05-11-2012, 12:25 PM
Yes... model planes are all loaned by the gods and.............. sometimes they want them back!!
I lost Viper no1 on Sunday, not much of it left after a mid air around the first pylon, I was just getting the engine sorted and on song after about about 15 flights with it on Saturday. The spare Viper's engine wasn't nearly as free and was going about 15Ks slower. But I was still glad to have it to keep raceing with !!.............. It was so much fun !!
The loss of two Q-40 s on the next race was even more spectacular and a lot more costly.
One hit a pylon and the other impacted the bituman strip at over 250 clicks. both crashed less than 20 yards from where I was and less than 20 seconds apart sadly I didn't have the camera rolling. There wasnt much left of those planes. One of them was pretty much new and the other was really going well. I have some video of it flying on previous races.
Here's a quick clip, imagine crashing at this speed
You must watch this full screen and in HD with the sound turned up full ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_4wJGlnmkw&feature=youtu.be
These machines don't have a throttle they run flat chat and to stop them they use a servo and a wire to squash off the fuel line. Then they land dead stick. Note the speed at which these q-40s land it's pretty hot and you only get one go at getting it right.
I lost Viper no1 on Sunday, not much of it left after a mid air around the first pylon, I was just getting the engine sorted and on song after about about 15 flights with it on Saturday. The spare Viper's engine wasn't nearly as free and was going about 15Ks slower. But I was still glad to have it to keep raceing with !!.............. It was so much fun !!
The loss of two Q-40 s on the next race was even more spectacular and a lot more costly.
One hit a pylon and the other impacted the bituman strip at over 250 clicks. both crashed less than 20 yards from where I was and less than 20 seconds apart sadly I didn't have the camera rolling. There wasnt much left of those planes. One of them was pretty much new and the other was really going well. I have some video of it flying on previous races.
Here's a quick clip, imagine crashing at this speed
You must watch this full screen and in HD with the sound turned up full ;D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_4wJGlnmkw&feature=youtu.be
These machines don't have a throttle they run flat chat and to stop them they use a servo and a wire to squash off the fuel line. Then they land dead stick. Note the speed at which these q-40s land it's pretty hot and you only get one go at getting it right.
“The knack of flying is learning how to throw your machine at the ground and miss.”
"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your thoughts turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return." ~Leonardo Da Vinci