Furious Predator
rrProfessor
Location: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
My Posts This: Topic Forum | i believe it. it took me by surprise how quickly it gained altitude. i actually didn't even really notice it at first because it happened so smooth and quickly, but my buddy did and made me aware of it.
i was fine tuning it on sunday with a buddy of mine that has a lot of sail plane experience, so he was able to give me some pointers.
almost hands off flight, just some aileron once in a while to keep it pointed where you want. I was having a blast with it.
i found out that with 4 boosts, getting to a very good altitude, and 20 minutes of cruising around, i land with about 50% of the capacity left on the 3S 2100 lipo.
so im sure if i did fewer boosts, or just one, i could stay up until im just plain old tired of it.
The unfortunate thing, is that even with my attempts to keep the tail light, i still had to put a pile (170g worth) of lead on the nose.
Im using the Multiplex connectors because the wing has 4 servoes in it. this makes it so i really only have two connectors to clip to the RX. and i reversed them, so all the servoes on the left wing use a female connector, the right wing male connector. then when i hook it up to the RX, it is impossible to get it wrong.
i also had to end up programming a throttle hold....damn electrics.
I have the windshield held on with a super strong magnet and velcro. my initial plan was to hinge the front of the windhshield, and use the magnet in the back to hold it down. but i couldn't get the hinge to work right, so i said to heck with it and grabbed some velcro to stick on.
overall i am very happy with this model, it hasn't let me down in any way 
except for that aileron problem, but that was me putting weak servos in it, lol
Shawn
Team Leisure-Tech
Team HelixRC |
before glueing it into the nose, to get the CG correct with the least amount of weight. Your motor would make that a bit more difficult.
i did such a nice job on this thing.
