Heck yeah! The Maiden video of the FT MINI SCOUT NEWBIE CHALLENGE! I got launch at about the four second mark, and touchdown at about two minutes, eleven seconds. So, current record for the challenge is two minutes and seven seconds. Arcfyre! You hold the current (first and only) record, man! Well done!Ok folks, here is my entry into the challenge. Official maiden flight. Was pretty windy and it felt tail heavy at first but I got it trimmed out and it flew pretty well.
@Arcfyre that was amazing. Congrats! I was so tired last night I could barely keep my eyes open to reply let alone upload the video of the first attempt at the challenge. Uploading it now, so will post it soon.Ok folks, here is my entry into the challenge. Official maiden flight. Was pretty windy and it felt tail heavy at first but I got it trimmed out and it flew pretty well.
I don't know. I'm not even going to bed tonight. I take my mother to the hospital at 0430 local time for eye surgery. We get there at 0630, surgery at 0830. Then I've got to try to set up a meeting with the insurance adjuster. I've been driving a rental. Friday evening I got a voicemail saying they'd declared my car a total loss, and said they'd contact me on Monday.@buzzbomb you maiding today?
Yes and seriously! That was some nice flying in some obviously high wind. I second mayan's question.Also have a question how do you control it to fly so close in such windy conditions? What's you trick?
Wow seems like you have a lot to take care of at the moment good luck with that buddy. Wishing you luck.I don't know. I'm not even going to bed tonight. I take my mother to the hospital at 0430 local time for eye surgery. We get there at 0630, surgery at 0830. Then I've got to try to set up a meeting with the insurance adjuster. I've been driving a rental. Friday evening I got a voicemail saying they'd declared my car a total loss, and said they'd contact me on Monday.
The weather should be near perfect, and T.P. is as ready as I am. It's just going to depend on what happens during the day. If I have transportation to work on Tuesday, I am flying. If I've got hours to buy a car, it's gonna get ugly.
I know how long it takes to upload video to youtube. I'm on pins and needles, though! Arcfyre is being nice to us. I'm fairly certain he could have flown just as long as the biggest battery he has could allow. (Thank you, Arcfyre! )Of course there is a video. I have no battery on my phone since I used it on the search efforts at the field so it will have to wait till when I get home. It was something around 2min from take off to crash. But I got to give it to you the take off from the ground and hand launch was amazing was so much fun. I was super happy I managed to get it to take off that way.
Since we can submit the best out of three first maidens, I will still not post an official maiden video for the challenge. I have though posted an unofficial unedited video on my "Hobby Newbie Learning Diary, Family Included!" thread, so do check it out .Uploading it now, so will post it soon.
FT did a video on flying in the wind...Also have a question how do you control it to fly so close in such windy conditions? What's you trick?
Good luck. May life throw at you only strawberries .Next opportunity is Friday, also depending upon what life throws at me.
LOLDoes his thanks also include his having a strawberry allergy?? I sometimes feel as if I am allergic to the things happening around me!
Just joking!
Have fun!
Ouch!!! And it didn't break the prop? You must be a pro to not break a prop on a landing like that 😉.Here's my first entry. Don't worry, it's short
I think it's good that I'm so excited when I get to fly. Also bad. Do a CRAP check and ignore the fact the CRAP didn't check out? Yep, I did that. Elevator was was off and I was like, "Oh. Whatever."
I've also read multiple times to launch at around 50% throttle. Nope. I'm used to the Tiny Trainer. 100% baby! I didn't even think about it except to get excited. Oops.
The combined end result was quick and brutal. I could hear the thump when it hit the ground. The GoPro captured it, if you turn it up a bit. Lesson learned.
Damage was actually pretty minimal. I broke the Power Pod, crunched the front a bit, significantly extended the length of the cut for the wings in the fuselage towards the rear on one side, broke a servo free, and completely filled the motor with mud, grass and other stuff.
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In the pic, I had already used a skewer in the field to clean out the biggest stuff from the motor and off the prop. That motor is not going anywhere without a thorough cleaning, though. It seems to be held together by a C-clamp. More on where that is going will be on my "First Scratch Build" thread, here:
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/first-scratch-build.55846/page-11
No reason to post what that is liable to entail on the FT MINI SCOUT NEWBIE CHALLENGE! thread. What's important here is that you've my first entry! I get two more. Also I was able to wait until my son got out of school, and he was with me. If you can't hear it in the video, he got a pretty good laugh out of it. We laughed about it for a long time afterwards, and will probably continue to laugh about it for a long time to come.
We had FUN! That's what this is all about. Ironically my son had said I should rethink naming my plane "The Plow." He said it "might" have other connotations than just what Hai-Lee's helmet is made of. Yea, I love that kid. When you're right, you're right!
I've got a Leaderboard following in my next post. Get out there and have some fun!