06-03-2011, 07:58 PM
Not the most successful weekend for me I'm afraid...
Friday evening saw my T-28 ultra micro flying backwards out of the park when the wind picked up shortly after take-off (eventually recovered after a 20 minute search).
Went down to the field Saturday, but the wind was enough to scare off this newbie...
Down to the field on Sunday again with the Stinson. Gary was kind enough to take me up on a buddy umbilical, and after a bit of struggle settling in with the different settings dialled in to his transmitter (Owen, will be sure to take note of what we've got dialled in to your transmitter next time we're at the field) was just getting comfortable when suddenly the Stinson and Victor's aircraft thought it might be fun to share the same piece of airspace :-)
After a couple of seconds holding half to 3/4 left aileron to maintain level, Gary took over and brought the wounded bird home deftly. Which was pretty remarkable given the damage included a half chord break at the wing root, similar damage on the outer left side of the wing with some warping, and the outer half of the left aileron deciding it would rather be a flap. Hat's off to Gazz.
Victor landed shortly after, and best we could tell at the field there was just a small nick on the wing, so fortunately it looks like his aircraft was the (ahem) victor. In Gary's words - Balsa and Ply: 1, Foamie: 0
Came home, went to fly the ar.drone, and it bricked itself during a firmware upgrade. Insult to injury.
So that's the bad news. The good news is the ultra micro was in one piece, I've a new Stinson wing on order, the old wing is mostly repaired and may just be worth continuing with (albeit it with some, um, retrimming), and a hacked up USB cable to give to anyone else who needs to fix a bricked ar.drone.
Friday evening saw my T-28 ultra micro flying backwards out of the park when the wind picked up shortly after take-off (eventually recovered after a 20 minute search).
Went down to the field Saturday, but the wind was enough to scare off this newbie...
Down to the field on Sunday again with the Stinson. Gary was kind enough to take me up on a buddy umbilical, and after a bit of struggle settling in with the different settings dialled in to his transmitter (Owen, will be sure to take note of what we've got dialled in to your transmitter next time we're at the field) was just getting comfortable when suddenly the Stinson and Victor's aircraft thought it might be fun to share the same piece of airspace :-)
After a couple of seconds holding half to 3/4 left aileron to maintain level, Gary took over and brought the wounded bird home deftly. Which was pretty remarkable given the damage included a half chord break at the wing root, similar damage on the outer left side of the wing with some warping, and the outer half of the left aileron deciding it would rather be a flap. Hat's off to Gazz.
Victor landed shortly after, and best we could tell at the field there was just a small nick on the wing, so fortunately it looks like his aircraft was the (ahem) victor. In Gary's words - Balsa and Ply: 1, Foamie: 0
Came home, went to fly the ar.drone, and it bricked itself during a firmware upgrade. Insult to injury.
So that's the bad news. The good news is the ultra micro was in one piece, I've a new Stinson wing on order, the old wing is mostly repaired and may just be worth continuing with (albeit it with some, um, retrimming), and a hacked up USB cable to give to anyone else who needs to fix a bricked ar.drone.
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<span title="No longer arboreally challenged!">Parkzone Stinson SR-10 </span>
Extra-300S EPP
<del>F-18 Blue Angels 64mm EDF</del>
<span title="Why won't it die?!">HK Mini Cessna EPO</span>
Spektrum DX6i - Mode 1</td>
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Parkzone T-28 Ultra Micro
E-Flite UMX BEAST
SRL Index
CloudsFly / AXN Floater
"2x6" basla/ply kit built glider
SBach 1000mm</td>
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Skyartec Cessna 182 (small UAV)
UAV-168 (bigger UAV)
<span title="2nd-hand; rebuild on-hold">"BigBoy" Hugin (biggest UAV)</span>
<span title="For invading small countries">X-8 flying wing</span></td>
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