12-04-2011, 02:44 PM
We snuck down to the field yesterday late morning. There were a lot of squishy patches but as long as you didn't eant to sit down with a 5YO flying a plane sitting on your lap, you'd probably find plenty of dryish runway for TO & Landing.
We destroyed a J-Bug on it's maiden. All the talk about overpowering was exactly it's problem along with a significant lack of wing strength. The wings were fine when the weight was suspended, but on a heavy bank, the wings folded down easily and subsequently the plane collapsed into the ground (a few times over), until the fuse was split and a wing actually came off.
This was originally a nice tame trainer when I built it last (that one landed on top of the tower) but I might try Kev's dart next.
We destroyed a J-Bug on it's maiden. All the talk about overpowering was exactly it's problem along with a significant lack of wing strength. The wings were fine when the weight was suspended, but on a heavy bank, the wings folded down easily and subsequently the plane collapsed into the ground (a few times over), until the fuse was split and a wing actually came off.
This was originally a nice tame trainer when I built it last (that one landed on top of the tower) but I might try Kev's dart next.
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Built-up
Balsa: Commercial: Depron:
Great Planes PT-20 (modified) HK Hawk 80 Index 3
Indoor Thingy Skyartec Cessna 182
Katana X lite (in construction) UM SU-26 12"WS Shoestring (Plantraco)
HK Extra 260
and a Fox chuck glider converted to RC
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