Way to go BD, she's a pretty plane!
I got the Tigercat back in the air today and she really hauls with the 760kv's in her. Unfortunately, the crosswind was nasty and she caught me and blew her to the side of the runway. The result was a sheared steering pin and a broken prop (don't count on the retract upgrades to absorb much). I also noticed that the firewall on the starboard side was moving so out with the Foam-Tac to see if that will fix it, I'll do some power on ground tests before she flies again. At any rate, I have a new nacelle on order as well as two new steering pins. Had no luck today with the crosswind as I tried to get the Tomahawk in the air and got caught again!! Broken prop and spinner on that as well:Angry::Angry::Angry:.
So I ordered three new spinners and a new tail section for her as well. Fortunately, I learned my lesson and had a spare spinner for her in stock, as for the tail, it compressed when I first built the bird and when I replaced the wings and fuse after a Nefi Triangle incident, I really should have replaced it as well, so its as good a time as any. Came home and got the Pandora out and went back to play in the wind, was fun and, following the old adage of getting right back on the horse when you fall off, burned through a couple of batteries with her.
BTW, I replaced the motor in the Pandora with the motor from my original E Flite Spitfire, same KV, but different can size. I used the stock Pandora prop, but I'm thinking, for the hell of it, putting on a five blade prop and spinner, just to see....
Grossman56
I got the Tigercat back in the air today and she really hauls with the 760kv's in her. Unfortunately, the crosswind was nasty and she caught me and blew her to the side of the runway. The result was a sheared steering pin and a broken prop (don't count on the retract upgrades to absorb much). I also noticed that the firewall on the starboard side was moving so out with the Foam-Tac to see if that will fix it, I'll do some power on ground tests before she flies again. At any rate, I have a new nacelle on order as well as two new steering pins. Had no luck today with the crosswind as I tried to get the Tomahawk in the air and got caught again!! Broken prop and spinner on that as well:Angry::Angry::Angry:.
So I ordered three new spinners and a new tail section for her as well. Fortunately, I learned my lesson and had a spare spinner for her in stock, as for the tail, it compressed when I first built the bird and when I replaced the wings and fuse after a Nefi Triangle incident, I really should have replaced it as well, so its as good a time as any. Came home and got the Pandora out and went back to play in the wind, was fun and, following the old adage of getting right back on the horse when you fall off, burned through a couple of batteries with her.
BTW, I replaced the motor in the Pandora with the motor from my original E Flite Spitfire, same KV, but different can size. I used the stock Pandora prop, but I'm thinking, for the hell of it, putting on a five blade prop and spinner, just to see....
Grossman56
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