I totally messed it up this time, I’ve done much better with the challenge last time. I did build three out of the five models I declared I would. The FT mini mighty tiny trainer, FT mini mighty SE5 and the FT mini mighty corsair. The mini mighty corsair flies amazing if you know how to fly a quick and twitchy model. You can’t fly it in a small field and tight area but have to know how to keep it in control. if you know how to control such a model and you’re looking for an impressive small model that is fast as well this is definitely a model for you.
The SE5 is a model that I built using scrap electronics in plan to give it away as a gift after a test flight. When I took get out to the field for a test flight it didn’t fly though. The plans recommend flying it with an F pack motor but I used an A pack motor which wasn’t any good to start with. The test flight was obviously unsuccessful and the model is waiting for a motor swap out, I just need to figure out what motor I’m willing to give away. I will still give it a test flight before I give it away though just to make sure that the person that would receive it could actually fly it. The build process for this model was fairly simple even though I don’t like the whole wing layering part of the build. I also less like the fact that I can’t access my servos if one needs to be replaced.
The mighty mini tiny trainer is a model that I’ve built many times in the past and I love it. I think it’s a great trainer plane for newcomers into the hobby. It has many different setups, it’s easy to build and fun to fly no matter what your flying skills are. This time though I built the model for a different purpose. It didn’t have a motor and it didn’t have the sports wing. It was built to be piggy backed into the air by a
huge tiny Trainer and then released, just to be flown solo down by a friend holding a different transmitter. I actually tried this in the past with a motor tiny trainer but because I didn’t do a crap check I crashed the plane on takeoff and wasn’t able to continue because I broke the piggyback mechanism. Having no one to fly with and no one to film this I held off on that project until a few days ago. The piggyback mechanism worked fantastic everything was just as planned except for my friends piloting skills which weren’t all that great. He crashed the plane twice but it is still in great condition and can go for another few rounds with other friends. Videos soon to come.
I will still follow through with the challenge so next on the table is the super bee built out of 3mm FB. Sorry FT that’s all I had left in stock so that’s what I’ll build out of
. Most has already been cut out except for a few pieces with I need to recut because of screw ups in planning
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