RCU Forums - View Single Post - Pattern Biplane
Thread: Pattern Biplane
View Single Post
Old 07-21-2018 | 06:46 AM
  #335  
speedracerntrixie's Avatar
speedracerntrixie
My Feedback: (29)
 
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 9,709
Received 204 Likes on 175 Posts
From: Happy Valley, Oregon
Default





Still fighting some gremlins, hopefully fixed. During the last contest my Hacker died during round 2. I suspect that I did not have enough cooling air exit area. I made a decision to install a Dualsky 6355 DA-12 motor that I had been flying in my Hydeaway for over a year with zero issues. Well, that changed about 30 seconds into the test flight with the different motor. What I beleive happened is that the motor connectors were too loose and would not allow good current flow which caused the motor to stutter or cog. The result was that the motor and ESC ejected out the front of the airplane. The good news is that with over a pound of weight off the nose, I was still able to keep the airplane under control and land without further damage. The lesson was learned and a new mount was fabricated, new correct fitting motor connectors were fitted and the damage was repaired. At this point the Divergent has 16 flights with the Dualsky outrunner and has never flown better. Now back to trying to free up time for practice.