Capt_Beavis
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I am new to RC planes. I somehow came across Flite Test and it inspired me to try them out. I started out with a Hobby Zone Champ since it seemed like a good starter plane.
My plane arrived yesterday and it was a bit windy but I decided to try it at the park, planning on trying a quick low flight. I hand launched the plane right as a gust came up. The plane gained altitude rapidly. I let the controls go neutral and the plane turned with the with the wind. The plane glided a good 50 feet into a tree
Time to brush off my tree climbing skills. I came home with twigs and leaves in my hair but the plane was intact.
It was a little better at lunch today so I took the plane out to a bigger park on the way back to work. The first flight was short but I landed it on the wheels. The next flights I got a little higher and stayed up a bit longer. The next two all ended in crashes. On what was planned as my last flight I was trying to bring the plane down when a gust of wind slammed it into the ground. The tail section of the fuselage broke off and the bottom of the rudder tore off.
Thanks to Josh B I knew how to handle the disaster and the glue is now drying.
I need to stay out of the wind and fly a little higher.
My plane arrived yesterday and it was a bit windy but I decided to try it at the park, planning on trying a quick low flight. I hand launched the plane right as a gust came up. The plane gained altitude rapidly. I let the controls go neutral and the plane turned with the with the wind. The plane glided a good 50 feet into a tree
Time to brush off my tree climbing skills. I came home with twigs and leaves in my hair but the plane was intact.
It was a little better at lunch today so I took the plane out to a bigger park on the way back to work. The first flight was short but I landed it on the wheels. The next flights I got a little higher and stayed up a bit longer. The next two all ended in crashes. On what was planned as my last flight I was trying to bring the plane down when a gust of wind slammed it into the ground. The tail section of the fuselage broke off and the bottom of the rudder tore off.
Thanks to Josh B I knew how to handle the disaster and the glue is now drying.
I need to stay out of the wind and fly a little higher.