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| scirocco14 | 18-Jul-09 12:27 |
| Getting ready for its test flights when the winds calm down. The prop is an old Guillow's prop from a series 1000 F6F-3 Hellcat kit cut down to diameter and reshaped. I like the black color better than the red prop that came in the SIG kit. |
| scirocco14 | 18-Jul-09 22:50 |
| Well, the test flights didn't go so well, but it's mostly because I was impatient and didn't wait for the wind to die down. The Monocoupe banked and augered in hard, breaking off the left landing gear and breaking the right elevator stab.
Repairs are underway!!! |
| FLYBOYZ | 18-Jul-09 23:17 |
| I hate that this happen!Its hard to be patient after a long build.I done the same thing many times.Got to wait on the weath conditions with rubber power.Its really nice to find a patch of tall grass for test porpses.I really never gotwhat I wanted in rubber flight.You really have to tune it out perfect and then wait for perft conditions.I still have alot of fun with them but Iamno pro at it yet.Beautiful airplane |
| scirocco14 | 12-Aug-09 20:31 |
| Question for the experts out there. About 1/2 way through the flights, the Monocoupe all of a sudden banks hard left and dives into the ground.
Help? What do I need to do to prevent this? The first 1/2 of the flight is fine, just a gentle turn to the left under power then as the motor winds down it does this...
Thanks!
Mark |
| FLYBOYZ | 12-Aug-09 21:22 |
| Iam no expert on rubber band planes.Every thing I build banks to the left.Then eventualy spinning in.Think it is a torqe roll.I taped a pice of paper to my left wing and bend it to counter act the banking problem.Think the proper way is to adjust your prop hub to the right with a little downs for climbing on take off.kind of like shimming a motor in posion |
