235
Gotta love the skewer pushrods, recycled this from first the Baby Blender to the Bushwhacker, now on this... they work. I got suspension on all three points. Main gear has the rubber band/triangle framed struts you would find on the FT-3D, had to do some tuning to get the gear to work right... not to soft or tippy, not to stiff, by swapping or adding rubber bands. The tail wheel is a fixed non-steerable assembly with a couple coils of wire for the spring...
View attachment 152234 Here is where it looks like a bird that wants to fly. Those wing tips should help with spillage and pressure transfer around the wings hopefully the root stalls first. I do have the original FB box spar reinforced with a 24x3/16" CF tubing. If anything the 4 rubber bands holding the wing on will break before the wing does. Thanks for following along and anticipate some entertaining maiden vid
Cool plane! Looking forward to the maiden. Did you lose a plane or is this an addition? The Bush Wacker is still viable, right? It's tough to keep up with you, you move pretty fast.
BATTLEAXE
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I took the bushwhacker out of commission to finish the FT-3D and I borrowed two servos from the Bloody Baron to finish this.
Video is uploading
BATTLEAXE
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Yes the ski's are on the drawing board, then ground take offs
Grifflyer
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Why not try floats? They're easier to build...
BATTLEAXE
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Might do both
Wildthing
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Looks nice and stable
BATTLEAXE
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It is super stable. Wait till you see the next vid
Wildthing
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Just watched it, looks like it performs really nice. tried it on a windy day yet?
BATTLEAXE
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It was breezy today, coming from the west, 10 gusting to 15kph. I stayed petty much half throttle most of the time, edited a lot of the boring stuff out, but it took it like a champ. I'll be going up again tomorrow on a 1045, see how that does for a slower STOL plane
Wildthing
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Looks like it was pretty slow already, do you have flaps or flaperons programed into also?
BATTLEAXE
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No flaperrons yet. Still need to look into it. I was thinking the 11x7x3 prop is twice the amount of prop that plane can handle. It can take the 3 blade prop in the low speeds but has trouble staying in control in the top speeds, just way to fast for the airframe. 1045 should tame it down some
Great Maiden Flight! You are gonna enjoy this for a while. (until you hot-dog it into the dirt.)
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