Yeah, you just knew it had to happen didn't you, come on, admit it.
I had the week off and so, as the weather has been great, I flew and flew and flew!! Today the Club had its fly in out at Cowley, and what a great turn out, and some beautiful planes were to be seen both in the air and on the ground.
Most of the planes were gas burners, but a few of us foam flyers as well. Of note was a plane called a Splendor by E flite. It's a smaller plane, but don't let that stop you. She flies with anywhere from a 4000 to 5000 6 cell battery! Two fellows had them and they climb like a home sick angel!! I'll get my butt in gear and resize some of these so I can post them shortly. Diane took so many pictures it'll take a bit of sorting out.
I got a record FOUR planes in the truck as well as assorted gear, food and water and wife. I had the Pandora with the wings off, the Pitts, Big Beautiful Doll and the Apprentice. So great to get them all there. I was doing some looking around the other day, trying to get some ideas as to how to boost the Pandora's speed. I had tried the FMS Cessna 182 prop on her last winter but didn't really notice a difference, so as a matter of curiosity, I checked out what she ran for a motor. Turns out its a 3536-850KV. The Pandora runs a 3536-800KV. Cool, thinks I, how much? So I'm checking this out and it turns out that it's the same motor in the Waco! Faster than you can say who stole my motor? Pandora One is sporting the Waco's motor. Makes a difference guys and a cheap mod. Now, in the food for thought section, you can try using the two bladed Waco prop (You have to swap out the prop shaft to fit the Pandora prop assembly) or the three bladed Skytrainer prop which is an 11x9 compared to the Pandora's 11x6. All this of course is assuming you've swapped out the 30 amp ESC that comes stock, I personally have a 50Amp FMS in both mine.
Anyway, she flew great. Then I had BBD up and away. I recently installed the 580KV in her and put zip ties behind the prop blades, we had a wind of about 12 mph and she plowed through that like nothing, then I got her in tail wind position and opened her up. Boy can she move out! This is a great mod for anyone who is at ten and wants just a little more push to eleven (Spinal Tap) one winter project is to swap out her ESC with the one from the Pitts which is an 85 Amp and get a 100 Amp ESC for the Pitts.
Anyway, on the final flight with her, she landed fine and taxied over, I always run a post flight check of my control surfaces and lo and behold, the left aileron isn't working. Yep, dead servo as I found out when I got her home and used the servo tester on her. Anyone know which servo it is? I have a message into Motion to get a new one. I'm wondering, however, if I shouldn't upgrade my servos with Spektrums or a better brand, any thoughts on this?
The Pitts flew like a dream. Low rates on take off seems to really help me. A smile moment happened on the last take off. I was taking off crosswind and the windward (right) wing decides to lift off before the rest of the plane. "oh no you don't says I and knocks her back on the ground again, the take off was great, up she went. What I didn't know Diane was snapping pictures as fast as she could, so I have a sequence of pics showing the whole thing. I tell you guys, this is such a great plane to fly!! Scoop one up before they're gone, I'm seriously thinking of getting one more.
Anyway, I'm hoping that this thread will be as successful as All Us Newbies... was. I personally picked up a lot of info from everyone who contributed to it. I got several compliments on my flying today and I'd love to give all of you a tip of the hat and a great big 'Thank you' because you all had a big part of getting me this far, THANKS!!
Grossman56 and Mrs. Grossman
I had the week off and so, as the weather has been great, I flew and flew and flew!! Today the Club had its fly in out at Cowley, and what a great turn out, and some beautiful planes were to be seen both in the air and on the ground.
Most of the planes were gas burners, but a few of us foam flyers as well. Of note was a plane called a Splendor by E flite. It's a smaller plane, but don't let that stop you. She flies with anywhere from a 4000 to 5000 6 cell battery! Two fellows had them and they climb like a home sick angel!! I'll get my butt in gear and resize some of these so I can post them shortly. Diane took so many pictures it'll take a bit of sorting out.
I got a record FOUR planes in the truck as well as assorted gear, food and water and wife. I had the Pandora with the wings off, the Pitts, Big Beautiful Doll and the Apprentice. So great to get them all there. I was doing some looking around the other day, trying to get some ideas as to how to boost the Pandora's speed. I had tried the FMS Cessna 182 prop on her last winter but didn't really notice a difference, so as a matter of curiosity, I checked out what she ran for a motor. Turns out its a 3536-850KV. The Pandora runs a 3536-800KV. Cool, thinks I, how much? So I'm checking this out and it turns out that it's the same motor in the Waco! Faster than you can say who stole my motor? Pandora One is sporting the Waco's motor. Makes a difference guys and a cheap mod. Now, in the food for thought section, you can try using the two bladed Waco prop (You have to swap out the prop shaft to fit the Pandora prop assembly) or the three bladed Skytrainer prop which is an 11x9 compared to the Pandora's 11x6. All this of course is assuming you've swapped out the 30 amp ESC that comes stock, I personally have a 50Amp FMS in both mine.
Anyway, she flew great. Then I had BBD up and away. I recently installed the 580KV in her and put zip ties behind the prop blades, we had a wind of about 12 mph and she plowed through that like nothing, then I got her in tail wind position and opened her up. Boy can she move out! This is a great mod for anyone who is at ten and wants just a little more push to eleven (Spinal Tap) one winter project is to swap out her ESC with the one from the Pitts which is an 85 Amp and get a 100 Amp ESC for the Pitts.
Anyway, on the final flight with her, she landed fine and taxied over, I always run a post flight check of my control surfaces and lo and behold, the left aileron isn't working. Yep, dead servo as I found out when I got her home and used the servo tester on her. Anyone know which servo it is? I have a message into Motion to get a new one. I'm wondering, however, if I shouldn't upgrade my servos with Spektrums or a better brand, any thoughts on this?
The Pitts flew like a dream. Low rates on take off seems to really help me. A smile moment happened on the last take off. I was taking off crosswind and the windward (right) wing decides to lift off before the rest of the plane. "oh no you don't says I and knocks her back on the ground again, the take off was great, up she went. What I didn't know Diane was snapping pictures as fast as she could, so I have a sequence of pics showing the whole thing. I tell you guys, this is such a great plane to fly!! Scoop one up before they're gone, I'm seriously thinking of getting one more.
Anyway, I'm hoping that this thread will be as successful as All Us Newbies... was. I personally picked up a lot of info from everyone who contributed to it. I got several compliments on my flying today and I'd love to give all of you a tip of the hat and a great big 'Thank you' because you all had a big part of getting me this far, THANKS!!
Grossman56 and Mrs. Grossman
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