13-03-2011, 07:06 PM
Hmm - not entirely a successful weekend, but I guess they come around from time to time. Saturday was good, and Sunday started off alright, but ...
Apologies again to you Dave, for accidentally nudging your heli when I was fiddling with my end-point adjustments. It's pretty embarrassing to accidentally start a plane rolling in the pits area
I don't think my motor "upgrade" on the T-28D was altogether brilliant. I put in a Turnigy Park 480 (http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...duct=14396) as replacement for the stock motor when it developed the anticipated cracks in the casing. The 480 is smaller and lighter and that changed weight distributions of course. A test-flight by Junior yesterday passed the thing as fit for purpose, but his flying skills are immeasurably better than mine - I found it a handful, it was really sensitive in pitch. Think it might be a better idea to wait for the Turnigy 35-36C to arrive and install it instead, since it's a proven upgrade. Thanks Kieran for helping me tame the thing.
I've decided that the P-51D just must be replaced after it peeled its wings in the middle of a straight-and-level flypast. Got on to Modelflight and noticed that they offer free postage for orders over $200. Luckily I've got Junior out working for me, so we've got two replacement airframes on the way - one is the P-51D, the other is the PZ Bf-109 which at $90 was impossible to pass up. Nothing like a little "retail therapy" to recover from disappointment ( ... along with a beer or two of course!).
Apologies again to you Dave, for accidentally nudging your heli when I was fiddling with my end-point adjustments. It's pretty embarrassing to accidentally start a plane rolling in the pits area
I don't think my motor "upgrade" on the T-28D was altogether brilliant. I put in a Turnigy Park 480 (http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store...duct=14396) as replacement for the stock motor when it developed the anticipated cracks in the casing. The 480 is smaller and lighter and that changed weight distributions of course. A test-flight by Junior yesterday passed the thing as fit for purpose, but his flying skills are immeasurably better than mine - I found it a handful, it was really sensitive in pitch. Think it might be a better idea to wait for the Turnigy 35-36C to arrive and install it instead, since it's a proven upgrade. Thanks Kieran for helping me tame the thing.
I've decided that the P-51D just must be replaced after it peeled its wings in the middle of a straight-and-level flypast. Got on to Modelflight and noticed that they offer free postage for orders over $200. Luckily I've got Junior out working for me, so we've got two replacement airframes on the way - one is the P-51D, the other is the PZ Bf-109 which at $90 was impossible to pass up. Nothing like a little "retail therapy" to recover from disappointment ( ... along with a beer or two of course!).
Steve Murray