How bad of a week have you had?
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On the T2A I had to avoid a full scale that took of from a different runway and did not announce it on our radio. They were using the North-South runway all day and this yo-yo decided to take off heading East toward us and didn't say boo. I was practicing for a fly-in that weekend. I had to fly the P-7 again like last year.
The P-7 was dumb thumbs I was flying a knife-edge pass and rolled it inverted and pulled up. Leo is ordering a new case for the NR .60. The servos I can save w/ new gears but the receiver i won't trust in and airplane.
These are worst I have done in ten years, so I was way overdue.
The P-7 was dumb thumbs I was flying a knife-edge pass and rolled it inverted and pulled up. Leo is ordering a new case for the NR .60. The servos I can save w/ new gears but the receiver i won't trust in and airplane.
These are worst I have done in ten years, so I was way overdue.
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I had no crashes this week. Mostly because I didn't fly. Ok, totally because. In the words of one of our great classic pattern members here; 'the less I fly, the less I crash'.
Sorry for your tough week. Go build another one.....................
Sorry for your tough week. Go build another one.....................
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Looks like maybe an hour to an hour and a half with a ball peen hammer and some Elmer's and you can be back in the air by next weekend.
Sorry about your plane. Looks like it was beautiful.
Sorry about your plane. Looks like it was beautiful.
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I wrecked my little Rogue Bipe, elevator servo came loose and it just flew into the ground. Did you cartwheel the T-2, Ed? Bummer.
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Sorry to see that. Two at once just sucks. I watched a buddy pound two into the ground about a month ago. Turns out when you twist the TX a certain way, all the controls would lock over. Never saw that one coming.
-Robert
-Robert
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Anyway, most full scale flyers communicate just fine their intentions, but not all of them.
/Bo
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Ed, give me a call I have a block in stock if it will help.
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I wrecked my little Rogue Bipe, elevator servo came loose and it just flew into the ground. Did you cartwheel the T-2, Ed? Bummer.
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Thats funny mine did something similar, although mine was a radio issue.
I never did get mine dialled in, it wasn't the best flying plane I've ever owned.
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Stuntflyr,
OUCH!
No i just hit hi weeds.
I friend of mine who does fiberglass work said it looks like a dry joint on the seams. I'll fill w/ epoxy and milled fibers then cloth strip it from the inside also. It will be a winter project.
William,
I have one on the way, thanks again.
OUCH!
No i just hit hi weeds.
I friend of mine who does fiberglass work said it looks like a dry joint on the seams. I'll fill w/ epoxy and milled fibers then cloth strip it from the inside also. It will be a winter project.
William,
I have one on the way, thanks again.
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Ed,
I have a suggestion by what I've used to repair seams. Use silica, it's about $10 a bag, mixed with epoxy and inject it with a cheap syringe (Target gave me some for free at the pharmacy) to rejoin the halves then once it's dry fill in the top with micro balloons and epoxy so it will sand easier...just an idea. Milled fibers work great but it's easier to use the silica in a syringe.
Tim
I have a suggestion by what I've used to repair seams. Use silica, it's about $10 a bag, mixed with epoxy and inject it with a cheap syringe (Target gave me some for free at the pharmacy) to rejoin the halves then once it's dry fill in the top with micro balloons and epoxy so it will sand easier...just an idea. Milled fibers work great but it's easier to use the silica in a syringe.
Tim
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Ed,
The loss of the P7 smarts, especially now H9 discontinued the ARF. If I was to dumb thumb, that is were I would do it, on the knife edge flip over. I seem to fly low and hold the up too long when I should push forward. Just last week I did the same thing only to result not in a crash but the lowest split S in history when I tried to recover.
Scott
The loss of the P7 smarts, especially now H9 discontinued the ARF. If I was to dumb thumb, that is were I would do it, on the knife edge flip over. I seem to fly low and hold the up too long when I should push forward. Just last week I did the same thing only to result not in a crash but the lowest split S in history when I tried to recover.
Scott
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Ed,
Glad everything made it to you. Enjoy the towel. Thanks for your support. I hope you and everyone else have a great holiday weekend.
Leo
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Glad everything made it to you. Enjoy the towel. Thanks for your support. I hope you and everyone else have a great holiday weekend.
Leo
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Ed,
I didn't get a reply notice, RCU must have had a glitch; weird, right?
I don't use Zpoxy, I use a local epoxy company for my epoxy because I buy it in 5 gallon quantities. I think it's 60,000 to 80,000 tensile strength so it's some good stuff. That's similar to Fibreglast or West resins.
Just check the strength on the Zpoxy. More than likely it will be fine even at 20,000, anything higher is aerospace grade.
That's the right product in the picture. Just don't breath it.
Tim
I didn't get a reply notice, RCU must have had a glitch; weird, right?
I don't use Zpoxy, I use a local epoxy company for my epoxy because I buy it in 5 gallon quantities. I think it's 60,000 to 80,000 tensile strength so it's some good stuff. That's similar to Fibreglast or West resins.
Just check the strength on the Zpoxy. More than likely it will be fine even at 20,000, anything higher is aerospace grade.
That's the right product in the picture. Just don't breath it.
Tim
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I had to leave the flying field right after the first flight with the Kougar yesterday. It was snapping out of the top of a loop. Other than that it flew fine. Got it back on the ground and found a loose aileron hinge. Compared to the pics above, I had a GOOD week.
Carl
Carl