bracesport
Legendary member
@Rasterize - so very very very cool - that is sooooo slow you could do aerial photography with it! 
what is the slowest plane on FT
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I'm still giggling. That was a fun video! The music just makes it. Those big wheels give Wally SlowFly a look in the air like no other. I'm thinking you may have been just a TAD underpowered, though.
Flite test C pack Radial with a 4S 3300. Not sure I ever went above 1/2 throttle.
@Rasterize - so very very very cool - that is sooooo slow you could do aerial photography with it!
It went even slower on the next two flight. Almost made it do backward. One of the guys at the field said I should do FPV with it. AOnther guy piped up and said "And do what? Take stills?" lol
buzzbomb
I know nothing!
Ah, it looked like you were struggling with the wind. I didn't realize you were just playing with it. I'm taking mine out tomorrow for some slowfly fun. It's from @sundown57's plans and I've been looking forward to flying it again. I'll put up some vid.
8.5X11 sized plans can now be found here on the FT Resource page:
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?resources/wally-slow-fly-and-big-wally-wheels-plans.89/
https://forum.flitetest.com/index.php?resources/wally-slow-fly-and-big-wally-wheels-plans.89/
sundown57 I just have to say Air Mater is brilliant! I may have to do one of my own. Again, Bravo!
Grifflyer
WWII fanatic
You could try removing internal paper from the tail?
Or like on my Slowbipe, I removed the paper from one side of the tail feathers and replaced it with packing tape, been flying for about 6-7 months now no problem.
But moving the PP will always be easier, I just like the look of planes better when the motor is recessed in the fuse.
sundown57
Legendary member
my prop only clears the fuse by like 1/8 inch. and to get that I had to leave the collet out a bit on the motor shaft. and CG is like in the center of the wing so its way, way off
bracesport
Legendary member
and that wing should support some weight up the front?
sundown57
Legendary member
the cg should be about 1/3 back from leading edge. right now it's about 1/2 way back.
sundown57
Legendary member
inspired by @bracesport I decided to try my hand at ( aerial photography ) turns out I'm pretty good at it.@Rasterize - so very very very cool - that is sooooo slow you could do aerial photography with it!
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buzzbomb
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"Ariel" Ha! Took me a moment. That's pretty good!
buzzbomb
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It looks like so much fun! I'm still fighting my build errors. Gonna take one more shot at it tomorrow, and then I'm just going to rebuild if necessary.
buzzbomb
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Ouch! At first I didn't think you were going to get past the basketball net. Then you flew around and had a great time. Then you lawn darted. Hard. What a great video!
I love how the plane just floats on the wind. As windy as it was, it handled it pretty darn well. Until you decided to see how big of a hole you could make with your nose.
I can't wait to get mine sorted out. How bad was the damage?
buzzbomb
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I can't tell if Mater is smiling, or if he's got an unexpected cargo hatch! Either way, that's surprisingly light damage for how hard it seemed to hit. I know you, though. Not surprising that you're just going to build another one.
Sweet flight sundown! Love Air Mater.
Sorry about the hit but it you're right about it sounding worse that it was. I was thinking on moving my powerpod forward as well on my next build. Should be easy enough to do just by moving the four tab slots on the fuse forward. I should have made various positions on the plans.
