Maiden Report:
I put my F-18 up for 2 flights first to loosen my thumbs up. We had 8mph wind straight down the runway. On the takeoff roll I hit a small bump in the runway and the plane bounced into the air and at the same time the right drop tank decided it wanted to stay on the runway. To say the least I was pretty much screwed and it was on from there. I was able to recover and gain some altitude but the jet did not want to turn and kept trying to roll over on it's back. As I got it turned back downwind I turned on the unproven HobbyEagle A3 Pro guyo and that helped a little to stabilize the plane. After making 5-6 saves I was able to make a fast landing approach and put the plane down in one piece.
After cleaning out my shorts and taking a break I removed the other tank and put a 2nd flight on. The wind had increased to 13mph and was gusting and on top of that it started to sprinkle. The 2nd flight went pretty good. I can't wait for next weekend to hopefully get it back out and get it dialed in.
Here is a video of the first flight. I will work on the video of the 2nd flight and upload it later.
I put my F-18 up for 2 flights first to loosen my thumbs up. We had 8mph wind straight down the runway. On the takeoff roll I hit a small bump in the runway and the plane bounced into the air and at the same time the right drop tank decided it wanted to stay on the runway. To say the least I was pretty much screwed and it was on from there. I was able to recover and gain some altitude but the jet did not want to turn and kept trying to roll over on it's back. As I got it turned back downwind I turned on the unproven HobbyEagle A3 Pro guyo and that helped a little to stabilize the plane. After making 5-6 saves I was able to make a fast landing approach and put the plane down in one piece.
After cleaning out my shorts and taking a break I removed the other tank and put a 2nd flight on. The wind had increased to 13mph and was gusting and on top of that it started to sprinkle. The 2nd flight went pretty good. I can't wait for next weekend to hopefully get it back out and get it dialed in.
Here is a video of the first flight. I will work on the video of the 2nd flight and upload it later.
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