who said small planes dont fly nice?
01-30-2004, 07:11 PM
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who said small planes dont fly nice?
mine definantly does!
It is powered by an AP 0.09 engine, pulling around a 35" fns with 4 channel control. And it flies really nicely. Smooth as my 40 size trainer, but way more power (great climb out) and much more agile
So i decided to try parkflying because the club is far away. It had to be handlanched as the grass in my park is quite tall. Soon came the landing, and my friend managed to landed it well - it fell on its back (so much friction from the grass) and did not damage it. However my landing was not as fortunate! it did similar, but the engine mount broke (made out of cheap standard 3ply which is about 6mm thick) which meant the poor 9 gram servo output arm got moved very quickly. It will not move now. And i quickly turned the power off so the motor is unlikely to be burnt.
What do you guys suggest. My radio setup right now is 3 times Naro/standard gram (2 now) and one Naro pro bb 13gram. should i repair it with a new gear train, or get another 9gram ($35 NZ) or a 13gram ($40 NZ) servo. I plane to do some fly flying with it latter because of the interest and limited space there. And how about revisiting the design of the faults. The control rod to the throttle was of heavy duty (i got hold of something in my house that had a metal clevis and thread), and the mount was designed not to be excessively strong. Thanks
It is powered by an AP 0.09 engine, pulling around a 35" fns with 4 channel control. And it flies really nicely. Smooth as my 40 size trainer, but way more power (great climb out) and much more agile
So i decided to try parkflying because the club is far away. It had to be handlanched as the grass in my park is quite tall. Soon came the landing, and my friend managed to landed it well - it fell on its back (so much friction from the grass) and did not damage it. However my landing was not as fortunate! it did similar, but the engine mount broke (made out of cheap standard 3ply which is about 6mm thick) which meant the poor 9 gram servo output arm got moved very quickly. It will not move now. And i quickly turned the power off so the motor is unlikely to be burnt.
What do you guys suggest. My radio setup right now is 3 times Naro/standard gram (2 now) and one Naro pro bb 13gram. should i repair it with a new gear train, or get another 9gram ($35 NZ) or a 13gram ($40 NZ) servo. I plane to do some fly flying with it latter because of the interest and limited space there. And how about revisiting the design of the faults. The control rod to the throttle was of heavy duty (i got hold of something in my house that had a metal clevis and thread), and the mount was designed not to be excessively strong. Thanks
01-30-2004, 07:50 PM
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RE: who said small planes dont fly nice?
I'm not sure of the size plane you have but with an AP .09 engine you would need larger than parkflyer size servos.
Put that .09 on a LS150 and really have fun with it!
Put that .09 on a LS150 and really have fun with it!
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RE: who said small planes dont fly nice?
ORIGINAL: Lynn S
I'm not sure of the size plane you have but with an AP .09 engine you would need larger than parkflyer size servos.
Put that .09 on a LS150 and really have fun with it!
I'm not sure of the size plane you have but with an AP .09 engine you would need larger than parkflyer size servos.
Put that .09 on a LS150 and really have fun with it!
i second that^^^
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01-30-2004, 09:20 PM
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RE: who said small planes dont fly nice?
ORIGINAL: Bipe Flyer
Speaking of Sticks. How's the 1/2A Stick with floats coming jboy?
Speaking of Sticks. How's the 1/2A Stick with floats coming jboy?
well bipe,
all the parts are cut...the fuse is framed up ready to cover... and thats as far as i've got...i still need to get the wire for the gear to mount the floats,need an .074 norvel,need some more radio gear to in stall in it...
other than that it's ready to fly
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01-30-2004, 09:25 PM
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RE: who said small planes dont fly nice?
What do you use for servo's? the 9gram is rated at 0.80kg-cm (or11oz-in) and the 13 gram is 1.6kg-cm (22oz-in). Thanks for the replies!
