The FT Explorer is GRrreat!!!
- Thread starter FoamyDM
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Some of the pitching was me. and I may have had the balance a touch ail heavy I think as it would pitch up when I gave it gas.
I took it back out yesterday. First flight was great! until my bad soldering caused the motor to de-sync and stop. the good news is it was a kitten to glide down.
After I fixed it I went back out. I flew a couple packs. after a bit of relaxed flying, I tried acrobatics, then remembered I was on low rates, and then retried them. It looped, rolled, and even tried a little inverted flying (I am not good at it.). all was good. but all that fun loosened the control horn glue. (credit card versions, not scratched up.) It led to a slow fall but hard landing.
I learned something, I need to reinforce the battery platform. when I brought it in at the end, as it was acting different, in came in with a turned down nose. the platform had "drooped". The nose doubling worked great, as the nose was NOT injured. Part of the damage was from the nose shifting forward, so maybe I should add magnets to keep it latched.
All in all a great time. I know I have a little on-board FPV footage. I will post it when I have it pulled together and posted. Stay tuned.
I know this is a tried and true design, but I'd like to thank you all for the support for this project.
I took it back out yesterday. First flight was great! until my bad soldering caused the motor to de-sync and stop. the good news is it was a kitten to glide down.
After I fixed it I went back out. I flew a couple packs. after a bit of relaxed flying, I tried acrobatics, then remembered I was on low rates, and then retried them. It looped, rolled, and even tried a little inverted flying (I am not good at it.). all was good. but all that fun loosened the control horn glue. (credit card versions, not scratched up.) It led to a slow fall but hard landing.
I learned something, I need to reinforce the battery platform. when I brought it in at the end, as it was acting different, in came in with a turned down nose. the platform had "drooped". The nose doubling worked great, as the nose was NOT injured. Part of the damage was from the nose shifting forward, so maybe I should add magnets to keep it latched.
All in all a great time. I know I have a little on-board FPV footage. I will post it when I have it pulled together and posted. Stay tuned.
I know this is a tried and true design, but I'd like to thank you all for the support for this project.
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