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So another fine day was had by all eh?.
Looked to me like everyone was honing their skills for the Peter Smith Memorial Regatta at the “Duck” tomorrow.
Shame about BA’s 10R, I was looking forward to seeing it sail.
That’s alright Ian, I’m nervous as well but it will either fly or it won’t. Only time will tell.
Not even sure if it will fit in the car for Monday as I want to test the Pitts Special and the new motor in the BumbleBee so it may need to wait till the next time we fly if there’s not enough room.
Installed the ZOHD RTH/stabiliser today and finished programming the radio with all the recommended throws etc. The COG is very close to to recommended with a 3000mAh 3s LiPo hard forward against the firewall but I may need to add just a tad of weight in the nose.
Note: after a couple of flights the flight battery has been moved back around 35 – 40mm from the firewall. It was a tad nose heavy with the first setup.
The Pulse XT 25e is ready to take to the skies.
Well the build is finished, installed the motor & ESC today along with the wings and aileron servos.
I’ve also removed the runway wheels/spats and installed a set of larger “Bush” wheels with no spats to better handle the sheep paddock.
After putting the first coat of paint on the 3D printed pilot I decided he was too small so have now printed a larger one (in cockpit above).
Getting quite a collection
The mount for the ZOHD RTH/stabiliser has been printed so I’ll install that along with the Rx in the morning while waiting for paint to dry on the pilot.
She should then be good to go.
Yes Uncle G, I know Hoppy was keen to fly today (and it looks perfect) but unfortunately I was a bit busy this morning.
Hopefully the weather gods will be kind to us again before the weekend as unfortunately I’m busy both Saturday (grandson’s birthday party) and Sunday (Pete Smith Memorial Regatta @ Puddleduck)
My Pitts Special has been repaired (well printed a new much stronger motor mount) so hopefully this one will fly.
I’ve also unseized the drive gearbox in BumbleBee so if the replacement (direct drive) motor is not powerful enough I can quickly refit the original geared drive.
Now all we need is some more good flying weather.
In the meantime all the parts for the Brand New Pulse XT25E have arrived so I’ll start that build today.
A fine video production there Mr Frog, to be honest I thought the first one was fine (and perhaps your best work yet) also.
Yes Hoppy, certainly was a great day again & the weather was perfect although less wind should be the norm from now on as we head into Autumn. I think the only one you missed was Stuart but he was not flying so not an issue.
I was a bit disappointed that 1) the new 3D-printed engine mount on my Pitts Special failed before I even got airborne & 2) I forgot to erase the old footage from the RunCam 2 and ran out of storage only 3 minutes into the BumbleBee flight.
Other than that a great day & nice to see Kermit getting several good flights with his Radian Glider.
Whilst a bit of fun, frivolity & innuendo is what this site is all about, don’t forget that it is also accessible by kids so keep it clean.
Some of the recent posts have been sailing very close to the wind.
I wouldn’t like to have to call the forum moderators back to action.
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