FT What Did You Do RC Today : Caution Offtopic At All Times

[Fluburtur]

I finally edited the video of the flying I did with my friend.

 

[Daniel Kezar]

lol already seen it on flitetest discord and rc discord. wicked cool dude. as i said before, really cool shots but explosions (especially fiery ones) would make it 10x better... lol

 

[Daniel Kezar]

Now THAT'S how you repair an airplane lol. Yeah I just found an rc club close to me that I am going to check out in a couple of weeks, from what I've heard they sound like a great bunch of guys. I have had my friend, Kyle, and I fly at the same time but it was only once. It was during the eclipse over the summer, I have a vlog on it lol. Flying with a friend is a lot of fun!

Kyle flew amazingly in that video with the scout!

also yeah it was a quick, desperate field repair on my first flight ever so.... i had a friend with some light ductwork tape and i found that PERFECT stick on the ground so.... it didnt actually fly that weird after. i really need to learn to let OFF the throttle when im going to crash instead of gunning it though....

a friend filmed the whole thing and i edited it together with slo mo and all on a free app on my mobile device. i can link it if you want. the epic half loop thing where the wings folded is the most impressive part.

on a slightly related note, i have now removed the stick and fixed it the right way- with hot glue, packing tape, and a bbq skewer. do you think a single skewer will and a whole stick worth of glue with keep it together enough for loops again?

 

[foamtest]

I am not sure, once the wings fold it's pretty hard to stop them from folding again. I never had a problem with my FT Flyer's wings folding until I was going full throttle on a 2200 3s and tried to make a sharp turn.

 

[Phoenix 24]

Could someone send a link to the discord? I would love to join.

 

[foamtest]

I can when I get home, it's blocked here at school.

 

[Daniel Kezar]

Could someone send a link to the discord? I would love to join.

https://discord.gg/7TQVdb

here you go! it will expire in a bit so get on quick!

 

[Daniel Kezar]

I am not sure, once the wings fold it's pretty hard to stop them from folding again. I never had a problem with my FT Flyer's wings folding until I was going full throttle on a 2200 3s and tried to make a sharp turn.

well i used 1-2 full size extra long glue sticks repairing it so hopefully it will stay.... should i stick on another skewer for extra measure?
also wow a 2200!?!?!? i cant believe it flew with that! lol must have been pretty hot!

 

[FoamyDM]

Build Build Build-ruary

I lead a STEM Camp-in weekend with the Cub Scouts (article to be posting soon) which culminated with the building of the FT Xb-70 Valkyrie chuck glider by Ben Harber




I've been engaged the Build-ruary Challenge (see below) and thereby in finishing the Bloody Kraftei - or ME-163 Komet here.

and prepped my X-29 build for cutting tonight. :applause:

I am loving this!

 

[Daniel Kezar]

cool stuff!

 

[foamtest]

Foamy, If you use your army of stem students you can get a lot more than 4 planes done in the builduary....

 

[Tench745]

I got to go fly my Simple Soarer glider today. I think I'm in love. What other plane lets you spend 2 hours at the park on a storage-charged battery (2.8v per cell) and still fly for 20 minutes while getting a bunch of exercise? My best flight was 2 minutes soaring in the lift off the hill. Once the wind died the best I could do was 40 seconds or so, followed by a hike down the hill and back.

 

[Daniel Kezar]

I got to go fly my Simple Soarer glider today. I think I'm in love. What other plane lets you spend 2 hours at the park on a storage-charged battery (2.8v per cell) and still fly for 20 minutes while getting a bunch of exercise? My best flight was 2 minutes soaring in the lift off the hill. Once the wind died the best I could do was 40 seconds or so, followed by a hike down the hill and back.

AWESOME!! can NOT wait to get mine flight ready!

 

[JimCR120]

This is a couple days late but Tuesday (my b-day) I decided it was time to get in a flight especially since I hadn't flown anything since the new year. I took out the Adagio I got from FFOH last year and got 10 minutes of flying out of 5 minutes of motor use. I don't know how that stacks against you experienced sailplane pilots but I'm pleased with the 2:1 ratio.

I flew at dusk while the full moon was high. Highlight: No walk o'shame and no postflight maintenance needed.

I have plenty of work in my hangar to do, plenty to fly, and even some things to be posted here in the forum. Time to get busy.

 

[Daniel Kezar]

This is a couple days late but Tuesday (my b-day) I decided it was time to get in a flight especially since I hadn't flown anything since the new year. I took out the Adagio I got from FFOH last year and got 10 minutes of flying out of 5 minutes of motor use. I don't know how that stacks against you experienced sailplane pilots but I'm pleased with the 2:1 ratio.

I flew at dusk while the full moon was high. Highlight: No walk o'shame and no postflight maintenance needed.

I have plenty of work in my hangar to do, plenty to fly, and even some things to be posted here in the forum. Time to get busy.

Happy Birthday!! :applause::applause::applause::applause:

 

[foamtest]

Happy Birthday!

 

[FoamyDM]

Sounds like a great way to spend your birthday JimCR120

 

[French]

After seeing Nate’s field charging solution then watching this video, I think I really want a good field charging solution.

 

[JimCR120]

Thanks for the b-day wishes. I'm now just a year shy of half a century of breathing air.

It was a good excuse to get out and let the numerous house projects go on hold briefly.

I suppose I should get some photos/videos too lest I be accused of makin' stuff up.

 

[PsyBorg]

hey we don't make the rules.. the internet does!. will be good to see you out relaxing and havin fun anyways.