buzzbomb
I know nothing!
My son and I were out flying the Simple Scout in some pretty good wind the other day. More wind than it could really handle, to be honest, but man did we have a blast trying!
I finally lost the wind/plane battle partly due to my own lack of skill, but mostly do to the fact the Scout didn't have enough power to come back against the wind.
You can see it here at the end of the video, the last 20 seconds or so:
So, I'm exploring ways of overcoming that difficulty. The Simple Scout has a 2212, 2200KV motor with a 30 amp esc, 10x4.5 "slow flyer" prop and a 3s 2200mAh batt. It's basically a "C" Pack. @mayan suggested using a 9x7 prop and while I was shopping around I saw three bladed props. I hadn't thought of that. Nor do I know the ramifications of using one. There must be some because nearly every build I've seen is a two blade.
So I thought I'd throw the question out here and let ya'll have some fun with it: How would you suggest making the Simple Scout battle the wind better, without changing the airframe? Just drivetrain changes. Or do you think we'd just reached the limit of the wind that airframe can handle?
I finally lost the wind/plane battle partly due to my own lack of skill, but mostly do to the fact the Scout didn't have enough power to come back against the wind.
You can see it here at the end of the video, the last 20 seconds or so:
So, I'm exploring ways of overcoming that difficulty. The Simple Scout has a 2212, 2200KV motor with a 30 amp esc, 10x4.5 "slow flyer" prop and a 3s 2200mAh batt. It's basically a "C" Pack. @mayan suggested using a 9x7 prop and while I was shopping around I saw three bladed props. I hadn't thought of that. Nor do I know the ramifications of using one. There must be some because nearly every build I've seen is a two blade.
So I thought I'd throw the question out here and let ya'll have some fun with it: How would you suggest making the Simple Scout battle the wind better, without changing the airframe? Just drivetrain changes. Or do you think we'd just reached the limit of the wind that airframe can handle?