Xanders first flight

[bracesport]

Funny story - today dawned a beauty for flying and my wife suggested I should go fly - I have had a chuck glider at the ready for a week or so, so this looked to be the opportunity to get my son Xander back in the air!

I wasn't quite prepared to fly today, so I grabbed the 'flykit' and threw the TT in the car, and off we went - when we arrived I realised I had not packed the battery, so while the family mucked around, I went home and picked it up - Nina and Xander were still kicking a ball around when I got back, so I put the battery on charge, and prepped the Camera and set up the Rx - then I realised I had left the ESC at home - I packed it in to go throw the chuck glider with the family!

Nina commented after a success or two with the chuck glider that she could see why I am exhilarated when I keep the plane in the air!

 

[mayan]

Funny story - today dawned a beauty for flying and my wife suggested I should go fly - I have had a chuck glider at the ready for a week or so, so this looked to be the opportunity to get my son Xander back in the air!

I wasn't quite prepared to fly today, so I grabbed the 'flykit' and threw the TT in the car, and off we went - when we arrived I realised I had not packed the battery, so while the family mucked around, I went home and picked it up - Nina and Xander were still kicking a ball around when I got back, so I put the battery on charge, and prepped the Camera and set up the Rx - then I realised I had left the ESC at home - I packed it in to go throw the chuck glider with the family!

Nina commented after a success or two with the chuck glider that she could see why I am exhilarated when I keep the plane in the air!

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Nice man. I see Nina is happy with her success. Xander is really improving, you should do the two channel TT glider. About forgetting stuff at home happened to me a lot until I figured it out , but still happens . Keep up the good work.

 

[buzzbomb]

They did pretty good, @bracesport! Pretty soon they'll be able to launch your TT for you!

Funny story here, as well. A couple flying sessions ago I forgot the batteries at home. I didn't catch it until we got to the field and I was getting a plane ready to fly. It's a 30 minute drive to our flying field, so that little mishap cost us over an hour of flying time! Doh!

 

[mayan]

They did pretty good, @bracesport! Pretty soon they'll be able to launch your TT for you!

Funny story here, as well. A couple flying sessions ago I forgot the batteries at home. I didn't catch it until we got to the field and I was getting a plane ready to fly. It's a 30 minute drive to our flying field, so that little mishap cost us over an hour of flying time! Doh!

Same here.

 

[bracesport]

Looking at all the conversions of cheap foamies including @CarolineTyler ’s, I have decided to convert one of Xanders to a 2ch and see if he can glide a bit - possibly even slope with daddy!

 

[bracesport]

I am going to go with the ‘firefox’ as it is a tad bigger with a 60cm wing and I am going to go with ailerons and elevator - luckily there is a ball bearing in the nose so that will allow me to add some weight up front.

I started off by marking the current CG which is about 50% of the wing - it does float well, but tends to nose up with a power launch, so maybe it could take a bit more weight up front?

 

[bracesport]

I am thinking to mount one servo forward and one rearward of the wing to counter their weights either side of the CG - then do the same with the battery and RX - I need to think on it!

 

[bracesport]

Today is the day to finish this baby with ailerons and elevator. Xander is only five and a half so I will throw it and he can steer! It has a 60cm wing and I brought the CG forward to 30% of the wing. It is such a small plane the servos look huge!

 

[sundown57]

it's more fun to watch the antics of Xander then to watch the plane fly. I love seeing him throw it then duck, he's preparing for powered flight. lol

 

[mayan]

Today is the day to finish this baby with ailerons and elevator. Xander is only five and half so I will throw it and he can steer!

60cm wing

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That looks great! Good luck! I should get around to find time to keep training my son .

 

[bracesport]

@sundown57 - so true - pure delight!

@mayan - we will see if he remembers which way is up!

 

[buzzbomb]

It looks like you've got him all set to go! Nice conversion on the glider. I predict that no matter what, ya'll are going to have a great time throwing it in the air!

 

[mayan]

It looks like you've got him all set to go! Nice conversion on the glider. I predict that no matter what, ya'll are going to have a great time throwing it in the air!

+1 on the having fun .

 

[bracesport]

we had a few minutes between a wind change from south to north and so we whipped to the park - actually the little glider can fly quite well, even going inverted (possibly by accident) - Xander had a go on the sticks and had some fun - we damaged the BEC on one impact so that was that for the day!

 

[bracesport]

We are on holiday in korea and my wife and son went ahead of me after school was out for the year - Xander bought me a gift - a Korean kit set glider - wow - these kits are great - old school bamboo and paper wings - now we have to decide on building or not, as transport back to NZ will not be easy!

750mm wingspan!

 

[mayan]

We are on holiday in korea and my wife and son went ahead of me after school was out for the year - Xander bought me a gift - a Korean kit set glider - wow - these kits are great - old school bamboo and paper wings - now we have to decide on building or not, as transport back to NZ will not be easy!

750mm wingspan!

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Looks fun .

 

[bracesport]

We put a few parts together but have decided to finish the build in NZ - it will just get smashed on the plane!

For $10 this is an amazing kit (I can't say amazing 'little' kit because it is not so small)! The wing spars are metal pressings and the joins are metal tubes. We have made the main wing section (I couldn't help myself) as we can pack it into a box - Xander trimmed the main spars and we used CA to join the parts with the best accuracy we could - I will need to research how to glue the paper onto the wing (I wonder if you need to wet it to shrink it slightly)?!

We are really looking forward to finishing it and Xander wants the first throw!

Might have to get another one before we leave!

 

[mayan]

We put a few parts together but have decided to finish the build in NZ - it will just get smashed on the plane!

For $10 this is an amazing kit (I can't say amazing 'little' kit because it is not so small)! The wing spars are metal pressings and the joins are metal tubes. We have made the main wing section (I couldn't help myself) as we can pack it into a box - Xander trimmed the main spars and we used CA to join the parts with the best accuracy we could - I will need to research how to glue the paper onto the wing (I wonder if you need to wet it to shrink it slightly)?!

We are really looking forward to finishing it and Xander wants the first throw!

Might have to get another one before we leave!

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That looks so cool and Xander waiting to do the first throw is very logical. I am so happy for you that he is actually building it with you I couldn't get Jonathan to build with me yet like I'd want him too.

 

[bracesport]

@mayan - I know - you just can't push them or they walk away - luckily Xander is quite good with scissors!

 

[bracesport]

Today it was blowing in excess of 50knots (gusting 70knots) so there was no flying (again), so we decided to finish the Korean kitset glider - we glued on tissue and then sprayed them with water to tension them - it looks pretty good!