What Did You Fly Today

FishbonesAir

Elite member
Turns out that I never fixed the very front nose part from bumping into the van the other day and air was getting blown into there, and it must have gotten to the point where there was so much air blowing into there that it made the top hatch blow off....which whipped the whole plane back really hard and my battery wasn't strapped down so it pulled the receiver and ESC out with it leaving the plane just floating around in mid air and landed right down on the edge of the road..

I've yeeted batteries on more than one occasion... but never the whole electronics package! :eek::ROFLMAO::LOL::ROFLMAO::LOL::ROFLMAO:
 

FishbonesAir

Elite member
I work in a mid to high-end independent bicycle store. It is a real :poop:show with all the cheap things that people bring in wanting us to fix their junk. Unfortunately, there is a bunch of really really bad stuff out there. We turn away a lot of junk. people also complain that we charge more for a complete tune up / build than they spent for their junk online. There are plenty true accounts of what happens with cheap stuff with no or bad BMS (battery management systems). A bike store up in Amish country completely burned to the ground near here after they left things charging over night.
You know, I see the ads all the time, and always wondered how good those are, but figured "you get what you pay for." This just confirms that bro!
 

Houndpup Rc

Legendary member
You know, I see the ads all the time, and always wondered how good those are, but figured "you get what you pay for." This just confirms that bro!
I work in a mid to high-end independent bicycle store. It is a real :poop:show with all the cheap things that people bring in wanting us to fix their junk. Unfortunately, there is a bunch of really really bad stuff out there. We turn away a lot of junk. people also complain that we charge more for a complete tune up / build than they spent for their junk online. There are plenty true accounts of what happens with cheap stuff with no or bad BMS (battery management systems). A bike store up in Amish country completely burned to the ground near here after they left things charging over night.
I guess it depends on how much bike riding you do too.
 

Bricks

Legendary member
Maybe a little off topic, but....
I know Amish use battery power tools. Do they use e-bikes or scooters?

Amish here cannot use rubber tires only steel wheels, many use the old skates with the metal wheels that slip over your shoes, I have seen skate boards the kids have converted to metal wheels from old skates..
 

Proptastic

Active member
Around here the Amish and Mennonites use e-bikes. Depends on the community.
Here there are hardcore old-order Amish. Even the zero turn mower has steel wheels. Horses and bicycles. Fire and brimstone. No ebikes for sure. The Mennonites are as fancy and lavish as anyone. They have a good smooth running auction house. Down the road from that I get the best price anywhere on all my horticultural supplies.
 
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Before I buy the engine, I figured I test all my airplane models. I made three of them and it flies about 15 yards and straight. So I won’t waste my money on just buying an engine for one that flops. Test it first.

Thanks for having me.
 
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The video I got it from. “Your face scares me, but cool.”
 
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Test flight. Free flight, no RC or batteries. Trying this glider out. Throw it off a cliff top and it should come back on land. According to the video I’m watching they call this a high glide ratio. Height of the lift or starting point x Lift/Drag (ratio) = distance traveled. So if I throw it off a high cliff that distance is lengthened and the glider should come back to land top. On top of the cliff side. Maximum distance traveled.
 
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