Maiden flight anxiety!
06-17-2002 | 12:12 PM
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Maiden flight anxiety!
For FMS/Futaba, be sure and connect shield ground to shield ground in addtion to the pins.
ALSO, with some video cards, there is a IRQ (interupt) setting in regards to it sharing it with the parrallel port that has to be turned off. Search for it in the forums at FMS's site.
ALSO, with some video cards, there is a IRQ (interupt) setting in regards to it sharing it with the parrallel port that has to be turned off. Search for it in the forums at FMS's site.
06-17-2002 | 01:09 PM
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Maiden flight anxiety!
its called,,(white knuckles) if your breathing during a first flight your not fly'n......ive been fly'n for 8 years and it still happens today....hehehehehehehe...get used to it....there will be alot more....
06-21-2002 | 10:08 AM
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First flight done!
My maiden flight anxiety is OVER!!!!
I have tasted the sweet taste of r/c flight. will report back on it soon, don't have the time now.
I have tasted the sweet taste of r/c flight. will report back on it soon, don't have the time now.
06-21-2002 | 12:04 PM
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Re: First flight done!
Originally posted by LEDZx
My maiden flight anxiety is OVER!!!!
I have tasted the sweet taste of r/c flight. will report back on it soon, don't have the time now.
My maiden flight anxiety is OVER!!!!
I have tasted the sweet taste of r/c flight. will report back on it soon, don't have the time now.
Unfortunately my triplane's maiden wasn't. Trio of errors
1) Slightly tail heavy
2) Excessive elevator travel
3) reverse exponential (installed a Hitec radio in this plane, I normally fly JR, guess I got confused) :stupid:
Ah well, live and learn. It's an exciting video, I'll post it when I get it converted. Very little damage (managed to coax her to the tall grass) and she's just about ready to try again.... guess this will be 2nd maiden flight jitters?
06-22-2002 | 01:03 PM
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From: Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
Maiden flight anxiety!
Have time now.
Well. it was a beautiful day for starters, couldn't have been any better. The guy I was flying with got his stick in the air an was throwing it around a lot, low passes and all, anyway, he handed the box over to me and without any problems ( except keeping constant speed and height) I completed a number of very accurate figure eights.
We then found out after refueling, that I had my Tx set up differently to his and that I had been using rudder the whole time, after seeing this I flew with the ailerons and hey, I could do straight rolls and everything, not bad for my second time on the stick. On the third flight i got a little more adventureous and went a bit lower and faster and did my first stall turn!!!. My dad came back from the farm next door and was very impressed and said " to much time on the simulator!" , that cracked everyone up.
Then it was time to take MY plane for a flight, my friend named it ' The Bomber', it is the skewest bi-plane ever, I let my flying friend take it up first to trim it out, boy did it need a lot of that. It hasn't been flown for 20 years, my dad used to fly them. The second t/o was not so successful as it stalled on t/o and a wing droped, caught the ground and rolled and fliped the plane, only damage, bent undercarage.
Third flight was more successful, got off clear after a longer t/o run than the previous. Then I flew some more figure eights, then handed it to my friend to see what he could do with it , well it rolls, very, very slooowwly. He did a fly-by and it is a little disconcerting when this plane flies straight at you but angeled out by 'bout 10 degrees. The reason for this is that the tail boom was glassed back on , but not too straight.
He then did a low pass, the engine quit and we lost site of it going around the bush, our "spectators" gave a cheer as it missed a tree and tumbled into the bush, no substantial damage apart from a brace that broke under the wing.
Damn what a cool day that was!!! I am now sooooooo hooked on the smell of the fuel and exhaust fumes and flying itself , probably go fly tomorrow, had to play golf today, shot an 88 ( par 71) so I am pleased wif that as well.
How I LOVE R/C.
Good flying
Ledz
Well. it was a beautiful day for starters, couldn't have been any better. The guy I was flying with got his stick in the air an was throwing it around a lot, low passes and all, anyway, he handed the box over to me and without any problems ( except keeping constant speed and height) I completed a number of very accurate figure eights.
We then found out after refueling, that I had my Tx set up differently to his and that I had been using rudder the whole time, after seeing this I flew with the ailerons and hey, I could do straight rolls and everything, not bad for my second time on the stick. On the third flight i got a little more adventureous and went a bit lower and faster and did my first stall turn!!!. My dad came back from the farm next door and was very impressed and said " to much time on the simulator!" , that cracked everyone up.
Then it was time to take MY plane for a flight, my friend named it ' The Bomber', it is the skewest bi-plane ever, I let my flying friend take it up first to trim it out, boy did it need a lot of that. It hasn't been flown for 20 years, my dad used to fly them. The second t/o was not so successful as it stalled on t/o and a wing droped, caught the ground and rolled and fliped the plane, only damage, bent undercarage.
Third flight was more successful, got off clear after a longer t/o run than the previous. Then I flew some more figure eights, then handed it to my friend to see what he could do with it , well it rolls, very, very slooowwly. He did a fly-by and it is a little disconcerting when this plane flies straight at you but angeled out by 'bout 10 degrees. The reason for this is that the tail boom was glassed back on , but not too straight.
He then did a low pass, the engine quit and we lost site of it going around the bush, our "spectators" gave a cheer as it missed a tree and tumbled into the bush, no substantial damage apart from a brace that broke under the wing.
Damn what a cool day that was!!! I am now sooooooo hooked on the smell of the fuel and exhaust fumes and flying itself , probably go fly tomorrow, had to play golf today, shot an 88 ( par 71) so I am pleased wif that as well.
How I LOVE R/C.
Good flying
Ledz
