Still up a tree

[Monte.C]

After it turns to mush and most of it comes down you'll feel a horrible lonely void inside. To solve the emptiness you'll sneak up there at night and place another plane high up there so you can feel whole again. We won't discuss this further. We understand. We're feeling for you man.

 

[Monte.C]

Or we can start a KickStarter campaign to buy you a big telescope so you can see your plane better and not feel so lonely.
Then a new kickstarter to collect the funds to build you the best plane ever, so we can place it up there for when that one falls.

 

[FlamingRCAirplanes]

🤣🤣🤣

 

[Mr NCT]

Or we can start a KickStarter campaign to buy you a big telescope so you can see your plane better and not feel so lonely.
Then a new kickstarter to collect the funds to build you the best plane ever, so we can place it up there for when that one falls.

 

[Matthewdupreez]

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... good book?

 

[Monte.C]

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[Scotto]

Do you know anybody with some trained squirrels? bet nobody has suggested that one!

I actually had the same idea. I think we need to make it common practice to stick some nuts inside our planes as we build. This way if/when a treeist aggression occurs our #Allys in the fluffy tailed nut eaters community will be more incentivised to investigate and shake loose the victims from their treeist captors.

 

[Mr NCT]

I actually had the same idea. I think we need to make it common practice to stick some nuts inside our planes as we build. This way if/when a treeist aggression occurs our #Allys in the fluffy tailed nut eaters community will be more incentivised to investigate and shake loose the victims from their treeist captors.

Good idea! Should we enlist @SquirrelTail for some professional/inside advice?

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

Thought you might like a bit of inspiration with regards getting up that tree to retrieve that plane of yours.

 

[Mr NCT]

Thought you might like a bit of inspiration with regards getting up that tree to retrieve that plane of yours.

Yup, leave it to a Welshman to make us all look old and frail.

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

My Grandmother was Welsh born and bred, that makes me half welsh too.

 

[Mr NCT]

Day 84: Another cold damp day. Starting to see some signs of deterioration on foam board though it looks like there is a vine around the landing gear.

 

[Matthewdupreez]

Day 84: Another cold damp day. Starting to see some signs of deterioration on foam board though it looks like there is a vine around the landing gear.

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Where is that shotgun??

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

Day 84: Another cold damp day. Starting to see some signs of deterioration on foam board though it looks like there is a vine around the landing gear.

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DR1TreeDR1 - Oh thank god for that, its just a bad dream

 

[Mr NCT]

DR1TreeDR1 - Oh thank god for that, its just a bad dream

I've got the plans for a 150% (36" upper wing) DR1 with molded airfoils and ailerons almost done. Want to do a beta build?

 

[Matthewdupreez]

I've got the plans for a 150% (36" upper wing) DR1 with molded airfoils and ailerons almost done. Want to do a beta build?

How well does it fly?? I'm keen

 

[Mr NCT]

Other than some pretty impressive adverse yaw it flies very nicely. I've rotated the control horns on the aileron servos one notch forward and it helped but still requires rudder to initiate a turn. If you throw an Aura 5 in it it's almost a trainer. Here are vids of the prototype.

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

Obviously you have still not discovered that planes only need one pair of wings, bi-planes and tri-planes are very inefficient and where only used because engines where not efficient enough in the early days so they needed the extra wings to compensate giving lift.
Get some fast jets or stunt planes built man, you have plenty of trees to stop them escaping off into the sunset

 

[Monte.C]

Other than some pretty impressive adverse yaw it flies very nicely. I've rotated the control horns on the aileron servos one notch forward and it helped but still requires rudder to initiate a turn. If you throw an Aura 5 in it it's almost a trainer. Here are vids of the prototype.

Awesome! And there's clear and obvious proof that for a skilled pilot, a flight stabilizer can provide a distinctly different flight experience, which can be preferable depending on what you're after. For a less skilled pilot a stabilizer can help keep you aloft, where without it your plane will beeline to the nearest tree and take up permanent residence, thus breaking your heart, shattering your dreams and crushing your soul. But we all knew that already.

 

[SSgt Duramax]

Awesome! And there's clear and obvious proof that for a skilled pilot, a flight stabilizer can provide a distinctly different flight experience, which can be preferable depending on what you're after. For a less skilled pilot a stabilizer can help keep you aloft, where without it your plane will beeline to the nearest tree and take up permanent residence, thus breaking your heart, shattering your dreams and crushing your soul. But we all knew that already.

I still need to try out an Aura. I am waiting on them to go on sale. I just have the el cheapo NX4 stabilizers and they smooth things out nicely, but are in no way as nice as an Aura.

I about thought I would be posting in here about treeing one of my planes too. I treed my microkadet (lost orientation in the sun and I was lower and closer to the tree than I though, and it landed right on the top). Luckily the tree was only 20ish feet tall, and I had a 10ft extendable paint handle along with a 4 foot fiberglass yard marker. I was able to tape those together, and combined with the reach of being 6'4" I was able to poke it until it fell. I then proceeded to put two more battery packs through it.