TBS Caipirinha - UK stockist?

Andy Sayle · July 02, 2013, 12:26:15 PM

Genius! I have a feeling that if I tried that one, I might get a reply along the lines of "You're not good enough to do that"!

Andy

Teamftp · July 02, 2013, 02:15:41 PM

Quote from: Andy Sayle on July 02, 2013, 12:26:15 PM
Genius! I have a feeling that if I tried that one, I might get a reply along the lines of "You're not good enough to do that"!

Andy

I just got the normal..

.."Whatever"

friesianflyer · July 02, 2013, 02:24:18 PM

Quote from: Andy Sayle on July 02, 2013, 10:59:55 AM
Just had "that" call from the wife. You know the one, it goes along the lines of:

Ring Ring
me: hello
wife: what the f*** have you been buying this time?
me: errrrrr
wife: another big box that looks expensive
me: errrrrr
wife: it looks foreign too, I bet the postage was a fortune
me: (realising what it might be) ah, is it quite a light box?
wife: um, fairly.
me: oh, right, that wasn't expensive at all then, it's just some chunks of foam for me to build a new plane with, nothing pricey at all.
wife: riiight.
me: no really, check the shipping label (praying that the value was put down lower than it should be, beads of sweat forming on my brow)
wife: oh, well that's okay then, it looks like it only cost $40.
me: (breathing a sigh of relief) see, there's no way I'd spend loads of money on toy planes in these hard financial times we are living in.....
wife: don't take the p***!
click, brrrrrrrrr

;)

I know that phone call.........

DaveyLC · July 05, 2013, 12:07:43 PM

Quote from: dogzilla on June 12, 2013, 04:43:20 PM
First and only FPV flight of my Caiprinha

TBS Caiprinha - RIP - FPV London

That was salvageable :o

What did you do with the airframe, I hope you didn't bin it!

dogzilla · July 05, 2013, 12:58:07 PM

No mate, it's was actually extremely easy to repair. It looked much worse than it was.

I had some 10mm carbon strip laying around, stuffed it into the existing spar slot and CA'd the whole thing back together.... it looks almost good as new and very strong.

Not sure it's my cup of tea really. Might put it up for sale but not sure what the going rate is for cat-d airframes :)

Teamftp · July 05, 2013, 01:00:00 PM

Fairly sure there is no HPI register for RC planes :laugh: :laugh:

Glad it has fixed up ok!!

Why do you not like it?!?! Gotta say I love mine, flys great.

FPVSteve · July 05, 2013, 01:14:27 PM

How much would you be looking for dogzilla???

Teamftp · July 05, 2013, 01:25:58 PM

Quote from: Steve W on July 05, 2013, 01:14:27 PM
How much would you be looking for dogzilla???

BUY IT NOW!!!! You know you want it. You can touch mine on Sunday and stroke it if you want...erm...

DaveyLC · July 05, 2013, 02:12:40 PM

Quote from: dogzilla on July 05, 2013, 12:58:07 PM
No mate, it's was actually extremely easy to repair. It looked much worse than it was.

I had some 10mm carbon strip laying around, stuffed it into the existing spar slot and CA'd the whole thing back together.... it looks almost good as new and very strong.

Not sure it's my cup of tea really. Might put it up for sale but not sure what the going rate is for cat-d airframes :)

If you're local to me I'd definitely buy it :)... ...if the price is fair ;)

dogzilla · July 05, 2013, 04:16:39 PM

Most of my FPV planes have been fairly large with wingspans between 55-75 inches, all over 2.5KG.

In comparison the Caipr feels a bit too light for me, though it's great fun shooting through goal posts and stuff, I'm just not sure it would get much air time, and I'd rather not have my UHF RX and Immersion VTX sitting on the shelf not being used because HATE having airframes not RTF. If I have an FPV plane it has to be sitting on my shelf ready to go, no arsin around swapping VTXes and shit.

Gonna have a fly with it this weekend in the nice weather and make a final judgement, if not I'll put it in the classifieds by next week. Not sure on price it's the black wing kit with full TBS power/servo kit, has an EZ OSD embedded in the wing and I also custom made a EzUHF dipole with a flexible lower portion for landings.

DaveyLC · July 05, 2013, 04:22:32 PM

Hmmm you sound like exactly how I felt with my X5 wing.. I worry I'd have the same buyers remorse with a Caipirinha now :(

Teamftp · July 05, 2013, 04:41:35 PM

Do us a favour and take a pic of where the EZOSD is. Keep on toying with the idea of popping mine in the wing.

FPVSteve · July 05, 2013, 09:39:52 PM

Davey I'm beginning to agree with you about the X5 .. flies nice but more hassle than it's worth tbh!

DaveyLC · July 05, 2013, 10:02:15 PM

I hate to say it but..

:D

FPVSteve · July 06, 2013, 01:38:48 AM

haha - every time I go out it needs a new repair. If it's not an elevon hinge breaking, its a control rod coming off.