FTFC '25 MONSTER SCALE CHALLENGE - Houndpup Rc and Patriot Rc

[Mr Man]

Yippee! 😂

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Yippee! 😂

We almost hit some powerlines when we crashed!🤣🤣🤣

 

[Mr Man]

🤣

 

[RickHunter]

It FLEW!!!! Until it didn't....
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Some hot glue and packing tape. It will be back up in no time. ✈️

 

[Houndpup Rc]

🤣

LOL, I roped the teenagers who came from down the road to watch into launching it for me!😆😆😆 (Actully they were sooo awed and were more than willing to do it😂😂)

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Some hot glue and packing tape. It will be back up in no time. ✈️

IDK...Its COVERED in snow!🤣🤣

 

[RickHunter]

IDK...Its COVERED in snow!🤣🤣

That's what the minwax was for.😀

 

[Houndpup Rc]

That's what the minwax was for.😀

Also...It's a little crumpled😂😂 IDK, I will have to take a look at it👍

 

[bisco]

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Working on the video.....

 

[Mr Man]

👍

 

[RickHunter]

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Got it in drone footage too so you can see the circuit!👍

"My DJI drone not FPV drone sadly"

 

[telnar1236]

Any idea what went wrong?

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Any idea what went wrong?

So at first I was thinking that it was the servos, because we had to go help someone out of the ditch and it sat out in a the cold for a while and when we were setting up, I had to work the servo back and forth a bit to get them to unstick.....Now having thought about I think it was because the servos were place in the position so that they would push the control surfaces up and I think when I start build speed it was bending the control rod and sure enough when I went to take a look this morning it was bent!

 

[telnar1236]

So at first I was thinking that it was the servos, because we had to go help someone out of the ditch and it sat out in a the cold for a while and when we were setting up, I had to work the servo back and forth a bit to get them to unstick.....Now having thought about I think it was because the servos were place in the position so that they would push the control surfaces up and I think when I start build speed it was bending the control rod and sure enough when I went to take a look this morning it was bent!

Oh, yeah, that's always a fun realization that the control rods are bending - at least it's an easy fix by putting a carbon fiber tube around the control rod or gluing a bbq skewer to it and wrapping it with thread. I had something like that happen with the early flights of my F-104 and 90mm F-106, though both times it was somewhat more minor, and before I was on the forums here, I lost a foam board twin 64mm F-22 to tree to bending control rods.

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Oh, yeah, that's always a fun realization that the control rods are bending - at least it's an easy fix by putting a carbon fiber tube around the control rod or gluing a bbq skewer to it and wrapping it with thread. I had something like that happen with the early flights of my F-104 and 90mm F-106, though both times it was somewhat more minor, and before I was on the forums here, I lost a foam board twin 64mm F-22 to tree to bending control rods.

At least I know what it was! (I think I am just going to tape the whole thing back together and send it again!)

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Oh, yeah, that's always a fun realization that the control rods are bending - at least it's an easy fix by putting a carbon fiber tube around the control rod or gluing a bbq skewer to it and wrapping it with thread. I had something like that happen with the early flights of my F-104 and 90mm F-106, though both times it was somewhat more minor, and before I was on the forums here, I lost a foam board twin 64mm F-22 to tree to bending control rods.

That's frustrating!

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Video uploading!

 

[Houndpup Rc]

Video out: