ORIGINAL: tony5548
WOO....Nice job Sean,
Perfect maiden and landing like a cat.
My 104 12 oz / min tank can be installed at the nose of the aircraft,
Very much like to know what the feelings of your 104 for electric power and turbine powered flight.
Because only you can feel! Excited for you.
PS:The drag chute Super cool.
Thanks, your 104 is off the hook and very inspiring! Have you been getting more flights on it?
It's a totally different model as a turbine vs electric. Besides the obvious extra thrust, longer flight time, and no charging waits, I found the 'sit' of it in the air much more comfortable and the extra speed without having to be at the top of the throttle curve more comfortable. With the EDF it needed more power and that drops off as the flight proceeds, and having to land after 3-3.5 mins was not fulfilling. Now it sounds like a jet (wish it sounded like an F-104) and flies like a jet.
I don't regret the EDF experience, it was very interesting and much more challenging than turbines are, but to do it on a large model take a lot of patience and I think to some extent a willingness to compromise on performance.