We got to go flying yesterday! I screwed up. My son did great!
The videos were uploading all night. Also I apologize for the blurred graininess of the videos. They get progressively worse. I had no clue what was going on until I had an epiphone while leaving work tonight. The darn lens was fogging up! I think there was warm air trapped between the lens and the hardcase, and it condensed in the cold and fogged up. I'm hoping the solution is to simply take it out of the case when I'm readying the plane.
Yep, that's what it looks like when your motor is spinning the wrong way. So excited, I forgot to do a crap check? Yep. So we climbed into the car to warm up, and I worked on the plane in the back. Took it apart, swapped the motor wires and had a heck of a time getting it back together. It might be a problem with my build, but I have a horrible time trying to get the skewers back in place. Eventually, I got it sorted out and we did this:
You couldn't hardly see it, but I was right. He owned that little piece of sky! He may fly better than me, but he lands just like his Dad!
He also has the dubious honor of being the first in our family to break a prop! That crash did it, so we went back to the car for a new prop and battery. Then the remote wouldn't bind. Just kept beeping. OK. Close up the car and tear the plane down again. All the wires are connected, just the remote won't bind. Yes, it was exactly what you are thinking: The throttle was up, just a hair. I probably bumped it when I was replacing the prop in the back of the car.
Same problem with the skewers again, took forever to get the thing assembled, and eventually we did this:
I am so sad that you cannot see what he was doing. He was doing some pretty respectable acrobatics, on his second flight ever, with a Tiny Trainer with the Training Wing and the A-Pack. Simply amazing. Cold. Wet. Windy. He flew wonderfully (and landed like his Dad). It was an absolutely glorious afternoon.
He leaves for Basic Training in July. Between now and then? Oh, there are going to be some good times! With hopefully better video...