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Originally posted by Phantom View Post
Gooniac, what do you mean by making sure the batteries are properly broken in?Check me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
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Originally posted by gooniac33 View Post
When you get a new battery you shouldn't just start flying it as hard as possible right away. You should put a few cycles on it at low amp draw to get it ready. I try my best to get at least 10 cycles on the batteries before I really go hard on them. In my experience they don't really start performing to their full potential until about 20 cycles.
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Originally posted by PaulZ View PostI think FW should consider this new F-15EX color scheme - it's gorgeous!Check me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
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Originally posted by caddguy6 View PostI’m expecting the 6s upgraded power system to arrive soon, the 1835kv Inrunner with the ZTW 155a ESC, and I’ve read it’s basically a drop in replacement for the original 1550kv setup. Besides pulling the BEC out are there headsup item or issue, beside CG adjustment to be aware of?Check me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
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Originally posted by caddguy6 View PostI’m expecting the 6s upgraded power system to arrive soon, the 1835kv Inrunner with the ZTW 155a ESC, and I’ve read it’s basically a drop in replacement for the original 1550kv setup. Besides pulling the BEC out are there headsup item or issue, beside CG adjustment to be aware of?
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I grabbed this bird late last year and finally got around to putting it together and flying it this Fall.
I had to pull the two blue boxes off the walls of the fuse and put them under the battery tray, that allowed me to CG her with a 6S 5000 mah Turnigy battery. I split the difference on the high and low rates and dialed elevator, rudder, and ailerons there.
The maiden was uneventful, but she did feel "heavy" as she flew. Not sluggish or slow, just heavy.... She had a great presence in the air, similar to the F-22 Raptor, as she was flying her circuits. The only thing that I found was after take off and climb out I was bringing her back and flipped the gear switch and found the mains went up but the nose did not. I cycled three times and watched the mains go up and down but the nose gear did not budge. I brought her in and landed without incident, and a post flight check showed the gear were functioning without a problem. I think maybe, after she was up the wind drag on the door that is attached to the strut may have been creating enough drag the retract was not able to pull the front gear up while she was at speed.
My second flight was a little more interesting. I had a fellow club member stand at the end of the runway and as soon as she rotated and I could see she was off the runway I flipped the gear switch he shouted that all the gear had gone up. She flew without incident and I put on flaps and dropped the gear for final. I have to say that I love the front gear landing light as it really helps me, usually, judge distance and height. Well that being said, I thought I was on a real good glide path with the nose slightly up and then I realized she was sinking too fast on approach. I powered her up but was too late and she "landed" in the grass abut 50 feet short of the runway. She touched with the mains first in the grass and for whatever reason it acted like an arresting cable, and she didn't even bounce just slapped down onto her nose gear.
The damage was minimal, I did find all the retract servo housings cracked, the starboard main gear door was broken in half, and some mud/ grass stains on her belly. The plastic pockets the servos mounted into were not even damaged nor were any of the screws pulled or stripped. Parts are enroute and repairs will be affected soon. Not too bad, I really think my ego was hurt more than the Eagle.
The end of the flying season is here so after she gets her new legs on I'll re-maiden her in Spring 2020.
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Originally posted by loki255 View PostI grabbed this bird late last year and finally got around to putting it together and flying it this Fall.
I had to pull the two blue boxes off the walls of the fuse and put them under the battery tray, that allowed me to CG her with a 6S 5000 mah Turnigy battery. I split the difference on the high and low rates and dialed elevator, rudder, and ailerons there.
The maiden was uneventful, but she did feel "heavy" as she flew. Not sluggish or slow, just heavy.... She had a great presence in the air, similar to the F-22 Raptor, as she was flying her circuits. The only thing that I found was after take off and climb out I was bringing her back and flipped the gear switch and found the mains went up but the nose did not. I cycled three times and watched the mains go up and down but the nose gear did not budge. I brought her in and landed without incident, and a post flight check showed the gear were functioning without a problem. I think maybe, after she was up the wind drag on the door that is attached to the strut may have been creating enough drag the retract was not able to pull the front gear up while she was at speed.
My second flight was a little more interesting. I had a fellow club member stand at the end of the runway and as soon as she rotated and I could see she was off the runway I flipped the gear switch he shouted that all the gear had gone up. She flew without incident and I put on flaps and dropped the gear for final. I have to say that I love the front gear landing light as it really helps me, usually, judge distance and height. Well that being said, I thought I was on a real good glide path with the nose slightly up and then I realized she was sinking too fast on approach. I powered her up but was too late and she "landed" in the grass abut 50 feet short of the runway. She touched with the mains first in the grass and for whatever reason it acted like an arresting cable, and she didn't even bounce just slapped down onto her nose gear.
The damage was minimal, I did find all the retract servo housings cracked, the starboard main gear door was broken in half, and some mud/ grass stains on her belly. The plastic pockets the servos mounted into were not even damaged nor were any of the screws pulled or stripped. Parts are enroute and repairs will be affected soon. Not too bad, I really think my ego was hurt more than the Eagle.
The end of the flying season is here so after she gets her new legs on I'll re-maiden her in Spring 2020.Check me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
I am an RC addict and innovator that loves to share my knowledge with those that need help. Ask me anything via PM if you need help! Check out my Website here https://www.gooniac33.me/
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Originally posted by vduniec View PostHere’s my repaint in the Mod Eagle colors. I know, I know. It’s not much different than the original but I notice it. Tomorrow arrives an 8S setup from MRC for it. Can’t wait to see how it flys on the upgrade. I noticed a huge improvement when I applied the same upgrade to the 90mm F-16. Hoping to see this one perform more like an F-15.
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Originally posted by bchboy1206 View Post
Love the Kadena markings! I want to get Callie to make up some ZZ markings for me with the Shogun for the inside! miss Okinawa!!!Live Q&A every Tuesday and Friday at 9pm EST on my Twitch Livestream
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Originally posted by Alpha View Post
bchboy1206 I'm fond of the Kadena markings as well; 'last passed through in 1994. Am I reading that right, you signed up on Squawk 3.5 years ago but today was your first post? If so, welcome to [the posting part of] Hobby Squawk!
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dodged a bullet yesterday. I do pretty thorough preflights... and caught a bad right aileron servo. Pretty happy with this plane over all though. I have flown it like crazy ever since summer of 2016 when I got it as a kit plus! These are all original servos that have too many flights to count at this point! I have over 400 videos of it flying but there were quite a few that I had before my hat cam was in effect. I still got some flights on sunday but none yesterday with the bad servo. time for a major overhaul....Check me out on youtube at https://www.youtube.com/user/gooniac33
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