I finally got the maiden flight in on my P-15, or as a friend of mine calls it " the Crazy Kraut. " Its been windy for the past month and for once, the wind was calm with a heavy over cast on the day I could be out flying.
) First hand launch was a bad throw on my part and she nosed in like a lawn dart. No damage but lots of soft silt down her throat.
) Second hand launch Failed and she took a belly landing. When I was cleaning out the dirt she ingested, I forgot to tighten up the battery strap and it slipped full forward on the second launch.
) Third launch is the charm, and she went like a bat out Hell. My god that critter is fast and she sounded soooo nice on the 12 blade fan setup. Test flight was run for 2 minutes at mostly half throttle and she landed with 50% left on the battery. :)
The flight reminded me of my DuraFly ME-163 Komet in that it was a scary kind of fun to fly her. The Lippy will definitely out roll the komet and she is every bit as fast. I started off with the dual rates at 60% and that seemed way too much for my taste but she was controllable.
After getting some commentary from the friends in the pits about her roll rates, my test pilot pointed her straight up, bumped the aileron DR to 100% and DRILLED it into the sky. His reaction to her was along the line of OMG followed by some sinister chuckling. The rest of the peeps were left in awe.
I was rather surprised to notice that the additional color I had put on her did not really help out that much in the flight, but in fact it only became beneficial on her final turn for landing and approach. The yellow became very effective for orientation during approach.
All in all, I am very happy with this plane and I plan to keep her in my car as the go to fun runner.
) First hand launch was a bad throw on my part and she nosed in like a lawn dart. No damage but lots of soft silt down her throat.
) Second hand launch Failed and she took a belly landing. When I was cleaning out the dirt she ingested, I forgot to tighten up the battery strap and it slipped full forward on the second launch.
) Third launch is the charm, and she went like a bat out Hell. My god that critter is fast and she sounded soooo nice on the 12 blade fan setup. Test flight was run for 2 minutes at mostly half throttle and she landed with 50% left on the battery. :)
The flight reminded me of my DuraFly ME-163 Komet in that it was a scary kind of fun to fly her. The Lippy will definitely out roll the komet and she is every bit as fast. I started off with the dual rates at 60% and that seemed way too much for my taste but she was controllable.
After getting some commentary from the friends in the pits about her roll rates, my test pilot pointed her straight up, bumped the aileron DR to 100% and DRILLED it into the sky. His reaction to her was along the line of OMG followed by some sinister chuckling. The rest of the peeps were left in awe.
I was rather surprised to notice that the additional color I had put on her did not really help out that much in the flight, but in fact it only became beneficial on her final turn for landing and approach. The yellow became very effective for orientation during approach.
All in all, I am very happy with this plane and I plan to keep her in my car as the go to fun runner.
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