What do you do with a dead Yard Bee?
-Splice it to a dead Dandy-
My Clancy Yard Bee had a non fixable crack up several weeks ago, but the wing was still ok. Not being the type of guy to throw away a perfectly good wing, I hung on to it.
I ripped away another wing in mid-air while abusing my Mountain Models Dandy last week but the fuselage was fixable, so I got this idea.
Will the Bee wing fly with the Dandy fuselage? Yep, sure will. Not exactly a relaxing combo...but fun and very aerobatic. Loops, inverted flight and pretty good in a breeze. Surprisingly stall resistant but a little "tippy" due to the short wing. Much like the original Yard Bee.
I'm using a Jeti geared brushless on the plane, so there's tons of power. It will hang on the prop...almost a hover.
The picture shows the set-up before I had fixed the rudder on the Dandy.
Rise off the ground take offs tend to be a little steep due to the fat wing, but the strong motor keeps things together. Landings are not too bad...fairly stable and no surprises.