j.hunt

Yea, I did......but at least I didn't try to fly it without wings.

Nogyro

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JNohsey

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HAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good one Jack

noterman

I finally finished converting the Formula to electric. It took some fancy footwork to balance, but it worked out. Waiting impatiently for a maiden.

JNohsey

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Hope that it goes ok Bill

j.hunt

Congrats.........I always look forward to maidens.

Nogyro

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It's your turn to sit and watch this one isn't it Jack? [X(]

j.hunt

Yea, let me restate that.........I always look forward to maidens after I've had mine.

JNohsey

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Well cleaning up my Yak for what maybe the last time..

j.hunt

"Last time" has a very sad connotation.

JNohsey

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Someone else wants it so I'm letting it go

noterman

Another flyer "downsizing" , what's the world coming to....

Nogyro

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Foamies

gboulton

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Simulators.  

j.hunt

Plane talk........

JNohsey

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Jack had the winning answer!!!!!!!!!!!

noterman

Hey Jack, I don't have any pics, but Frank and Jim can attest to the fact that your maiden was much better than mine... 8-{

gboulton

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Oh no, this doesn't sound good!  [X(]

j.hunt

Too bad, BW.....you didn't say whether you can get it back in the air again.

noterman

It's gone. After several false starts to fly the maiden (I obviousy was out of my mind when I programed the servo's), I finally managed to get it airborn only to discover it would not fly level. It insisted on flying with the nose almost straight up! Once in the air the wind pushed it away from me, right towards the freeway. I was able to keep it airborn long enough to get past the roads. It finally came down in a melon field on the other side of the highway entrance road. The crater was about 3" deep, everything in front of the wings was ripped off, the battery has a significant dent in it, and the fuse is busted up into the canopy area.
I figure it was massively tail heavy- either the CG I used was wrong or I was still delusional when I set it.

j.hunt

Your description leaves no doubt.....it met it's end in a very ugly fashion.

pdm52956

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Sounds as if the CG gods did not look favorably upon the "fancy footwork" that was used to balance it. [>:]

Great tool for learning to hover though!

noterman

You're right, it's the first time I thought "I need to learn how to hover"...

JNohsey

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Well I crashed my MX2 first thing Sat morning. it maybe repairable. Them Sunday morning I striped out 1 of the ail servos arms on my Pilot Yak. I was ready to come home after that. I did have fun campig out those 2 nights. But it was cold sunday morning when we got up, 43 dreg's I think.

j.hunt

Yea, good thing you had the camping out fun to equalize the plane misfortunes.
Surprised you guys stayed for both days-thought your original plans were for Sat. only. Maybe on future cold nights Frank will let you sleep with him in his sleeping bag.