Originally Posted by
Quigleywins
Sebo they do like to go walkabout from time to time. The time I lost mine I new it was close to the take off point as I was using Hitec gear and had a reciever voltage on my screen but it took about 4 weeks to find.Went straight out and orded a telementry unit now have where and hight readings and speed at my finger tips. Its a great aircraft I like to fly one every week.
Thailazer I see your in Thiland welcome in to the world of butterflys,even if its 35 years late. Its 1AM so off to bed.
I flew the Butterfly in North Idaho. One nice calm summer evening I hand launched it and managed to hit the receiver power toggle switch I had installed. Off it climbed on its own with full fuel for twenty minutes doing tight spirals upward. Then the fuel ran out and it started doing these huge 1 mile diameter circles as we chased it in my pickup truck. Luckily we had young eyes back then. It finally came down next to a highway, banked around a telephone pole, and landed better than I ever could. Total flight time was about 50 minutes and we were four miles from the launch point.
Great to see all you guys building and flying the Butterfly.