New twin bomber
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Or "SNOWS DIVE"!Hunting mice?
Just reminds me of this:
If you haven't named the airframe yet, leaping fox would be appropriate
Anyone else remember " Heavy Metal"?
This wing and I are not meant to be.
While flying into a strong wind I lost air speed and down she went.
I'm retiring this plane in favour of something a little bigger to handle the FPV gear and land/take off in extreme snow.
The pontoons worked out for take off but naturally did not handle the crash well.
Video is coming shortly.
While flying into a strong wind I lost air speed and down she went.
I'm retiring this plane in favour of something a little bigger to handle the FPV gear and land/take off in extreme snow.
The pontoons worked out for take off but naturally did not handle the crash well.
Video is coming shortly.
NewZee
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Ouch!! Too bad, you should check out "Experimental Airlines" ..."Peace Drone", looks like a big, homemade, FPV platform?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=FIY6SloFHFU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=FIY6SloFHFU
Neat design but I am going to build a CL-415 water bomber so I can deal with all this snow.
There is nothing wrong with the plane per say I'm just tried of the tip stall issue so I'll remove all the servos and move onto the next project.
The Trainer flew well today. So that was nice.
There is nothing wrong with the plane per say I'm just tried of the tip stall issue so I'll remove all the servos and move onto the next project.
The Trainer flew well today. So that was nice.
Well look at that.
Revision # oh I've lost count.
It was suggested the small rudder could be adding to the issue.
So I removed it and installed something about twice the size.
It is static. I'm now using differential trust to steer.
I then made a haul that is 2" tall at the front, 2.75" wide and 12" long.
Just enough to get the props off the ground.
I was even able to recycle the pontoons! Still need to work in securing them in nicely.
One loosened up during the first test.
New nose and lower haul section.
The 10x7's scrubbed the snow/road too much so I put on the 9x5's. I have some 8x4's coming in as well.
The 9x5's worked but I will still raise the motors to the top of the wing like the CL-415 just to make sure I can clear the snow if its deep.
BTW differential thrust steering is a hoot.
Revision # oh I've lost count.
It was suggested the small rudder could be adding to the issue.
So I removed it and installed something about twice the size.
It is static. I'm now using differential trust to steer.
I then made a haul that is 2" tall at the front, 2.75" wide and 12" long.
Just enough to get the props off the ground.
I was even able to recycle the pontoons! Still need to work in securing them in nicely.
One loosened up during the first test.
New nose and lower haul section.
The 10x7's scrubbed the snow/road too much so I put on the 9x5's. I have some 8x4's coming in as well.
The 9x5's worked but I will still raise the motors to the top of the wing like the CL-415 just to make sure I can clear the snow if its deep.
BTW differential thrust steering is a hoot.
The diff thrust was done with the stock 9X I will be updating that once the usb thing comes in.
The beeping is driving my wife nuts
9x5 props.
Mounted as close to the body as possible.
3" pods ensure the motors/props will clear all the snow.
I'm just laughing at how many revisions this wing has lived through.
With the additional foam and change in CG I had to remove one of the 3S's to get it balance out.
That is to bad but lets face it. Winter flying is not fun if you stand still for 10+ mins.
Ouch! Was it a failure on landing due to the pressure from the undercarriage, or a failure in flight? Hopefully without sounding cruel - with the wing off you now have easy access to insert a couple of balsa/dowel/??? reinforcing spars to span the motor/undercarriage mounts. That would take a lot of the pressure away from the wing root. Shame to lose such a creative build over a small hitch like losing a wing. Get that glue gun fired up!
OOPss... This comment applies at the start of the thread with the mid-wing version and the picture with the wing damage - I didn't spot you'd moved on from that with this snow capable version Nice wing repair!
OOPss... This comment applies at the start of the thread with the mid-wing version and the picture with the wing damage - I didn't spot you'd moved on from that with this snow capable version
Nice wing repair!
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