ORIGINAL: AngLeo
Wow! Horizon replaced the wrecked Pulse due to the elevator flap mishap! A brand new ARF showed up to-day!....only 2 weeks after I sent it! Kudos to HH for the BEST customer service period....they stand behind what they make and sell.To bad I bought another one last week,and just completed and flew on tues....now I have Two.Will likely keep a a back-up,or if anyone is intrested in it, I will sell the new or the built one at a great price.It will help fund the Funtana build.Just dont forget with the Pulse to TAPE ALL surfaces,I put 3010 servos at the rud. and elev.,change the set screws for the wheel collers and needs the rec pack and 2 oz. of weight (theres a great spot under the tank,behind the engine wall)And it will be close to balanced....It flys great.The only trouble is when your taking off/landing the plane will tend to nose over....especially just when you taxi to takeoff.. A taller gear or tires will help I think.
AngLeo,
I read your story with quite a bit of interest, as I had almost THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPEN TO ME! I was about 3 minutes into the maiden flight of my Pulse 125, just cruising around and getting the feel of it, when all of a sudden there was a loud CRACK! sound and something started fluttering behind the tail. I quickly realized that I was still flying, so I yelled "landing" and brought it in. On final, I realized what was wrong, as one entire half of the elevator was dangling loose behind the plane! I decided that there was going to be no go-around on this one! I was just lucky that the side that was NOT driven by the servo had failed, or my situation would have been just like yours! My LHS (Marty's Hobbies in Thousand Oaks, CA) ordered me a new tail and sent the other back for warranty.
One thing that bugs me is that I had a buddy check over the plane for me right before I flew it. He poked, prodded and pulled on everything and, as I had done, found nothing loose. I'm planning on flying the fixed P125 tomorrow morning, but I guess now I need to tape the surfaces before I do.
BTWI'm running the Power 110 motor with a 16x8 APC and it went straight up on 8 cells! I hope it turns out to be strong enough for the type of flying I like to do, 'cuz the 25 size pulse is my favorite plane.
Curt