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Well, after considerably longer than I anticipated the BumbleBee is finally repaired, back together & ready to fly again. When checking all the reinstalled electronics I noticed a bit of a vibration in the motor so the only thing left to do (hopefully) is re balance the prop.
It looks a little different as I have changed the stripes on the V tail and the fuselage yellow doesn’t quite match the wings. If it flies OK and the colour difference shows up too much I’ll get a can of Tamiya yellow spray as this matches perfectly (just costs 3 times as much for 1/3 of the amount).
Well hopefully mine wont take quite so long.
I got most of it epoxied back together today (with fibreglass mat reinforcing on the inside) so once it all cures over night I can start sanding the outside back into shape.
Also got a 3D printed servo tray designed & printed to replace the old heavy plywood one.
With a bit of luck the old BumbleBee could well be back in the air this Friday (maybe)
Today it’s time to start repairs on my “Walk of Shame” planes.
First off the rank is the BumbleBee.
Motor & ESC test fine but I noticed one of the 3 ESC connections was unplugged after the prang. Originally suspected it was caused by the impact but as everything tests OK I now suspect I knocked it loose when inserting the battery. It was connected OK to launch but failed within about 20 seconds after launch. Well thats my theory.
Fuse now stripped down for a bit of fibreglassing repair work.
Also needs a minor repair on the V tail. I’ll do that first.
More to follow.
No worries, that will be fine.
Bring the plane, the radio & the battery so we can make sure it all fits & works OK.
That will be ok Phil, won’t take long to setup so drop up if that suits you.
I’ll be here today till around 5:00pm and should be about most of the weekend as well as I don’t think its going to be much of a sailing day on Saturday.
Another superb production from the huge team & Toad Hall Productions, thanks Kermit.
So much action. Pretty soon we will need to appoint a Flight Controller !!
No worries Fab, I have found a stabiliser here that we can use, I’ll set up what I can here & we can finish the fine tuning on site at flying next day out.
That is the problem Gerald, when it’s a good flying day everyone gets too busy flying & the video coverage goes down the gurgler.
Oh well, flying is what we are there for, the rest is just a bonus!!
Yes Ron, definitely happy with the Red Dragon !!. Hoping it flies just as well on a calm day as it did in all the wind on Monday.
I will however try and improve the onboard camera angles before next flight.
