03-04-2011, 07:49 PM
Well what a beautiful day, Darren mowed the lawn & all were waiting in anticipation of the flying ahead.
The Twinstarr ll sat in the sunshine a glistened waiting for its maiden flight.
I waited for Darren at his leisure to maiden the red & white beast.
After some preliminary checks Darren started the motors & like any new toy I what waited for something to go wrong – it did one engine started whilst the other reset itself. After a short gasp it reset itself and started.
All checks now completed Darren & I walked out to the field, I was thinking will it fly, will it perform, will it go like all the reviews that I have looked at or will it be a huge dud?
Darren started the motors & as it left his right hand like a big graceful bird it climbed & Darren said wow & the two engines sounded fantastic, different to any other sound I had heard before.
Now I felt relaxed as Darren fixed the trims ever so slightly it was graceful to watch. It rolled, climbed & turned just like all the reviews I had read.
All the hours spent building the plane was rewarded in that maiden 4 minute flight.
After the flight the trims were adjusted to my type of flying by Darren & after battery recharge we again put the beast in the air, Darren handed the controls to me & wow it behaved magnificent.
The plane did come with brushed motors these were changed brushless Towerpro with Turnigy esc’s.
It was a completely different build that I have ever experienced, with all the wiring had to be handmade, all the wiring is actually in the wing. I made special Y cables for power & extended aileron cables.
All worth it after seeing it flying so gracefully today.
I would like to thank Darren for all his help & especially for the praise on how the plane was set up & built.
The Twinstarr ll sat in the sunshine a glistened waiting for its maiden flight.
I waited for Darren at his leisure to maiden the red & white beast.
After some preliminary checks Darren started the motors & like any new toy I what waited for something to go wrong – it did one engine started whilst the other reset itself. After a short gasp it reset itself and started.
All checks now completed Darren & I walked out to the field, I was thinking will it fly, will it perform, will it go like all the reviews that I have looked at or will it be a huge dud?
Darren started the motors & as it left his right hand like a big graceful bird it climbed & Darren said wow & the two engines sounded fantastic, different to any other sound I had heard before.
Now I felt relaxed as Darren fixed the trims ever so slightly it was graceful to watch. It rolled, climbed & turned just like all the reviews I had read.
All the hours spent building the plane was rewarded in that maiden 4 minute flight.
After the flight the trims were adjusted to my type of flying by Darren & after battery recharge we again put the beast in the air, Darren handed the controls to me & wow it behaved magnificent.
The plane did come with brushed motors these were changed brushless Towerpro with Turnigy esc’s.
It was a completely different build that I have ever experienced, with all the wiring had to be handmade, all the wiring is actually in the wing. I made special Y cables for power & extended aileron cables.
All worth it after seeing it flying so gracefully today.
I would like to thank Darren for all his help & especially for the praise on how the plane was set up & built.
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