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| SteveM, Image # 10590 | 22 Jan 09 15:34 |
No one else was there, the sun was warm, it was quiet and peaceful. I got brave and flipped dual rates to high and did some rolls and a loop or two. |
| SteveM, Image # 10589 | 22 Jan 09 15:32 |
Tuesday afternoon it occurred to me that it was 45F, clear skies, no wind, almost sunset, and I'd rather fly than write a thesis. |
| SteveM, Image # 10516 | 17 Jan 09 16:57 |
I granted the Tyro a stay of execution with liberal use of CA, scotch tape, and a glue stick. The frost was so thick that walking on the mats was dangerous and a good puff of wind would have blown my flight box off the table. |
| jgood, Comment for image # 10272 | 24 Dec 08 21:31 |
| Ah, she did you well. I knew of a guy who would chop the tail sections of his old aircraft and mount them on the wall like trophies! |
| SteveM, Image # 10272 | 24 Dec 08 19:27 |
They say not to fall in love with your first plane. I think the poor Tyro has had so many crashes and hanger rash events that it needs to be retired, I'd rather spend my time finishing up the Hellcat than address the structural issues. |
| SteveM, Comment for image # 8730 | 19 Jun 08 13:27 |
| I forgot to mention that what you are looking at is a piece of a broken prop that I found in the grass to hold the cable tight and a twist-tie from the garbage can to hold to battery. If I could have used CA I could have easily repaired the cable and patched the battery hatch back together. But what I really need to do is fabricate a proper battery retaining device. |
| SteveM, Image # 8730 | 19 Jun 08 13:23 |
43F and 1 MPH wind this morning, a touch warm but managable. Later the wind picked up and my landings got rougher which brought to light two issues. The nose wheel cable came loose and the batteries broke through the hatch, time to fix them properly. |
| RodN, Comment for image # 8722 | 18 Jun 08 22:53 |
| Nice flying Steve. It looks like an impressive airfield you have there! |
| SteveM, Comment for image # 8725 | 18 Jun 08 14:45 |
| Disregard the 5 seconds, it was more like 2 seconds between pictures. |
| SteveM, Image # 8725 | 18 Jun 08 14:42 |
Five seconds later - headed out to line up for another touch. I was able to go home after about 45 minutes of air time as a mild tumble in the grass ripped off the wing and I opted not to do a field repair with CA on account of my allergy. |
| SteveM, Image # 8724 | 18 Jun 08 14:40 |
And go! (after a go then touch on the other end of the runway) |
| SteveM, Image # 8723 | 18 Jun 08 14:39 |
Touch (just after this picture was taken) |
| SteveM, Image # 8722 | 18 Jun 08 14:38 |
Lining up with the runway and adjusting the motor speed to achieve the desired glide path. |
| SteveM, Image # 8721 | 18 Jun 08 14:37 |
After a blustery weekend we finally got a calm morning so I took the Tyro to the field for more touch and go practice. Sorry about the blur, the camera defaulted to an ISO of 80, I will try again soon. |
| SteveM, Image # 8684 | 14 Jun 08 17:34 |
A strong West wind forced me to work off the East end of the runway, which is kinda where the sun comes up. After losing the plane in the sun several times and a wild ride in turbulent air I called it quits before even finishing half a battery pack. |
| SteveM, Comment for image # 8676 | 13 Jun 08 23:54 |
| It's not so much that I expect a failure as it is a safety measure that will hopefully never be needed. Even if a servo were to lock up mechanically I doubt the stall current would be enough to blow the fuse, but it also would not be enough to drag down the BEC and kill the receiver. But some day in the future, on this plane or another, with HS-55 or HS-5745MG servos, the brushes in a servo could fail and short out the BEC and receiver (I have heard of planes lost from bad servos). It's not an expensive or heavy safety feature so it seemed like a good idea to try it. Not to mention I don't like the idea of a high current power source and a load with no means of short circuit protection.
If I ever have a multi-engine brushed plane you can be darn sure I will have a fuse for each motor and even an ESC for different pairs of motors if is a 4 engine.
Maybe this is over kill, I'm sure servos don't short out very often and I could spend countless hours trying to protect against "what if". |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 8676 | 13 Jun 08 22:42 |
| I have been flying these little hs-55 for a year now, with no problems. |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 8676 | 13 Jun 08 22:41 |
| Never heard of this, why worried about failing a servo? |
| SteveM, Image # 8676 | 13 Jun 08 01:11 |
I decided to start putting slow blow fuses on my servos to protect against a failed servo. On these little HS-55's I'm using a 1 amp rating so I should never blow it under normal use. Has anyone ever done something like this before? Will it even help? |
| Xanadu, Comment for image # 8657 | 11 Jun 08 21:33 |
| My reactions are not so bad anymore since I make sure I have some air movement pushing the fumes away from me.
I noticed I was hit the worst when I was right over the area I was working on instead of being off to the side. So I make sure I keep my head off to the side when I use CA. |
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