Wildthing
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Now you have to get your real guys out therefinally cracked 300 kph - it is so hard to maintain a smooth rhythm!
slope soaring
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bracesport
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@Wildthing - to be honest, I am getting to like the challenge of the DS and would love to have a go!
Sloper status
Fusion - ready to fly.
Pylon Racer - flaps fitted, just need to balance the CG with battery.
Vista - ready to fly (although I want to add a battery charging circuit).
Spitfire - ready to fly.
Slippery Pitcheron - Underside of wing to skin - fuse to tidy up and fit the rotor housing - then find the CG.
Sloper status
Fusion - ready to fly.
Pylon Racer - flaps fitted, just need to balance the CG with battery.
Vista - ready to fly (although I want to add a battery charging circuit).
Spitfire - ready to fly.
Slippery Pitcheron - Underside of wing to skin - fuse to tidy up and fit the rotor housing - then find the CG.
Wildthing
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You should have one really busy day shortly
bracesport
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Here are my ships that are currently in flying trim - I have another 1.3m Pitcheron to maiden, and I am working on some CAD for a +2m balsa build.
Spring is here and I have managed a few flights - last weekend was a ripper with the Fusion in 32 knots!
Fusion 1100g 1300mm
Spitfire 1200mm 900g
BAMF 1500mm 235g
Vista 1500mm 900g
Pylon Racer 1600mm 900g
EPP Pitcheron 1000mm 400g
DTFB DLG 1500mm 240g
EPP Glider 1.0m 500g
Spring is here and I have managed a few flights - last weekend was a ripper with the Fusion in 32 knots!
Fusion 1100g 1300mm
Spitfire 1200mm 900g
BAMF 1500mm 235g
Vista 1500mm 900g
Pylon Racer 1600mm 900g
EPP Pitcheron 1000mm 400g
DTFB DLG 1500mm 240g
EPP Glider 1.0m 500g
Wildthing
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Nice squadron. LOL, the 32 knots is almost what we have been dealing with all week long and it just isn't going away and the killer part of it is the temp, we had a high of 3 degrees Celsius today. You are stepping into spring and we are being blown into winter.
Great looking collection! Are you liking the BAMF? Anything you don't like about it? Any mods, durability issues, or odd flight characteristics?
bracesport
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@rockyboy - here is one of the videos with 32 Knots
32 knots!?!? Good grief man! That takes some stones!
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bracesport
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@Wildthing - I can not fathom your winter temps - we get a lot of wind being a small island in the Pacific, but not the temperature extremes.
bracesport
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@Addicted - I have only picked up the BAMF recently - second hand from a mate swapped for some CAD work - I have flown it twice and love it - when my mate Pete is on the sticks it just stays up in the air as long as he wants - I think the BAMF has a slightly bigger dihedral than the Snipe (Pete flies both) - I can launch the BAMF with a bit of camber and it sails into the heavens - I just need more windless days to get some more flight miles - it's AUW is 240g (4Ch) and I also have some ballast if needed.
Hondo76251
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Eh, you get used to it! My morning flights lately have all been below 0° C... light jacket weather!
We get plenty of wind here too, but its never that nice steady coastal breeze. That was, literally, smooth sailing! Sailing my boat around here is constant trimming, but it sharpens your wind reading skills for sure. Im not as good with slope soaring, mostly my lack of skill, but a typical 10 knot day has 20+ gusts all the time. Just the other day it was a steady 30 kts with gusts that hit 70!
PsyBorg
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Not sure what batteries you use mate but I found the first two years of flying my packs life span was cut by near half when I used to fly in weather below 40F. Unless you take one pack at a time out from a warm house and right into the air it kills the internal resistance. Maybe not so much on single motor aircraft but on multi engine it really stresses them. Keep an eye on internal resistances if you regularly fly in colder weather lest ye make a time bomb waiting to pop while on a charger.
Hondo76251
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Absolutely, my poor old phantom has more flight time below freezing than above because I've used it so much to check cows in the winter. I always have batteries on the dash of the truck pre heating before flight. Same goes for my planes. Also why i spent the extra money to fly pixhawk, it has an internal heater
bracesport
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Luckily it is not so cold here - just windy!
Wildthing
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Your idea of cold doesn't even come close to mineLuckily it is not so cold here - just windy!
bracesport
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I did a little work on the Vista in the weekend - she is dear to my heart as she was my first significant scratch design and build and flies well with the generous dihedral - I was inspired by the 'Blaster3' which is a DLG but the I liked the shape and made a slope glider (also has a folding prop for the park).
Recently I have been recycling Lithium Ion cells from computer battery banks and making 2cell packs adding balance change leads and such - I have also been adding charging ports to allow charging without battery removal and the next one on the list to convert was the Vista (much better than mucking around at the cliff switching out batteries and such).
A while back I smashed my 'Hybrid Pheonix' on landing and one of the casualties was one of the micro UFL antenna connectors got ripped off at the circuit board of the G-RX8 - that has also been on my list to try and fix and use in the Vista - it is not a good picture below, but the solder point area for the antenna is about 3mm square - I used my cell phone zoomed in and performed the surgery to direct solder a new antenna onto the board - it seems to be giving me the same RSSI signal as another Rx of the same spec - we shall see!
Recently I have been recycling Lithium Ion cells from computer battery banks and making 2cell packs adding balance change leads and such - I have also been adding charging ports to allow charging without battery removal and the next one on the list to convert was the Vista (much better than mucking around at the cliff switching out batteries and such).
A while back I smashed my 'Hybrid Pheonix' on landing and one of the casualties was one of the micro UFL antenna connectors got ripped off at the circuit board of the G-RX8 - that has also been on my list to try and fix and use in the Vista - it is not a good picture below, but the solder point area for the antenna is about 3mm square - I used my cell phone zoomed in and performed the surgery to direct solder a new antenna onto the board - it seems to be giving me the same RSSI signal as another Rx of the same spec - we shall see!
bracesport
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@LitterBug - I love sloping on my Sim too!
bracesport
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I took a picture of the new antenna on the G-RX8 it is a little hard to see the soldering as I covered the joint with hot glue before taking a picture - it is so delicate - the red lines are the ground connections (I divided the shielding sheath into two halves to give me a sturdy mount) - the green line is the signal line - you can see how small the joint point is compared to the plug pins - I estimate the signal line connects to a mount point/pad that is <0.5x0.5mm - these surface mount components are so tiny!
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