What Did You Fly Today

[Hoomi]

I have one. I checked it a little bit ago, and it was reading about 11.4 VDC.

Yeah, wouldn't have wanted to push it much longer.

 

[Wildthing]

I have one. I checked it a little bit ago, and it was reading about 11.4 VDC.

Yeah, wouldn't have wanted to push it much longer.

Try to check it right after the flight, when the batteries sit they will rejuvenate a bit and won't give you a true reading. But at 11.4 you are very close to empty anyways

 

[Wildthing]

I have one. I checked it a little bit ago, and it was reading about 11.4 VDC.

Yeah, wouldn't have wanted to push it much longer.

Also once you glide test it you will know what or how the plane will handle coming in dead stick.

 

[Hoomi]

The video of today's maiden of the rebuilt Fawkes (nee Sensei). I need to lower the rates on the ailerons. The original wing/ailerons had far less authority than the ailerons on the new wing. It took very little stick movement to throw her into a bank, as shown in the video.

 

[bracesport]

@Hoomi - forgetting the aileron rates, it was one sweet landing!

 

[Hoomi]

Especially since I wasn't even sure it was going to fly, and if so, if the wings would hold up, or fold mid-flight!

Here's my other recorded flight today. No camera work done on either the Calypso or the Stinger, though.

 

[sprzout]

I took the DLG Whipit out today and was having a blast slinging it above our little rise near the runway at our field. It was great; didn't take much, and even though I was doing some walking to retrieve it when it came down some distance away from where I wanted it to end up, I was thoroughly enjoying it!

 

[Wildthing]

Especially since I wasn't even sure it was going to fly, and if so, if the wings would hold up, or fold mid-flight!

Here's my other recorded flight today. No camera work done on either the Calypso or the Stinger, though.

Smooth landing

 

[daxian]

v-tail eagle flew today

 

[bracesport]

@daxian - very nice build and flight - is this your design? Those wings are intricate I imagine?!

 

[daxian]

@bracesport ...not my design ,from a thread on the forums here ...wings are kf3 ? hardest thing is to get the feathers shape ...not hard at all !!
thread here : https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?threads/the-eagle-has-landed-or-is-it-flying.17616/

 

[Vimana89]

So far, I flew my prototype tailed Nutball. If the wind doesn't pick up I'll fly more stuff and make a compilation! Here's some good raw footage with great swoops and dives, a little high alpha, and just casual slow flying. Trying to fix time stamp on my camera, no success yet, still says 2018 and this was taken today. Hopefully weather stays good, so my Hobby Zone Champ, Fly Bear micro 2ch, and V-Sliver get a go.

 

[buzzbomb]

So far, I flew my prototype tailed Nutball. If the wind doesn't pick up I'll fly more stuff and make a compilation! Here's some good raw footage with great swoops and dives, a little high alpha, and just casual slow flying. Trying to fix time stamp on my camera, no success yet, still says 2018 and this was taken today. Hopefully weather stays good, so my Hobby Zone Chmap, Fly Bear micro 2ch, and V-Sliver get a go.

Nice flight! Your prototype is looking good!

 

[Vimana89]

Nice flight! Your prototype is looking good!

Thanks, dihedral is definitely too steep no matter how I adjust everything else, but that doesn't really make it fly bad, just funky if you aren't prepared. Other than that it is a really easy flyer, if things look bad, just pull up, and there isn't much that can't be recovered from in a snap. I will lessen the dihedral and make a couple other small changes to the design when I'm ready to rebuild.

 

[bracesport]

almost floats!

 

[Vimana89]

almost floats!

Yep, was looking for a floaty, impossible to stall plane that could do a bit of high alpha, but otherwise feels more like a trainer plane than a Nutball. Besides a couple minor bugs I think I nailed it.

 

[CarolineTyler]

Visited Hewenden Viaduct this afternoon for some quadcopter fun. Burned through four batteries here are some of the slightly more interesting moves.

 

[bracesport]

@CarolineTyler - so awesome - you are a pro!

 

[CarolineTyler]

@CarolineTyler - so awesome - you are a pro!

Hardly, but thank you

 

[daxian]

hi ...
tried to fly my most used glider yesterday,a modified simple soarer ,which has flown perfectly well for over 12 months
trying out a new wing and was not anticipating any real problems.
but it was not to be :