i have been busy buying up parts and building my FW190a FPV plane and time has come to take her out for her maiden.
the trouble is - i have only ever flown my parkzone sukoie su-26xp and i am getting nervous about taking out my "big" model.
i have hours of stick time on fixed wings on phoenix and i can fly my 60 size heli pod & boom and really like to take my 30 size scale airwolf out - i never get really worried about those.
why the heck am i twitching about flying a foamy plank!!!!???
Lol, i dont know, strange as you`ve clocked up all the hours on the Sukoie and heli`s. By the sounds of it your set to go :)
Im the same with all planes, the first flight, you know its cg is good, you know everythings working, you know it shoulkd be fine. But still the nerves :)
I Have a parkzone sukoie su-26xp, if you can fly that little bird, you can fly anything.
Like Coyote, I get the jitters every maiden flight, my fingers shake so much sometimes I need to land, I fined the best thing with me now, is to tell myself that I have been flying for years, no one is going to get hurt, and if it gets broken, it wont be my lased.
regards G :)
The bigger the plane the easier they are to fly... get out there dude!
You'll be fine mate :)
And if not, make sure the camera is rolling ;D
Quote from: Steve W on July 11, 2011, 11:54:25 AM
You'll be fine mate :)
And if not, make sure the camera is rolling ;D
lol
thanks everyone - it looks like tomorrow might be my day.....
Well I've flown one of those little Sukhoi SU-26's and I can tell you they are very different. You can just yank the sticks around and it doesn't care. It's very forgiving. A big war bird is quite the opposite... All I can say is just try to calm the nerves a bit, and just keep the speed up and fly it gently. If you can fly a model properly on Phoenix then you'll be fine in real life I'm sure.
But really, it won't fly like one of those little SU's, It's a whole different machine to fly. But just fly something big and heavy on Phoenix and you'll be prepared for this.
Hope I'm not making you more nervous, but that's another thing... Try not to be to nervous!
Sheldon
Quote from: Sheldon Holy on July 11, 2011, 07:53:25 PM
Well I've flown one of those little Sukhoi SU-26's and I can tell you they are very different. You can just yank the sticks around and it doesn't care. It's very forgiving. A big war bird is quite the opposite... All I can say is just try to calm the nerves a bit, and just keep the speed up and fly it gently. If you can fly a model properly on Phoenix then you'll be fine in real life I'm sure.
But really, it won't fly like one of those little SU's, It's a whole different machine to fly. But just fly something big and heavy on Phoenix and you'll be prepared for this.
Hope I'm not making you more nervous, but that's another thing... Try not to be to nervous!
Sheldon
when i get bored on phoenix i start flying the B17 flying fortress - i find it the easiest
i have been flying the parkzone BF-109 - hoping its similar to my FW190
Oh right. I've flown the Parkzone 109 too! Great plane that is. But just fly it like that, but keep it a little smoother if possible. The 109 is really light and 'bouncy' to fly. The FW-190 should be a little less so, but you'll soon find out in the air. As for landing, if your unsure and think you'll mess up on the wheels just keep them retracted and belly land.
Quote from: Sheldon Holy on July 11, 2011, 09:41:48 PM
As for landing, if your unsure and think you'll mess up on the wheels just keep them retracted and belly land.
i have chosen to maiden it in an uncut meadow so will hand launch and will gear up ditch in the 3 foot long dry grass for the landing - as you can see, i havent given it much thought :+
Good luck. But I wouldn't hand launch a model that big on a maiden by myself. See if you can get someone else to launch it so you can keep 2 hands on the radio and 4 eyes on the plane.
Quote from: Sheldon Holy on July 11, 2011, 07:53:25 PM
Well I've flown one of those little Sukhoi SU-26's and I can tell you they are very different. You can just yank the sticks around and it doesn't care. It's very forgiving. A big war bird is quite the opposite... All I can say is just try to calm the nerves a bit, and just keep the speed up and fly it gently. If you can fly a model properly on Phoenix then you'll be fine in real life I'm sure.
But really, it won't fly like one of those little SU's, It's a whole different machine to fly. But just fly something big and heavy on Phoenix and you'll be prepared for this.
Hope I'm not making you more nervous, but that's another thing... Try not to be to nervous!
Sheldon
I don't think we were suggesting, that flying a FW190a was the same as flying a Sukhoi, I'm sure tiggerbiker would be aware that its not going to be the same thing, We or I was suggesting that if he was capable of flying a mini twitchy fly weight and has hours of stick time on fixed wings on phoenix, then he is more than ready to tack his FW190a up, its a pat on the back and I'm sure you can do it mate, that what I was putting across.
regards G
well, that diddnt go too well!
the FW190a isnt a good platform for full on FPV - trying to cram in all the kit totally knackers up the CofG - i added motorbike wheel weights in the nose to even it up a bit and i had to keep a fairly high throttle position to keep it from stalling.
i tried to lower the throttle and airspeed to make a smooth video to show you all then turned to the left whilst 10-15m up and promptly tip-stalled - BUGGER!! only broke the prop/spinner so not really bothered
oh well, lesson learnt - go with the tried and tested platform whilst learning!
now on the look out for a skywalker type plane
i will up the video when i have edited it
Bugger, didnt go that well, but light damage is good compared to what it could have been.
now shopping for a skywalker
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b164/tiggerbiker/th_fpvcrash.jpg) (http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b164/tiggerbiker/?action=view¤t=fpvcrash.mp4)
Sham that, at least the damage was minimal.
regards G
eeek!
It looked a little tail heavy, which wouldn't have helped. A little rule for the maiden is, It's better to be nose heavy than tail heavy, so start there and then if it flies docile, move the CG back slowly.
Also, you packed FPV gear into her and added nose weight.... did you upgrade the power system any? Looks like quite a slow, 3 blade, scale prop for such a heavy plane.
Rough luck, old boy! Shame - I reckon that looked like a good FPV experience (but then, what do I know??) :D