What Did You Fly Today

[poor boy 101]

Flew my eleven hobby t-28. I love the airplane shame that they don’t sell it anymore.

 

[The Hangar]

There are some that are downright necessities - one 9 gram servo will overheat and die if asked to actuate two pushrods at once for the elevator setup (I have it running off two, so I can have tailerons if I really want to but I have it set up with a Y-harness) Bowden cables for rudder and elevator are also a necessity as the standard wire pushrods will tend to give out and bend under high load and will sometimes bind weirdly as they have to run through two sheets of foam. I also modified the plans slightly (I have access to a laser so I don't need the kit) to add holes in the bulkheads so I can access the speed controller and receiver through the battery tray since they'd normally be cocooned in there and totally inaccessible. ESC cooling is still a problem (though not one I had today since it was 4 degrees out) Mine also needed a lot of nose weight to fly properly.



Don't actually remember as for motor, I believe it was some no-name motor I bought off Banggood ages ago. I seem to remember it being 1050kv (or maybe 1400? It legit has no markings on it whatsoever) It got a little toasty on a 9x5 prop so it's running a 9x3.5 here I think. ESC is a YEP 30a. Batteries used were a Nanotech 2200 3s and Rhino 2200 3s (I'm testing the rhino to see if it's any good as it's a bit cheaper than the standard Turnigy stuff and so far it's holding up well)

Ok, thanks for all the tips. My first sea angel was a c pack and I flew it off of 1500 zippy lipos and sometimes a 1000 mah zippy and it balanced well with them in the nose. Not much room in there to move things around lol. On V2 it will be a b pack motor (that’s what I have an extra of) and it will be a semi-swappable power pod with the esc in the motor nacell. That should be pretty good cooling. On v1 I did the elevator stock and didn’t have any issues but I’ll take your advice and try two servos. What did you do for rudder? If you had 3 servos back there that would explain the need for nose weight...

 

[The Hangar]

@The Hangar - do you have any elevator compensation dialled in with the flap deployment?

Yes - that was part of the problem. I gave it a bit of up elevator😆 newbie mistakes...

 

[The Hangar]

Decent flight man. I see what you were saying bout the flaps though, pitched it straight up lol. I maneuvered fin other then that though.

What kind of wheels did you have it that it got weighed don so bad, definitely weren't LEGO wheels were they

They are 3 inch DuBro tires I got at my lhs. They are really nice, and not too beavy but I have some thick and heavy wire plus all the wood supports. I might try flying with it again tomorrow. Oh, and what do y’all think of that last pic. Not a tail dragger any more! 😉

 

[speedbirdted]

What did you do for rudder? If you had 3 servos back there that would explain the need for nose weight...

Other than a bowden pushrod the rudder setup is standard. I had the rudder servo in the center with the two elevator servos on either side with their splines at the back and horns facing inward as it would minimize turns the pushrods would have to make, while the rudder servo had its spline at the front, and the outer most hole on the servo horn was enough to clear the elevator servo horn on one side.

You could also try a larger servo with a linkage stopper to hold both pushrods at once, I considered trying this but did not.

 

[The Hangar]

Other than a bowden pushrod the rudder setup is standard. I had the rudder servo in the center with the two elevator servos on either side with their splines at the back and horns facing inward as it would minimize turns the pushrods would have to make, while the rudder servo had its spline at the front, and the outer most hole on the servo horn was enough to clear the elevator servo horn on one side.

Thanks. Any chance you could post a pic when you take it apart? (If you are)

 

[OliverW]

I started practicing for IMAC as I got approved by them for competition starting out in basic. I have got the 2020 basic routine downloaded and started practicing in the sim.

 

[speedbirdted]

Thanks. Any chance you could post a pic when you take it apart? (If you are)

I've already surgically removed the electronics for use in future builds but this is the basic gist of things if we assume to the left is towards the tail of the aircraft looking at the servos from below:

 

[The Hangar]

I've already surgically removed the electronics for use in future builds but this is the basic gist of things if we assume to the left is towards the tail of the aircraft looking at the servos from below:
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Perfect! thanks.

 

[buzzbomb]

I started practicing for IMAC as I got approved by them for competition starting out in basic.

Congratulations @SquirrelTail! I've been wondering when you were going to start competing!

 

[OliverW]

Congratulations @SquirrelTail! I've been wondering when you were going to start competing!

I wanted to last year but chickened out. My dad is going to be flying his 126" kit built decathlon in it.

 

[The Hangar]

I have big plans for tomorrow! Hope to get all these planes in the air tomorrow. I’m flying with a friend so that will be fun!

 

[The Hangar]

So I learned a new method of pruning trees today - with an airplane! And yes, I got it on video😉

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Which plane and how did it fair?

 

[The Hangar]

Which plane and how did it fair?

The cub, and it clipped off a piece and kept going!

 

[BATTLEAXE]

That Cub should be your fly as hard as you can plane, she needs a solid retirement

 

[buzzbomb]

That Cub should be your fly as hard as you can plane, she needs a solid retirement

Heck No! That plane has got history and the battle scars to prove it! Keep on fixing and flying until she don't fly no more!

 

[BATTLEAXE]

Keep on fixing and flying until she don't fly no more!

Haha this coming from a guy who flies as hard as he can any chance, any plane he gets his hands on

 

[The Hangar]

Heck No! That plane has got history and the battle scars to prove it! Keep on fixing and flying until she don't fly no more!

Oh yeah! But it will have a lot more “fly as hard as you can” on it believe me!

 

[buzzbomb]

Haha this coming from a guy who flies as hard as he can any chance, any plane he gets his hands on

Hey! I've been taking it pretty darn easy on my Storch! Well. That might be the only one. You know, that might be why I've so many planes that don't fly no more, too!