Yes, it certainly was another day out of the box. Mr Moose did not let us down with his long range weather predictions.
It’s a pity the maiden flight of his Cessna 180 didn’t go as well as the weather. The plane flew flawlessly but unfortunately, as I predicted, on the very first landing the front wheel assembly failed which in turn caused a prop strike on the ground & a broken blade.
Moose will reinforce the front wheel mounting & fit a new prop and she should then be fine to fly again. He may even get to fly it himself next flight as at least all the trims etc are now tested & the radio programming edited to suit.
I first tested the “Li’l Eagle” with its upgraded “Race” motor. No lacking power problems now !!.
Didn’t end up flying the BumbleBee as I still cant get the telemetry working correctly with the new iNav flight control board.
Also tested the Stearman biplane after its recent firewall/engine mount replacement. She flew beautifully but I need to balance the new prop & fit a better camera next flight.
Today’s video;
I also had a nice long flight with my 2.3M Fox glider, wasn’t much thermal activity but she still stayed up for 30 minutes on 9 minutes of battery power so not too bad.
Not sure how the video came out as my RunCam 2 has been a bit flaky of late but I will see how it edits up.
Footnote: I think I’ve found the issue with the RunCam2 camera, I formatted the SD card as Fat32 instead of ExFat. Just changed it and it seems to have fixed all the instability issues but I doubt if there will be any footage from today’s flight.