What Did You Fly Today

[TheFlyingBrit]

I was planning to go flying on Sunday, but weather doesn't look too good
So slight change of plan I am going today too, weather looks kinder than Sunday. So taking a couple of planes I want to maiden and get it out the way before Sunday
Just means hardly any sleep today, battery charging instead .

Never went after all mini family crisis, daughters eh

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

Gutted my trip to the field got cancelled. So many planes not enough time to fly them.
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Not even flown these once yet, since I got them 😥😪😭

 

[Matthewdupreez]

Gutted my trip to the field got cancelled. So many planes not enough time to fly them.
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Not even flown these once yet, since I got them 😥😪😭

That is not good...

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

First thing I see from my pillow when I wake up

If that sight doesn't make you want to get up nothing will 😁

 

[Matthewdupreez]

First thing I see from my pillow when I wake up
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If that sight doesn't make you want to get up nothing will 😁

Agreed

 

[chris398mx]

Maidened the ft simple stick today, it flies great! I am going to need to switch out the motor though, the 11” prop was hitting the ground and it was underpowered by my standards. The motor I have on there is fantastic but it’s just too big to take full advantage of it’s capabilities on this plane. Either a rimfire .15 or radial C pack will be replacing it.
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I have the rimfire on mine. I like it. You might also try out some large wheels like these. (Rubber band on the tire just to hold the foam until the glue cures.) Gives more prop clearance and makes taking off and landing in the grass much better.

 

[The Hangar]

I have the rimfire on mine. I like it. You might also try out some large wheels like these. (Rubber band on the tire just to hold the foam until the glue cures.) Gives more prop clearance and makes taking off and landing in the grass much better.

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Do you have the .15 or .10 on it? I’ve got some bigger tires, I’ll have to slap them on and see how it does.

 

[chris398mx]

Do you have the .15 or .10 on it? I’ve got some bigger tires, I’ll have to slap them on and see how it does.

I have the Rimfire 10 that I picked up at swap meet for a little bit of nothing. It has unlimited vertical on this plane, but is not all that fast. The drawback to this motor is it is only 2 or 3S capable. The Rimfire .15 is 3-4S, which I think would be more fun, but does weigh quite a bit more.

 

[Brian B]

Hey where's the flight vid??

Hopefully video today after work. On many usual maidens on sport planes, I use gyro until I get everything trimmed. Remember I'm a novice. On this, I didn't realize I'd accidentally turned off gyro until a few minutes of flying had gone by. It was that smooth. Need to explore the flight envelope more, but no bad tendencies. I'd fully recommend, with some prior experience on mild "master" builds.

 

[Matthewdupreez]

Lol.. I've built 2x ms crafts .. so looks like I'm gonna be building this, as soon as I have time... Which is unfortunately in VERY short supply

Hopefully video today after work. On many usual maidens on sport planes, I use gyro until I get everything trimmed. Remember I'm a novice. On this, I didn't realize I'd accidentally turned off gyro until a few minutes of flying had gone by. It was that smooth. Need to explore the flight envelope more, but no bad tendencies. I'd fully recommend, with some prior experience on mild "master" builds.

 

[Mr NCT]

This is part scratch build and part what did you fly today. Just finished a rough proof of concept prototype of a 150% FT DR1 with straight wings and FT style airfoils. Maidened it Monday in not ideal conditions but couldn't wait. It turned out to be a little above my skill level to fly.

After repairs I wondered if it was the design or the pilot. Since I didn't have a better pilot around I put my Aura 5 in it. It turned out to be a fine design and a less than fine pilot!

Since it flew so well with the Aura 5 I'll be building a cleaned up version and have plans available it anyone want to build one.

 

[Monte.C]

Hopefully video today after work. On many usual maidens on sport planes, I use gyro until I get everything trimmed. Remember I'm a novice. On this, I didn't realize I'd accidentally turned off gyro until a few minutes of flying had gone by. It was that smooth. Need to explore the flight envelope more, but no bad tendencies. I'd fully recommend, with some prior experience on mild "master" builds.

He he I'm a novice flier too. Certainly not an expert! But you changed the subject.
For some odd reason I'm not shy about sharing vid of crashes or trying to maiden a plane that doesn't work the way I wanted it to. (Like if I wanted it to fly. )
So I wound up filming everything because I know if I'm out without the camera I'll miss something. But that's just me.

 

[TheFlyingBrit]

He he I'm a novice flier too. Certainly not an expert! But you changed the subject.
For some odd reason I'm not shy about sharing vid of crashes or trying to maiden a plane that doesn't work the way I wanted it to. (Like if I wanted it to fly. )
So I wound up filming everything because I know if I'm out without the camera I'll miss something. But that's just me.

I still haven't got a decent camera myself and was looking at them nearly a year ago last February I think around my birthday. I got one of those cheap ones

Okay for getting some inflight shots due to low weight, but with no image stabilisation it wasn't great. However, for an initial dip into the flight recording world it wasn't too bad, for less than £10 I couldn't grumble. Maybe I can invest in something a bit better next year when I am more affluent.

 

[CappyAmeric]

FT Limited Series F-16 windy maiden flight: livery as Israeli F-16i “Netz”.

 

[Matthewdupreez]

FT Limited Series F-16 windy maiden flight: livery as Israeli F-16i “Netz”.

Looks incredible on the air.
Will watch complete video tomorrow... After work...

 

[Brian B]

Yea... How do we know that you actually maidened it??

Very windy at the flying field. My first rolling takeoff! By myself, so had to stop flying to snap the video for you guys, so sorry no fancy flying. Landing were fine as long as I kept power on. Even managed a few touch and goes, another first for me.

My phone takes MP4 files, but when uploading it finishes with an error about the filetype not allowed. How do I upload video? For now, you'll have to be satisfied with a screen shot. Obviously too high for me to rig up guide wires, so you'll just have to take my word it was really flying.

 

[Bo123]

You need to upload to youtube first I think.

 

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[The Hangar]

I maidened the extra JD today, it flies absolutely fantastic! I 100% recommend it, it’s such a great flyer.

 

[Scotto]

Very windy at the flying field. My first rolling takeoff! By myself, so had to stop flying to snap the video for you guys, so sorry no fancy flying. Landing were fine as long as I kept power on. Even managed a few touch and goes, another first for me.

My phone takes MP4 files, but when uploading it finishes with an error about the filetype not allowed. How do I upload video? For now, you'll have to be satisfied with a screen shot. Obviously too high for me to rig up guide wires, so you'll just have to take my word it was really flying.

She looks gorgeous! Nice work. I need to build myself one. You need to make a Hatcam for some easy hands free video!