What Did You Fly Today

[Timmy]

MAIDENED THE GUINEA YESTERDAY! woooo! It flew really well. Unfortunatly the aileron and esc wires came out of the receiver and I crashed. I should have used rudder but..oh well, I didn't. Fortunately I was only about two meters of the ground and It has no real damage. What did get damaged was the side of the nose where the prop hit it when the firewall popped out. Oh yeah and the elastics broke. No biggie. Today I will maiden the arrow and put two motors on my bronco and fly that.

 

[Crawford Bros. Aeroplanes]

MAIDENED THE GUINEA YESTERDAY! woooo! It flew really well. Unfortunatly the aileron and esc wires came out of the receiver and I crashed. I should have used rudder but..oh well, I didn't. Fortunately I was only about two meters of the ground and It has no real damage. What did get damaged was the side of the nose where the prop hit it when the firewall popped out. Oh yeah and the elastics broke. No biggie. Today I will maiden the arrow and put two motors on my bronco and fly that.

I like to wrap the connectors in tape so they don't pull out

 

[Timmy]

I like to wrap the connectors in tape so they don't pull out

I did! I guess just more tape?

 

[Timmy]

Guinea prop scar:

Fire wall damage:

 

[DazDaMan]

 

[speedbirdted]

I think I've got most of the bugs worked out of this one. She flies really good now! You can see the aileron trim though - I think that's because both the engine and fuel tank are offset to the right slightly, so I'm gonna ballast the left wing to make up for it. I noticed it wants to roll the other way at high speed with trim added and it tends to dip the right wing in turns, so I'm sure it's not an aerodynamic problem...

I also got the Saito 91 mounted on my old Kadet. Maybe it doesn't need new covering after all. Didn't fly it though because it needs nose weight.

However immediately after I did the dumbest thing I've ever done in my life which resulted in me stripping the plug threads after I'd ran the thing one damn time. ONE DAMN TIME. The material they make these heads out of is way too soft. Helicoil time I guess. I can't say this is the first brand new engine I've broken either...

 

[PsyBorg]

I think I've got most of the bugs worked out of this one. She flies really good now! You can see the aileron trim though - I think that's because both the engine and fuel tank are offset to the right slightly, so I'm gonna ballast the left wing to make up for it. I noticed it wants to roll much more at high speed with trim added and it tends to dip the right wing in turns, so I'm sure it's not an aerodynamic problem...

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I also got the Saito 91 mounted on my old Kadet. Maybe it doesn't need new covering after all. Didn't fly it though because it needs nose weight.

However immediately after I did the dumbest thing I've ever done in my life which resulted in me stripping the plug threads after I'd ran the thing one damn time. ONE DAMN TIME. The material they make these heads out of is way too soft. Helicoil time I guess. I can't say this is the first brand new engine I've broken either...

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Thats a big motor but remember you aint wrenchin on a hemi hehee. TINY TOOLS ONLY!!!
Good luck on the repair mate I know that sux when you have things like that go wrong.

 

[speedbirdted]

Thats a big motor but remember you aint wrenchin on a hemi hehee. TINY TOOLS ONLY!!!
Good luck on the repair mate I know that sux when you have things like that go wrong.

The most concern I have is how to get the hole drilled out straight. Saitos have an angled plug because of the valves... Oh well. I violated the golden rule of glow plugs which is START THREADING IT WITH YOUR FINGERS! That ought to tell you if she's cross threaded... and not doing it cost me dearly.

 

[PsyBorg]

An old mechanics trick I learned EARLY in my mechanical happenings as a kid from my grandfather was to turn any threaded item be it screw, bolt, spark plug, light bulb backwards until you feel the first thread fall in line and you will never cross thread or strip threads again.

That is unless you get hamfisted with the wrong size tools and over torque things.

Figure out the angle of the plug then cut a piece of wood to match, screw the head to the wood where the hole will be vertical and then use a drill press.

 

["Corpse"]

An old mechanics trick I learned EARLY in my mechanical happenings as a kid from my grandfather was to turn any threaded item be it screw, bolt, spark plug, light bulb backwards until you feel the first thread fall in line and you will never cross thread or strip threads again.

That is unless you get hamfisted with the wrong size tools and over torque things.

Figure out the angle of the plug then cut a piece of wood to match, screw the head to the wood where the hole will be vertical and then use a drill press.

Thanks for the tip! I've stripped many an M2 bolt by not doing that.

 

[DazDaMan]

 

[Cow the Flyer]

nice flying

 

[Cow the Flyer]

I maidened my versa wing recently (tractor style) and it flys quite well. The only problem i had was it would torque roll to one side quite a bit. I'm going to get a fpv set up soon so maybe then ill post a video.

 

[Wildthing]

Thanks for the tip! I've stripped many an M2 bolt by not doing that.

Also a big help on any aluminum threaded pieces is some good anti seize lube.

 

[Wildthing]

I think I've got most of the bugs worked out of this one. She flies really good now! You can see the aileron trim though - I think that's because both the engine and fuel tank are offset to the right slightly, so I'm gonna ballast the left wing to make up for it. I noticed it wants to roll the other way at high speed with trim added and it tends to dip the right wing in turns, so I'm sure it's not an aerodynamic problem...

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I also got the Saito 91 mounted on my old Kadet. Maybe it doesn't need new covering after all. Didn't fly it though because it needs nose weight.

However immediately after I did the dumbest thing I've ever done in my life which resulted in me stripping the plug threads after I'd ran the thing one damn time. ONE DAMN TIME. The material they make these heads out of is way too soft. Helicoil time I guess. I can't say this is the first brand new engine I've broken either...

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What's your lateral balance like ?

 

[The Hangar]

Guinea prop scar:
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Fire wall damage:
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The more scars, the better it flies!

 

[The Hangar]

MAIDENED THE GUINEA YESTERDAY! woooo! It flew really well. Unfortunatly the aileron and esc wires came out of the receiver and I crashed. I should have used rudder but..oh well, I didn't. Fortunately I was only about two meters of the ground and It has no real damage. What did get damaged was the side of the nose where the prop hit it when the firewall popped out. Oh yeah and the elastics broke. No biggie. Today I will maiden the arrow and put two motors on my bronco and fly that.

I often leave myself a bit of extra lead (by using servo extensions) and then that way there isn't any tightness in the wire. Also, I'll rotate the receiver so if for some reason a wire gets pulled, it doesn't pull the wire out at all.

 

[The Hangar]

Great flying!

 

[DazDaMan]

 

[Timmy]

I often leave myself a bit of extra lead (by using servo extensions) and then that way there isn't any tightness in the wire. Also, I'll rotate the receiver so if for some reason a wire gets pulled, it doesn't pull the wire out at all.

That is a great tip! I'll put xtra tape and rotate the receiver.