mayan
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Beautiful build, sure as hell sad for you that you have to give it back.
Phoenix 1600 build
- Thread starter bracesport
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Hai-Lee
Old and Bold RC PILOT
Coincidence? I finished assembling a Phoenix 1600 for a new club member and delivered it on Wednesday. Today I maidened it and commenced to teach him to fly on buddy Box!
2 flights/batteries in and he is just starting to get the idea!
Have fun!
bracesport
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@Wildthing - There is still hope!
bracesport
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so, sadly the Pheonix is gone!
My brother in law has FS (TGY) i6 and I found that the basic setup for glider/plane has ch6 preset for flaps on the Vario-B knob - who would have thought! Hopefully, we can get together and fly next week - like me he is a nube flier so we can fly and probably crash together!
On the bright side, he gave me a 3 axis gyro which I will play with tomorrow!
My brother in law has FS (TGY) i6 and I found that the basic setup for glider/plane has ch6 preset for flaps on the Vario-B knob - who would have thought! Hopefully, we can get together and fly next week - like me he is a nube flier so we can fly and probably crash together!
On the bright side, he gave me a 3 axis gyro which I will play with tomorrow!
bracesport
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News in today - Uncle Kri (the brother in law) took the Pheonix out on his own ----------- seems the wing is smashed and some internals are damaged! I have been called in for the crash repairs, so will make some pictures when I get my hands on her! 
mayan
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That must hurtNews in today - Uncle Kri (the brother in law) took the Pheonix out on his own ----------- seems the wing is smashed and some internals are damaged! I have been called in for the crash repairs, so will make some pictures when I get my hands on her!
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bracesport
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So I got the Pheonix back today for a rebuild - actually the damage is not so bad!
I think uncle Kri must have brought one side of the wing into ground rotating it on its wing mounts, and then on a second go nosed it into the ground and smashed all the internals on impact - tail is loose so its time to glue that in place!
the main wing is not joined at the centre (unlike my Bixler wing) so I think I will glue that too!
all looks repairable!
I think uncle Kri must have brought one side of the wing into ground rotating it on its wing mounts, and then on a second go nosed it into the ground and smashed all the internals on impact - tail is loose so its time to glue that in place!
the main wing is not joined at the centre (unlike my Bixler wing) so I think I will glue that too!
all looks repairable!
Wildthing
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@bracesport It will need to be extensively tested before given back .
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mayan
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Looks repairable to me too. And I agree with @Wildthing you need to check it before giving it back .
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bracesport
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@Wildthing @mayan - I tend to agree!
bracesport
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I made the first part to repair the Pheonix - the battery tray was good and truly smashed, so I 3D printed a new one and so far so good it fitted like as glove - gotta love the 3D printer!
Wildthing
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I love having my printer, silly little things just like that tray become easy to build.
bracesport
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All finished - I decided to glue the two wing halves and the top centre wing mount to the wing in the hope it will make the assembly more robust at the fixing points - actually apart from the battery mount the damages was quite easily rectified!
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mayan
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Beautiful fix doesn’t look like it got damaged at all
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bracesport
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sending it home tomorrow - uncle Kri and I will hopefully go out on Sunday for a quick flight together - fingers crossed!
mayan
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Wishing you a ton of luck with that.
Wildthing
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Did you get a chance to take it out and test it ?
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