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Building Tips and technical articles. => 1/2 A building. => Topic started by: Wayne Collier on April 21, 2007, 05:16:05 PM
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Finally got time and good weather on the same day. Made three flights before an excessively hard landing. On the second flight I stayed mostly level until the plane ran out of fuel. On flight three I tried a loop, stalled, hit the ground hard, broke the tail, then the plane bounced onto its wheels and took off again. Made several laps before the final crash. Below is a picture of the plane ready for flight number three.
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Two in air pictures.
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Analysis: Plane flew fair even without tail, but not great.
Pilot flew, sort of...
Twenty foot lines to fit in area where flight took place = I'm glad I didn't use that APC prop today.
Aftermath / new project
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I hate when that happens! I feel for 'ya man. Rebuild time.
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Hey! A flight, is a flight!
Git'errrrr Done!
Robert
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Hi Wayne,
Well, the experiment was successful in large degree! You can rebuild it, or take what you learned from this one and build the next one as a better plane!
Only one question: Was it fun?? !!
Bill <><
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Look again at his third picture...question answered!
Congratulations, Wayne. I've had far worse outcomes.
--Ray
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The tombstones in the background suggest that this was a good area to bury a model......... y1
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At least the neighbors don't complain about the noise.
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Same type of neighbors as my flying field has. LL~ LL~
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Actually we have lived near that cemetery for about a decade. There was one occasion when the ninety pound retriever that we had at the time managed to get trapped in a recently dug grave. He fell into it between the digging and the funeral. I got the privilege of pulling him out while some of the deceased person's relatives watched. One guy actually helped. I was already embarrassed when the wet muddy (red clay mud) dog, as soon as he was out, gave himself a big shake and splattered the bystanders. I apologized and drug the dog home. When I got him home I tied him to a tree, hosed him off, and then addressed cleaning myself up. What a morning...
Any way, back to the airplane. After the crash last Saturday I wiped it off and put it away. Today, close inspection revealed much greater damage than I first thought complicating the decision to repair or discard.
I think the plane was just to heavy. It came off the ground in a reasonable distance, climbed to level flight ok, and seemed fast and stable in level flight. Any attempted at a steep climb resulted in rapid loss of airspeed. Trying a loop from level flight was a bad idea. I also noted that as the plane got above a certain angle the lines began to lose tension. If I'd been content to just fly level and fast the plane may have lasted a bit longer. Bottom line, it was fun.
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HAHAHA HOHOHO LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ LL~ Now thats funny. I lost a freeflight in a grave once landed right on the casket I just couldn't retrieve it.