TooJung2Die
Master member
Your Eaglet, beautiful. The side view, Wow! The wheel pants and fairing really set your Eaglet apart.
I hope you find a way to make them more permanent.
Woke up and winds were at a solid 0 mph. Now: A "real" maiden!
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Firstly, as if it wasn't already extremely obvious: for something this small, this plane flies great! I was able to get some real envelope testing in today now that I've got some 3S batteries that will fit in it. It doesn't quite have unlimited vertical, but even on a small 5x4 prop the power and speed are both perfectly adequate. Cruising around at half to 1/3 throttle is perfectly doable. Today actually had some cloud cover resulting in strong thermals and there were times that I was able to use even less throttle to maintain altitude - the wing area isn't massive, but it just weighs nothing. Even with a 450 3S in the nose, it tips the scales at 8 ounces exactly. Off of that size battery, with careful throttle management and some helpful thermals, I kept it up for as-near-as-makes-no-difference 20 minutes!! Though on a day with less perfect conditions and being more aggressive on the sticks I would say 10-12 minutes is probably a more realistic number.
Speaking of throwing it around honestly I didn't really expect much, it being a high winger with a very asymmetric airfoil. It will never do 3D but I'm not saying that like it's really a problem However more basic stuff it will do with surprisingly little fuss. Rolls are easy to keep axial (though you can't go too slow or really do hesitation rolls because the rudder isn't very big - but maybe this is because I had it dialed in with lower rates just to get used to the way the plane handles) and it's easy to keep inverted (while requiring a lot of elevator, not really surprising for the airfoil it has) though I think these characteristics are due to my choice to build the 0 degree dihedral option.
I also got some more experience with the flaps in - and yes they do help quite a lot! The settings I had dialied in originally I ended up changing completely - the maximum setting originally produced so much extra lift that it was impossible to counteract it with the elevator, so it would just cause an instant stall Notches 1 and 2 are now about 15 and 30 degrees respectively, and are easily countered with an elevator mix. They still help slow the thing down a hell of a lot though!
Due to the fact that I don't foresee quarantine being over for a long, long time, I might as well start up another Willy Nillies build (skylark? or could you guys please make like a 30% scale Bird of Time or something? pls pls pls pls pls pls) I promise I'll do it by the book this time
Woke up and winds were at a solid 0 mph. Now: A "real" maiden!
View attachment 167141
Firstly, as if it wasn't already extremely obvious: for something this small, this plane flies great! I was able to get some real envelope testing in today now that I've got some 3S batteries that will fit in it. It doesn't quite have unlimited vertical, but even on a small 5x4 prop the power and speed are both perfectly adequate. Cruising around at half to 1/3 throttle is perfectly doable. Today actually had some cloud cover resulting in strong thermals and there were times that I was able to use even less throttle to maintain altitude - the wing area isn't massive, but it just weighs nothing. Even with a 450 3S in the nose, it tips the scales at 8 ounces exactly. Off of that size battery, with careful throttle management and some helpful thermals, I kept it up for as-near-as-makes-no-difference 20 minutes!! Though on a day with less perfect conditions and being more aggressive on the sticks I would say 10-12 minutes is probably a more realistic number.
Speaking of throwing it around honestly I didn't really expect much, it being a high winger with a very asymmetric airfoil. It will never do 3D but I'm not saying that like it's really a problem However more basic stuff it will do with surprisingly little fuss. Rolls are easy to keep axial (though you can't go too slow or really do hesitation rolls because the rudder isn't very big - but maybe this is because I had it dialed in with lower rates just to get used to the way the plane handles) and it's easy to keep inverted (while requiring a lot of elevator, not really surprising for the airfoil it has) though I think these characteristics are due to my choice to build the 0 degree dihedral option.
I also got some more experience with the flaps in - and yes they do help quite a lot! The settings I had dialied in originally I ended up changing completely - the maximum setting originally produced so much extra lift that it was impossible to counteract it with the elevator, so it would just cause an instant stall Notches 1 and 2 are now about 15 and 30 degrees respectively, and are easily countered with an elevator mix. They still help slow the thing down a hell of a lot though!
Due to the fact that I don't foresee quarantine being over for a long, long time, I might as well start up another Willy Nillies build (skylark? or could you guys please make like a 30% scale Bird of Time or something? pls pls pls pls pls pls) I promise I'll do it by the book this time
All the writing is for the Eaglet. The Valiant flew as a valiant does (pretty good!) and the pusher I ended up crashing.Great flight report although I am not sure what verbiage goes with which plane. Did you fly the pusher? I am guessing the first paragraph goes with the yellow eaglet and the second is for the valiant? So is the third for the pusher?
Got it, I was confused.All the writing is for the Eaglet. The Valiant flew as a valiant does (pretty good!) and the pusher I ended up crashing.
Sad! How did it crash?All the writing is for the Eaglet. The Valiant flew as a valiant does (pretty good!) and the pusher I ended up crashing.
Too much rate. Went straight up and then down It's fixable though, pretty much the only damage was the nosewheel wire mount broke and a little bit of the elevons got torn off.Sad! How did it crash?
Great flight report! How could something that pretty not fly good??? We're very happy you like it.
Sincerely,
Doug and Becky
WillyNillies.com
Y'all are the best. Next time I have it out I'll bring the camera equipmentHey SpeedBirdTed,
All you have to do is post a flight video and we will issue you a very nice discount coupon on your next kit purchase. ;-)
Sincerely,
Doug and Becky
WillyNillies.com