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| mlriley540, Image # 38726 | 01 Jun 17 21:45 |
A better image |
| mlriley540, Comment for image # 36227 | 18 Jun 16 22:03 |
| Crashed hard 3 times this week with damage, but fully repaired each time. However today was hot and humid and I tried to fly but results were not good. I had reduced lift. I looked it up:
"Humidity has a major affect on the way planes fly. This is due to the weight of the air when it is humid. When air is humid, it is actually lighter then dry air, contrary to common belief. That is because the water (H2O) weighs less then the N2 or O2 that it replaces".
Hopefully try again tomorrow. I also lightened the nose just a tiny bit, so we'll see. It was almost flying great earlier in the week, really close. |
| mlriley540, Comment for image # 36227 | 13 Jun 16 22:04 |
| Test flights continue, it's been a challenge to get things right. I'll continue to experiment. I tried a powerful motor but that appeared to be too risky to manage and I went back to a medium strength. I've added more weight in the nose and may try an even weaker motor to avoid quickly climbing into a stall. |
| Don C, Comment for image # 36227 | 07 Jun 16 18:14 |
| Ground crew did a good job. |
| Huey V77, Comment for image # 36227 | 07 Jun 16 15:56 |
| Find some high grass, more forgiving. |
| Huey V77, Comment for image # 36227 | 07 Jun 16 15:55 |
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| biplane guy, Comment for image # 36227 | 07 Jun 16 10:25 |
| Pilot recovered? |
| mlriley540, Image # 36227 | 06 Jun 16 21:37 |
Damage repaired... |
| Skyediamonds1985, Comment for image # 36187 | 01 Jun 16 12:58 |
| Despite the tears and tall grass, the model looks great. Did you have to add any nose weight to compensate for the increased wingspan and dihedral? |
| Don C, Comment for image # 36187 | 31 May 16 09:05 |
| Looks good. I've found that tall grass also reduces tears. |
| mlriley540, Comment for image # 36187 | 30 May 16 21:56 |
| I have less than 20 hours invested in this project. I'm hoping to reduce the amount of tears if my flight testing ends badly. |
| mlriley540, Image # 36187 | 30 May 16 21:53 |
I built this to fly (My first attempt at flying) so I added an inch to each wing and increased the dihedral to 1.25 inches. So far I've just done short test flights. It does fly. |
| Skyediamonds1985, Comment for image # 35994 | 06 May 16 14:01 |
| Waiting to hear: " Third build after 30 year pause in modeling." That would mean a model of this good caliber every four months. Great job!! |
| Don C, Comment for image # 35994 | 04 May 16 09:13 |
| That sounds familiar. Nice work. |
| ElbertC, Comment for image # 35994 | 04 May 16 05:44 |
| Looks like you still got it. Lookin' good |
| mlriley540, Image # 35994 | 04 May 16 00:06 |
2nd build after 30 year pause in modelling |
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