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By close of Saturday I nearly pulled it off.
FTFC 2026 is closed. During this month I built a DTFB Puri, a micro surfer, an EZ Pint Jet and nearly enough of the 13th Squadron BF109e to fly it. Lets not forget making huge progress on the 16’ flying Giant Puri. (I need to name it)
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I have updated post #4 with the EZ Pint Jet at the bottom.
FTFC 2026 is closed. During this month I built a DTFB Puri, a micro surfer, an EZ Pint Jet and nearly enough of the 13th Squadron BF109e to fly it. Lets not forget making huge progress on the 16’ flying Giant Puri. (I need to name it)
@Niez13
I have updated post #4 with the EZ Pint Jet at the bottom.
Niez13
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Quite the build table Matt! Everything is looking great and especially the BF109E ha!
I refuse to like that post.
After watching your vid, I had to go look at mine just to make sure it was ok. Ouch.
I really hope you can get it repaired and back in the air, brother.
Ouch!
Oooooooh I HATE reversed ailerons. Last balsa I maidened had that, almost landed it till a gust of wind puffed and I reacted the normal way. DOH!
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RickHunter
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Owee. Mine did the exact same thing today. Just at a higher velocity.
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FishbonesAir
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It's amazing what you can fix. I had "given up" and retired my micro F-22, only to pack it as a backup for FF25. It became my primary aircraft!
I did have to give it a nose job when I arrived. 😁
Niez13
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Oh man Matt, I'm not sure what to say hear, that one is tough. Reversed ailerons or not might make knowing what happened better for both of us but I am going to assume you have everything setup correctly. That is on me as the designer in this case as to why it was so unstable in that setting. I understand that what happened, happened, but that does give me some stuff to consider going further with future designs. I'm sorry to see it crash like that but I really do appreciate you sharing it here and choosing to build the kit.
I confirmed, it was reverse ailerons, which is why the slight rotation on takeoff turn into a spiral of death. That is 100% me.Oh man Matt, I'm not sure what to say hear, that one is tough. Reversed ailerons or not might make knowing what happened better for both of us but I am going to assume you have everything setup correctly. That is on me as the designer in this case as to why it was so unstable in that setting. I understand that what happened, happened, but that does give me some stuff to consider going further with future designs. I'm sorry to see it crash like that but I really do
fortunately, I still have the frames that the pieces came from so I can draw out another set of front end items, and get to work on replacing what needs to be replaced.
This piece will never quite be pristine again, though, although with my construction methods, it never really was to begin with.
It took the first nose it well. The second higher speed one… killed it. My choice.
I could tell it was going to fly as well as the spitfires i love so much.
Look in the take away section for my build notes.
I exploded the balsa fuselage on mine. I had to get an ARF kit to replace my PNP and transfer all the parts. One of those Finishuary projects for me is to get the parts moved over.
This was 2020. It is about time I finish transferring the parts!
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Niez13
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Well I suppose that is good to at least know for both of us but thank you for letting me know. Once again it is a good learning curve for me to even just make sure to mention that in future build videos just prevent any slight confusion so it still is a good take away for me regarding the crash.I confirmed, it was reverse ailerons, which is why the slight rotation on takeoff turn into a spiral of death. That is 100% me.
fortunately, I still have the frames that the pieces came from so I can draw out another set of front end items, and get to work on replacing what needs to be replaced.
This piece will never quite be pristine again, though, although with my construction methods, it never really was to begin with.
It took the first nose it well. The second higher speed one… killed it. My choice.
I could tell it was going to fly as well as the spitfires i love so much.
Look in the take away section for my build notes.
I will definitely look in the build notes to learn even more! Thank you once again Matt for sharing!
Haha - that’s what March is!
Finarch!
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