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Old 01-14-2003 | 07:45 AM
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Iloveflyin
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Default GWS Tiger Moth mid-air

I finally got it in the air at a indoor flying dome! It flies so easily. I could trim the rudder so it keeps circling and put the transmitter on the floor. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] Well maybe not that easy. At this dome the only rule is to have your channel pin. So at one time there can be about 20 planes in the air at one time. On the planes third flight someone was flying a hard little plane in the wrong direction! not in the pattern. He struck the right wings and they cut directly off the plane. It was 15 feet off the floor when it happened. Luckily the same day just before it happened we picked up a Pico J-3 stick with a battery for $20. This eased the shock of losing our plane to a mid-air on the third flight. The horizontal stabilizer bent but did not come off. Do you think it will be repairable with foam CA or should i use epoxy to glue the wings back together. I know GWS makes a wing kit for $15. but i want to use what i got and try to repair it.
Moving on I have just recently read about lithium-polymer batteries and they sound really neat. anyone here ever try them?

Thanx for any help in advance