Long EZ - FT Style

[d8veh]

Did you find it? Was it OK?

 

[CarolineTyler]

Did you find it? Was it OK?

Found it burning in the stream..... write off!

 

[rockyboy]

Found it burning in the stream..... write off!

Ouch! That's a pretty good hit to burst the battery!

 

[cranialrectosis]

Any idea what happened to cause the crash?

 

[CarolineTyler]

Any idea what happened to cause the crash?

Nope! Just curled over and went into a dive.

 

[Michael9865]

Ouch, dislike it when you can’t figure out the why. A couple weeks ago my Trottel just spun in to the right after many successful flights. Time to rebuild for me. Will you rebuild?

 

[CarolineTyler]

Ouch, dislike it when you can’t figure out the why. A couple weeks ago my Trottel just spun in to the right after many successful flights. Time to rebuild for me. Will you rebuild?

No, don't think I will .

 

[jpot1]

Oh no! Seemed like it was flying well...until it wasn’t

 

[CarolineTyler]

Oh no! Seemed like it was flying well...until it wasn’t

John said it was handling like a trainer

 

[kilroy07]

Did I hear in the video someone switching rates?... maybe flipped the wrong switch?...
Odd that it would just roll into a dive and head straight down like that...

So sorry to hear of your loss...
Were you able to salvage anything from the wreckage?...

 

[Hai-Lee]

The behaviour reminded me of the effects of a ESC/BEC over-temperature related brown out!

Sad to see it plunge so fast but do not give up on it! Anything worthwhile doesn't come easy!

Have fun!

 

[jpot1]

Maidened the working canard version and it flew very well. Sorry no video. I shrunk the fuse width a little too far which made fitting my power pod and esc wires tough.

Will clean up plans and post them to first post for folks.

 

[IanSR]

Nope! Just curled over and went into a dive.

That's exactly what happened to mine, neve did work out the cause.

 

[dk.gettman42]

jspot:

How can I download your FT style Long EZ plans? The don't seem to download from the FT forums site.

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  Long_EZ_Build.pdf
  607.1 KB
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  ez-larger_v2.pdf
  39.7 KB
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  ez-mini-v1.pdf
  43 KB

Thanks for your help;

Dave-

 

[jpot1]

Hi Dave,
I just checked and on the first post when I click on the plans attachments the files display for me and then you just save them locally. Let me know if it still doesn’t work for you and I’ll PM them to you.

 

[dk.gettman42]

jpot1:

I figured it out. Thanks a lot.

Dave-

 

[jpot1]

jpot1:

I figured it out. Thanks a lot.

Dave-

Great. Let me know if you have any questions on the build. Post pics or video if you can. Thx!

 

[jpot1]

Picked this one back up. Building it larger for a C pack motor, targeting a 44-48” wingspan. Going with the smooth airfoil again and going to better round the canopy like in other master series builds.

 

[jpot1]

Bigger is better, right? Sized up the wingspan but kept the fuse a little narrower. I think it looks better this way. Need to figure out color/decals.

 

[jpot1]

Added some color!