nebraskatrevor
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Ready to fly, it has silly big 9g servos because it is all we had, hoping to fly tonight even though it is way too windy for a maiden.
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nebraskatrevor
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It flies! Really well actually. It was blowing about 10mph but we flew it anyhow. What a little missile, and the rate of roll is unlike anything I have ever flown. It must easily roll at over 720 deg per second if not more. Flew 3 packs before the daylight ran out and my son lost orientation and lawn darted it into a tree 
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ost of the damage is from getting it out of the tree by throwing logs at it. We will rebuild! As tempting as it is to just glue it back together I think we will just start over . Happy building!
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mrjdstewart
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nebraskatrevor
Member
After some great success yesterday with both the glider and the powered version today I decided I wanted to make it bigger. I have been wanting to try scaling a set of plans and this seemed like a logical choice for a first try since the parts count is relatively small. As you can imagine it is not as simple as just scaling the plans since all of the tabs and slots also grow while the foam thickness is of course a constant. I settled on 140 pct since that is the biggest I could go while still having the parts fit on a sheet without any seams. Now it takes two sheets to cut one out rather than just one. The parts came out great, and it is actually quite easy to assemble the larger version. Overall the design lends it self to changing the size due to the way the parts fit together.
I hope to get it in the air by this weekend.
mrjdstewart
Legendary member
Not bad so far. Pretty easy build.
mrjdstewart
Legendary member
want to be able to see it. it is ready to fly, just needs to dry and then do canopy in black, maybe some stripes? i have a 5x4x3 and a 6x4.5 prop to try. want the 3 blade to win but guess i will eventually end up with the 6".
saturday promises to be fun, maybe 4 diff maidens...
laters,
me
i have a 5x4x3 and a 6x4.5 prop to try. want the 3 blade to win but guess i will eventually end up with the 6".
saturday promises to be fun, maybe 4 diff maidens...
laters,
me
CarolineTyler
Legendary member
Mine looked pretty much like yours after its maiden....waaay too windy for it, I shouldn't have flown it. 😁😁It flies! Really well actually. It was blowing about 10mph but we flew it anyhow. What a little missile, and the rate of roll is unlike anything I have ever flown. It must easily roll at over 720 deg per second if not more. Flew 3 packs before the daylight ran out and my son lost orientation and lawn darted it into a tree
nebraskatrevor
Member
He built another, and last night after 3 flights it met the same fate. Glad it is just a buck to make another!
basslord1124
Master member
Got my pieces together and about to start gluing here soon. I noticed this, what's the reflex gauge for?
nebraskatrevor
Member
I Think of reflex as trim in a way. In this case it is the amount of up eleven that the plane needs to obtain neutral flight. Think of it as the plane always needing a little bit of up elevon to obtain straight and level flight. The gauge that comes with the plans is to help you set the control surfaces before your first flight. For what it is worth I found out that I did not need the full amount indicated by the gauge in this case. Happy building!
basslord1124
Master member
Ah gotcha. Thanks!
mrjdstewart
Legendary member
servo failed today. I could tell something was wrong and was bringing in on final when it just nosed straight down.
It is a fun flyer, rolls are crazy, but on 2S w 6.45r it couldn't loop. I wanted to try 3S but never got chance.
next one(s) w be prototypes of Rasterize's new skins. just waiting on his email.
stay tuned..
me
It is a fun flyer, rolls are crazy, but on 2S w 6.45r it couldn't loop. I wanted to try 3S but never got chance.
next one(s) w be prototypes of Rasterize's new skins. just waiting on his email.
stay tuned..
me
nebraskatrevor
Member
3s is the way to go! First I have heard of the skins.....interesting.servo failed today. I could tell something was wrong and was bringing in on final when it just nosed straight down.
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It is a fun flyer, rolls are crazy, but on 2S w 6.45r it couldn't loop. I wanted to try 3S but never got chance.
next one(s) w be prototypes of Rasterize's new skins. just waiting on his email.
stay tuned..
me
