Author Topic: Flights of Fancy  (Read 86731 times)

TheLurker

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Re: Flights of Fancy
« Reply #550 on: 06 April, 2024, 08:46:12 am »
That looks good.  Any idea when (and where) you might be able to test it?

> I am physically incapable of getting the bends right using Z bend pliers. Incredible!
Sympathy.  I've wasted miles, well yards, of piano wire over the years bending it too short, too long, at the wrong angle....

>  Got all the electronics working...
Wahhh!  Witchcraft!

> ...the battery is free to slide all the way to the tail, which I hear is bad.
So I'm told. :)

>  ...flexibility of the part varies with the nozzle temperature you use while printing.
Now that is very clever, perfect for wheels.
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Morat

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Re: Flights of Fancy
« Reply #551 on: 06 April, 2024, 05:41:54 pm »
I'm pretty busy until June :(
At that point I'll probably head off to a mate's farm. I'm unexcited by the cost and bureaucracy required to tick all the boxes.
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Morat

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Re: Flights of Fancy
« Reply #552 on: 07 April, 2024, 08:28:03 pm »
In other news, a thoughtful friend gave me this!



So my balsa days may not yet be over :)
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TheLurker

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Re: Flights of Fancy
« Reply #553 on: 10 April, 2024, 07:18:44 am »
Morat, re the A10.




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TheLurker

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Re: Flights of Fancy
« Reply #554 on: 13 April, 2024, 08:47:01 pm »
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Re: Flights of Fancy
« Reply #555 on: Yesterday at 08:45:55 am »
I flew my Mustang on Sunday. For 1 minute. :(
It needed about half a stick right in order to fly straight, let the stick go back to the middle and it rolled left quite alarmingly.
Naturally, after a circuit or 2 I thought I'd best land, when I moved the stick to the left, resultin in several rolls, a loss of orentation and a nose dive into the ground. :(
It basically seems to have broken the fuselage that sits below the wing, and the prop, and pulled the elevator and rudder servos off the fuselage completely (they were just glued on). I've epoxied the ing and fuselage back together (hopefully straight), and once the servos are glued back on, I might get a chance to fly it again this evening (should the weather co-operate).
I'm thinking I should build something super light again to fly nice and slow at club events on Wednesday evening, so I might build another mini scout, out of depron this time, and with wing spars. But I also want to build a mini Vampire, so we'l wait and see which I get done first!

TheLurker

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Re: Flights of Fancy
« Reply #556 on: Yesterday at 08:09:15 pm »
Oh. That's not a great start.  Here, have this consolatory cup of tea and a biscuit.  You're not alone though, I've spent the last couple of evenings repairing a couple of mine after Saturday's excursion to Trinity.

As for the roll.
- Misaligned / warped flying surface(s)?
- Does it have a hefty motor giving a torque induced roll?
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