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No worries Tug, the new Pulse XT 25e flew beautifully, just hope someone got some video of it. The little Pitts biplane also went well but I’ll need to replace the rudder servo before next flight as it sounds like its missing a tooth or two when turning in one direction.
Thanks for the video Tug, certainly a beautiful looking beach to sail from, the underwater footage is so clear compared to our canal its embarrassing.
Glad you are getting out to enjoy it while the weather is still nice.
Looks like we may get another Indian Summer down this way similar to last year. Weather is almost perfect at the moment.
Anyway I must away as we are flying today & hopefully I will get to maiden the Pulse XT 25e that I recently finished. Also refitted the ply engine mount back in the little Pitts Special (the 3D printed ones have all failed for one reason or another) so with a bit of luck she may get a bit more airtime today.
Cheers
Rather a bad case of letting the smoke out. Almost impossible to get it all back into the micro containers once its out like that.!!
Almost looks like moisture (or perhaps some creature) got on the board & flashed over ?
I have some LN-10 Flux Remover/Cleaning agent if you want to borrow to clean up the board to try and ascertain what caused the failure, it will remove all that carbon like it was never there.
Our little Green Froggy decided to try a bit of aerobatics in his Eyas Eagle today. The first aerobatic flight was almost accidental but second time around he was definitely putting the Eagle through her paces!!.
Well done Kermit.
It was another perfect day for a fly & BBQ with some mates. No better way to start the week off.
Nice to see Ian back in the air with yet another new Bix 3, must be about #3 or perhaps even #4 but they have all been well flown & well abused but no doubt worth every penny.
Actually Graeme took most of the pics, I only took a few between races and at the presentation. Graeme did a fine job given that it’s the first time he has used my camera and he was Pro’ing at the time as well.
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.
