VonHelton Flugzeugwerke - The "World of Beautiful Aircraft"

[FlamingRCAirplanes]

Cutting the power is very smart on ANYTHING that flies, because it really turns down the potential for damage when it is going at 0 throttle compared to when it is going ~60% throttle, thus making the crash a lot less damaging

 

[Baron VonHelton]

I'm such a tease........LOL.

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Nothing but RAIN until Sunday? SERIOUSLY??

 

[FlamingRCAirplanes]

Nothing but RAIN until Sunday? SERIOUSLY??

Rain, Rc crawler time

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Rain, Rc crawler time

Build time!

But what to build?

 

[FlamingRCAirplanes]

Build time!

But what to build?

Lol

 

[Baron VonHelton]

A not so subtle reminder of the tools I use, and that MY FOAM DON'T MELT.........

https://www.ebay.com/itm/394009425608?hash=item5bbccab6c8:g:taMAAOSwEBJiRBux
https://www.ebay.com/itm/192002378057?_trkparms=amclksrc
https://www.ebay.com/itm/144551238184?epid=12005382081

 

[Baron VonHelton]

"Thought I'd fixed that" Dept.......
Flew to the right AGAIN. Looked into the transmitter & the rudder was still off, so I zeroed it this time for the next flight test. Obviously, I'm in tall grass & no harm came to the aircraft. My camera overheated though......Grr.....

 

[NM156]

Progress has been made!!!


A lot to unpack without actually being there to see the preparation and flight. These are the items I would look at first.

1. How are you determining the center of gravity (GC) on your aircraft?
This could help. https://www.modelairplanenews.com/balancing-biplanes/

2. What are the incidences of the wings?
https://www.modelairplanenews.com/proper-wing-incident-setting-up-your-plane-to-fly-right/

3. Do you have any offsets on the motor? (Down and right thrust is common)
https://www.airfieldmodels.com/info..._of_model_aircraft/formulas/engine_offset.htm

4. Are you using any exponential on the radio and how much throw do the control surfaces have?

5. Does a ground check reveal correct control surface deflections?

6. Full throttle is not necessarily required for takeoff. Perhaps excessive engine thrust is causing a torque roll?

Finally, air does not scale, so a model aircraft will have many different parameters vs full scale aircraft.
Typically an exact scale model, built precisely from full scale plans, will not fly well.

NM156

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Alot cooler (Sun was behind the Ridge).

First Flight:

To the Right again, but not near as bad.
So I radically altered the settings in the transmitter.

Second Flight:

Finally, a Great Flight! But just as I was gonna adjust the settings to get a nice, straight flight, the motor died.
(Or at least it seemed to).

 

[FlamingRCAirplanes]

Alot cooler (Sun was behind the Ridge).

First Flight:

To the Right again, but not near as bad.
So I radically altered the settings in the transmitter.

Second Flight:

Finally, a Great Flight! But just as I was gonna adjust the settings to get a nice, straight flight, the motor died.
(Or at least it seemed to).

Woohoo! Glad you got it flying! What was the motor temp when you got it again? Like was it super duper hot? Or what?

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Progress has been made!!!


A lot to unpack without actually being there to see the preparation and flight. These are the items I would look at first.

1. How are you determining the center of gravity (GC) on your aircraft?
This could help. https://www.modelairplanenews.com/balancing-biplanes/

2. What are the incidences of the wings?
https://www.modelairplanenews.com/proper-wing-incident-setting-up-your-plane-to-fly-right/

3. Do you have any offsets on the motor? (Down and right thrust is common)
https://www.airfieldmodels.com/info..._of_model_aircraft/formulas/engine_offset.htm

4. Are you using any exponential on the radio and how much throw do the control surfaces have?

5. Does a ground check reveal correct control surface deflections?

6. Full throttle is not necessarily required for takeoff. Perhaps excessive engine thrust is causing a torque roll?

Finally, air does not scale, so a model aircraft will have many different parameters vs full scale aircraft.
Typically an exact scale model, built precisely from full scale plans, will not fly well.

NM156

https://www.bitchute.com/video/2vYn87wM5tYz/

Short version......Safe for kids. (Plz thumb up my video??)

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Woohoo! Glad you got it flying! What was the motor temp when you got it again? Like was it super duper hot? Or what?

Motor temp wasn't bad really. IIRC, the Pfalz engine died too, and it only had a 6" prop........

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Long version - Not safe for kids!

https://odysee.com/@VonHelton:b/FFGF:1

 

[Baron VonHelton]

Can someone explain to me how an aircraft that is plumb, level, square, and true, fly off to the right? So much so that I have to alter the settings in my transmitter to get it to fly left?
As you can clearly see, the transmitter is set to zero, therefore the aircraft should have flown STRAIGHT, not to the right every time.

 

[FlyerInStyle]

Can someone explain to me how an aircraft that is plumb, level, square, and true, fly off to the right? So much so that I have to alter the settings in my transmitter to get it to fly left?
As you can clearly see, the transmitter is set to zero, therefore the aircraft should have flown STRAIGHT, not to the right every time.

check your regular trims. you might have bumped something. Also, I think it might be bendy pushrods. check for that.

 

[Baron VonHelton]

check your regular trims. you might have bumped something. Also, I think it might be bendy pushrods. check for that.

Hmmmm........Hadn't thought about bendy pushrods!!

 

[FlyerInStyle]

Hmmmm........Hadn't thought about bendy pushrods!!

There is always a time to learn something new!

 

[Baron VonHelton]

There is always a time to learn something new!

.......and there's always room for Jell-O!

 

[Baron VonHelton]