Aww, too bad! I hope it comes down eventually and that the electronics are salvageable.
Mini FT Flyer
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Mr_Stripes
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Been working on something to get a quad out of a tree. Put a bunch of pvc together and an aio fpv cam on the end with a hook. The quad is deep in a 30ft cyprus tree so well see... Anyways good luck on gettin it down.
Flyingshark
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Thanks, a really long stick is kinda what I need. It just ran into the edge of the tree, so it's not too buried, but a month of wind hasn't gotten it down either. Hope you can get your quad down too!
joelspangler
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Planes, like birds like to roost. I have found an arborist throwing weight is the best tool to chase them back out. I wound up buying arborist line too.. i originally tried paracord, but it gets stuck in bark - where the arborist line just slips over branches. The way to use it is to toss the weight (with line attached) over the branch the plane is stuck on. Let the weight drag the line down to the ground and hold both ends of the rope while pulling down and shaking the branch. Usually doesn't take more than a few minutes to drop it down.
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Mr_Stripes
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Nothing rlly works on a 50yr old cyprus tree *sigh*.
Flyingshark
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Today I maidened my fourth one of these. I used coffee stirrers as pushrod guides, so the control response was better than the other ones. I actually had to dial back the rates on the transmitter to make it harder to overcontrol while I figured out the CG. Anyway, I put 3 batteries through it and there was no damage in the end, so I'm working on a new version of the plans with the changes I made. By the way, if anyone was wondering, the one that got stuck in a tree came out a few weeks ago.
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Battery800
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what if you dropped the weight from a drone or something? Mostly just for fun
Battery800
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Flyingshark
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You're right, it probably should be taller. Not sure how that happened. Hope this isn't too late for your build:
Flyingshark
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Wow, that looks super clean! The plywood on the servos seems like a great idea. I doubt the rubber band would do much harm if it snapped forward, but better safe than sorry. Hope the maiden goes well!
Baron VonHelton
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This is a link to the latest version of Flyingshark's Mini FT Flyer. Currently v1.8
Flyingshark
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Hey ACE62! If I remember correctly, the wing is built the same way as the original FT Flyer, so you use the power pod as a dihedral gauge. I think you should be able to put it together by watching the build video of the original FT Flyer and doing a little educated guess work to make the mini power pod. As @AIRFORGE pointed out, the plans in post 1 are not the most recent version. I'm surprised and honored that someone is interested in building this after all these years, so I'd be happy to help out with any problems you run into!
Also, Flite Test changed the FT Flyer since I made V1.8 to run off of an A pack when they made the Fun Pack, so you might want to check that out if you're looking for a simple, floaty build with this power pack. My rendition of the Flyer has less wing area and I moved the CG back a bit, so it's a bit faster and more squirrelly. You could tone it down by reducing the elevator and aileron throws though.
Good luck with your build!
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