Well, over 8 months ago I scratch built the FT Bloody Baron. The reason I built this plane was to have a 4 channel that I could learn to use ailerons with. However, due to the size of the park I was flying in I had stepped towards minis and ended up flying a mini scout most of the time.
I eventually got fed up the amount of people at the park and decided to find a new flying spot. During this time I was having a lot of problems with the mini's everyday was mildly windy and I could never get a smooth flight without contending with gusts of wind which left my mini scout at a standstill on full throttle. (Using the small 1806 emax motor from power pack A, a 800 mah 3s battery and a slightly irresponsible 5x4.5 prop.)
I found a place near my house, although double the distance than to the park there is usually no one there allowing me to fly my larger model(s). I ended up pulling out my Bloody Baron that was sitting in my room with two nice metal gear 9 gram servos (which I was tempted to take out at one point) and a nylon one for the rudder.
Since the plane was made from Australian foam board I had to use a NTM prop-drive 28-26 1200 kv motor turning a 8x6 prop with a 25 amp esc. The esc was perhaps a bit too small and after a short flight it felt very hot so I took the precaution of replacing it with a BL heli 30 amp esc. I was surprised to find that the 30 amp esc actually had a noticeable effect on how the Baron flew. I did break one prop on the first landing but I had one more and was able to put the plane up again for 15 minutes. With a little bit of trim it flew great even in the typical wind I was facing with the minis.
If I changed the power plant to power pack C with a 10x4.5 prop will it perform better?
This was my first proper 4 channel plane with ailerons, although I did modify my mini scout to have ailerons I couldn’t keep it in the air for more than 10 seconds before having to “land”.
Other than the poor landing which resulted in a cart wheel that broke the prop as I mentioned earlier. The Baron flew great and extremely smooth allowing me to make mistakes and recover when learning how to turn. By the end of the second flight which depleted the battery I was pretty confident in my ability to fly this particular 4 channel plane.
Too bad I only had 1 2200 mah on me...
Anyone else got a plane that you never fly?
I eventually got fed up the amount of people at the park and decided to find a new flying spot. During this time I was having a lot of problems with the mini's everyday was mildly windy and I could never get a smooth flight without contending with gusts of wind which left my mini scout at a standstill on full throttle. (Using the small 1806 emax motor from power pack A, a 800 mah 3s battery and a slightly irresponsible 5x4.5 prop.)
I found a place near my house, although double the distance than to the park there is usually no one there allowing me to fly my larger model(s). I ended up pulling out my Bloody Baron that was sitting in my room with two nice metal gear 9 gram servos (which I was tempted to take out at one point) and a nylon one for the rudder.
Since the plane was made from Australian foam board I had to use a NTM prop-drive 28-26 1200 kv motor turning a 8x6 prop with a 25 amp esc. The esc was perhaps a bit too small and after a short flight it felt very hot so I took the precaution of replacing it with a BL heli 30 amp esc. I was surprised to find that the 30 amp esc actually had a noticeable effect on how the Baron flew. I did break one prop on the first landing but I had one more and was able to put the plane up again for 15 minutes. With a little bit of trim it flew great even in the typical wind I was facing with the minis.
If I changed the power plant to power pack C with a 10x4.5 prop will it perform better?
This was my first proper 4 channel plane with ailerons, although I did modify my mini scout to have ailerons I couldn’t keep it in the air for more than 10 seconds before having to “land”.
Other than the poor landing which resulted in a cart wheel that broke the prop as I mentioned earlier. The Baron flew great and extremely smooth allowing me to make mistakes and recover when learning how to turn. By the end of the second flight which depleted the battery I was pretty confident in my ability to fly this particular 4 channel plane.
Too bad I only had 1 2200 mah on me...
Anyone else got a plane that you never fly?
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