Well my rescue Ringmaster has just become the "6 Million Dollar" Ringmaster. Was out doing a feel out flight and doing quit well. Finally got the pitch (10x6.7) right to get the lap time at 4.6. All felt good, wings were level, new BadAss 2320 820kV with a 5S 1350mah pack. Then it happened. While performing a vertical 8 the upper outside loop was a bit big and I felt there wasn't enough air to complete the inside, so I held the down climbed a bit then went to complete bottom loop and boom! I got a little up wind and a gust hit it in just as it got to the 5 o'clock point and lost tension and boom.
That was the bad news, fortunately the damage was mostly to the fuse. All the rest of parts were easy to fix, one little tear in one panel of the wing. So I can rebuilt it better!!! After looking at the fuse I decided I would need to build a new one. Turns out this part was really heavy at 5+ oz. So the goal is to drop at least 4 oz off the old 36oz flying weight. The new fuse is cut out and getting ready to do the motor mount which will be a lot lighter then the old IC conversion.
Also steamed out the twist in the outside wing. I had tried using a heat gun but that didn't work. Today I used a simple old tea kettle with steam out the spout. I did the steam think and jigged it up. I had it weighted for 5 hrs and needed to move to a new location, DAM it worked!! I didn't think it would do anything that the heat gun didn't do but I was WRONG, steam works, don't really know why but it does.
Best, DennisT