Memorial Day, free afternoon, beautiful weather, and a box full of charged batteries. This is going to be great! I pull into a vertical and make it about two hundred feet up, and I hear a WHOMP! One of my wheels on my landing gear goes flying off, and my motor and prop appear to be dangling by a thread. I do manage to get a handle of the new flight characteristics just in time to land and mostly save the plane. Here's what happened mid flight.
The prop, turned blender, definitely rearranged the nose and somehow sent a now lost wheel flying off my landing gear.
Lesson learned: I distinctly remember running out of reinforced packing tape when building this powerpod. I figured the regular tape would be enough for this powerful motor if I put in some extra layers.
NTM 35-36 (one) - Packing tape (zero)
FACEPALM!
EDIT: Added a video and some thoughts on why this occured in a post below
The prop, turned blender, definitely rearranged the nose and somehow sent a now lost wheel flying off my landing gear.
Lesson learned: I distinctly remember running out of reinforced packing tape when building this powerpod. I figured the regular tape would be enough for this powerful motor if I put in some extra layers.
NTM 35-36 (one) - Packing tape (zero)
FACEPALM!
EDIT: Added a video and some thoughts on why this occured in a post below
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