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Not sure when we’ll get a decent flying day next but at least the repairs to the BumbleBee are almost completed. The wing that was broken into about 6 pieces is all back together & fibreglass reinforced, now just need to complete a minor repair to the fuselage and fit the new folding prop when it turns up.
My Sonic Modell AR Wing, recently purchased from QLD arrived today. It has been assembled & fitted out and is ready to fly.
Not a lot of difference wing size wise 900mm vs 820mm but it sure has a lot more room inside when compared to the S800 Sky Shadow. Will be interesting to see how she flies.
My contribution from today. Its still a bit long @ 20 minutes but with over 1 – 1/2 hours of video (one hour onboard & 1/2 hour HandiCam) & five rescues there is only so much to leave on the cutting floor.
That’s my excuse anyway.
Nice one Hoppy, just as well I didn’t edit out that bump on the buoy from my footage. I figured Uncle G would have caught it, didn’t realise you were up above as well !!
Kermit my man, what has happened, not a misplaced CAPITAL LETTER in site & all nicely printed in italics to boot !!
Gee Mr Moose, I think there is some jumping the gun going on here, I only just got my second video posted & anyway I thought Kermit’s was very good to boot.
As far as the Jitterbug in my video’s I must agree with your comment BUT when you are flying in 40K winds you really can’t expect much else.
Anyway regardless of the Awards Status it was another good fun day of flying.
While “Double Trouble” is still far from finished it is a least now sitting on it’s own display stand and it is all fully functional ready for on water testing.
Just want to make sure it runs as expected with the new brushless setup and that the steering is satisfactory.
One of the props is badly out of balance so will either need balancing or I may need to replace the pair if they don’t match up with the new motors.
I’ve left the Hardtop off for this first round of tests but eventually it will go back on once the interior is all tidied up.
May get a test run this Saturday if the weather is favourable.
Top Quality videos from all today.
Another fine day of flying (and some crashing) but mostly flying.
Thanks for providing the BBQ once again Kermit. Maybe you pranged tour Toledo Special but at least it didn’t affect the BBQ lunch !!
No doubt we will do it all again next week.
With the big rudders I should not need differential thrust, however it’s easy enough to add if necessary.
I’ve just bodged it together to see how it performs with the new motors. Once I know it all works correctly then fancy bits can be added.
You know you can’t rush these things !!
Driveshaft couplings arrived early from downtown China so the motors are now installed ready for the first on water test run.
Methinks there is something nefarious going on in the Awards system.
May have to look at banning it.
Always a worry when the winner doesn’t even have a video in the mix this week.
I know there were some naysayers with my predictions of the weather today (even Mr Moose wasn’t convinced & was a no show today) but overall it was a very pleasant flying day, especially after lunch-as suggested.
As Chris stated there were no incidents of note today but it wasn’t for the lack of planes in the air. Everyone had multiple flights with multiple aircraft (as it should be) and all came home in one piece.
The Around the Field video is finished, the onboard stuff may take a little longer.
That’s it from me, the other two RunCam2 videos were corrupted. I think there is a bug in the latest firmware update. I’ll go back to an earlier one before next flight.
