Luckily I’m not quite as dumb as I thought Found some old backup copies of most of the planes and restored them. What was lost is minor.
Thinking of flying at the pond at the Wilson prope…
Thinking of flying at the pond at the Wilson property on Sunday. Beaver needs some flight time.
Never upgrd ur DX18 on 3 hours sleep. Guess its t…
Never upgrd ur DX18 on 3 hours sleep. Guess its time to start from scratch on every big airplane I own. There will be an off radio backup.
Planning to order E conversion when funds availabl…
Planning to order E conversion when funds available and make them functional at that point. Flew and landed awesome at the show.
The Mustang lost tail wheel and wire at the RC air…
The Mustang lost tail wheel and wire at the RC air show. Replaced with the Robart retract and then did the mains. All fixed down for now.
Club RC air show tomorrow at 1 to 4. Big Mustang…
Club RC air show tomorrow at 1 to 4. Big Mustang flight and Jumper debut. Wind may be a bit tricky. Out of the West.
I’m planning on flying Wednesday this week. Better…
I’m planning on flying Wednesday this week. Better weather and I can help out with some training if Bill needs help.
1 wk to the Air show. Going out now for final test…
1 wk to the Air show. Going out now for final test flights on everything I’m flying that day. .
Just posted a new article on storing LiPos for longer life
I just added a new document to the my Articles page discussing ways to extend the life of your LiPo batteries. Hope you enjoy it.
More P5-1 flights and Skydiver has problems…
Three more flights today on the P-51 today. I think they were number 10-12 on this bird. She flies well with adequate power from the DA-50 and with full flaps the landings are getting to be smoother all the time. No appreciable bounces today and 2 landings that were totally greased in. I may have to start saving to modify the retracts to electric power and consider installing them if I keep this up! The Top Flite is a really nice flying model. Once you get the flaps dialed in with a little up elevator mix on deployment it isn’t too bad to land.
On the skydiver front, George had a bad day. After a successful early jump, the next two were ugly. First, the release mechanism didn’t and he stayed firmly attached and then on the next attempt he did a “hanger” and simply drug along behind all tangled up and just to add injury to insult his arm busted off when I landed… 🙁
He has already been repaired and is ready for the next attempt. Also had a scare with misplacing his “static line” that attaches to the plane and allows his parachute to open upon his exiting the airplane. I eventually found it but it has inspired me to build a second one as a spare. If I can find a little cheap metal spring hook I think I will be in business. The rest is easy… just a release pin in the middle and small patch of hook and loop on the end and I’m in business.