Marty72
Elite member
I'm planning on flying and crashing the HH Sport Crash Cub S a bit longer until it just isn't useful in anyway. At the rate I'm going, it shouldn't be much longer. Yesterday, I nosed dived into the grass at speed and spent a fair amount of time getting the nose back together and the motor aligned properly. So today I had to trim everything up, as these hard crashing and repair change things slightly. I did a really good job getting the motor axis aligned (hot glue repair). Today, I learned that I can fly the plane with the SAFE off if I fly it like a 3 channel plane. If I stay away from any aileron inputs, I seem to be able to control the plane for the most part. When things do go astray, I hit the panic button and switch over to beginner mode until I get my act together. So I'm going to experiment with this and see what I can learn before I start crashing another plane. However, at the end of my session today, I got in trouble and the panic button didn't work and I augered into the ground once again, nose first. I did get a lot of flying in this morning, so it wasn't a complete lose. I'm not sure why the panic didn't work, first time it has failed me (but I have missed it or flipped the switch from intermediate to expert by accident and crashed).
Today's damage was the engine mount was separated from the foam and the nose was cracked badly again (top and bottom). I cleared away all the silicone holding the motor mount and potted it in with hot glue. I got the motor axis in line as best I could and glued up all the foam. I did some check outs on the bench, the Crash Cub is ready for another go. I'll have to check the trim again next flight. Now, I don't like that I'm damaging the plane by driving it into the ground, but I really don't mind repairing and straightening everything out. To me, it's part of the hobby. As long as I feel I'm learning and moving forward with this, I'll continue as I am. TBD
Yes, your comments on the transmitter are in line with most say, get the DX6 or better. I'm still planning on a Simple Scout build in the near future, just hoping/waiting for a sale to come up. I was watching the build video last night, looks like something I would really like to do.
Today's damage was the engine mount was separated from the foam and the nose was cracked badly again (top and bottom). I cleared away all the silicone holding the motor mount and potted it in with hot glue. I got the motor axis in line as best I could and glued up all the foam. I did some check outs on the bench, the Crash Cub is ready for another go. I'll have to check the trim again next flight. Now, I don't like that I'm damaging the plane by driving it into the ground, but I really don't mind repairing and straightening everything out. To me, it's part of the hobby. As long as I feel I'm learning and moving forward with this, I'll continue as I am. TBD
Yes, your comments on the transmitter are in line with most say, get the DX6 or better. I'm still planning on a Simple Scout build in the near future, just hoping/waiting for a sale to come up. I was watching the build video last night, looks like something I would really like to do.