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Might be a short video but great footage Gerald.
After closer inspection of the Zero, I think I will be able to repair the broken tail so I’ll only need to print replacement wings and nose cone.
A great day flying today with perfect conditions and thanks to Kermit for cooking another delicious BBQ.
As discussed around the BBQ today, here is a link to the fibreglass sheets to help with 3D printing:
And here is an AU link to where they can be purchased. I have ordered three to see how they go.
Great write up Bodge. Thank you for those fine words capturing today’s drama.
And drama it was!
I was on the second lap of the first race and I noticed my sails stopped working. Thanks to Phil for assisting in directing my boat back to the jetty.
After promptly removing the hatch to see what was going on with the winch servo, I was greeted with smelly smoke billowing from the hull. I didn’t think it was meant to do that so I immediately unplugged the battery.
A fire may have been prevented due to the watertight (airtight) hull starving it from oxygen. Phew!
Here is a photo of the damage.
Luckily, I have a spare DF65 winch servo so a quick clean up, deoderise and servo replacement and I’ll be back next DF65 Tuesday.
Congratulations to the podium places in today’s classes. Great sailing indeed.
Definitely a great day flying and the excellent video footage from our camera men captures it perfectly.
Mike, you must be happy with the Draco. The maiden flight looks really good and mixing all the different video sources top it off 👍
Gerald, I’m sure Mike will reward you handsomely for you part in it 🙂
Kermit, your Draco Baby video is a great collection of the flight line gang and I love your head cam footage. You had great patience and determination to get the green machine back in the air and congratulations for achieving that 👏
Oh, and Hoppy, it looks like that red plane in your video has something wrong with it. Is one of the aileron servos stuck fully in one direction? It just keeps spinning around and around!! 🙂
Great videos again everyone.
Mike, you definately got your steps up on the long walk!
Good job Fab in flying your powered glider considering it has been a long time since your last fly.
Oh, Kermit, thanks for the dedication of your video 😂😂😂
Excellent footage once again from everyone. Thank you. I wish I could have been there. Better that laying in bed crook 😷
It may have been challenging with the Zero in the wind though.
Next time.
Excellent videos by all. Thank you for capturing the maiden flights of the Zero and Beer Carton Spitfire.
Hoppy, I didn’t know that all Zeros were green. I did an images search for Zeros and came up with this:
Lisa, I’m not sure if you know but I think you left your chair at Puddleduck. I noticed that it was placed under the entry decking where we normally keep the boat retrieval pole. You could swing by and collect your chair or next time you attend.
Ron.
