Raptor Maiden

[Worthawiggles]

Well,

I finally got there and finsihed the plane. I have not fitted the Video gear as yet, want to fly LOS without. Plane is balanced slightly talk heavy. Feels Like an epic to this point.

16:30 my brother-in-law is coming with me so that he can hand launch whilst I concentrate on not crashing...too soon.

Anyway, I am slightly nervous. I'll post some pics later. Plane intact or not.lol.

W

[mp66]

You should get it nose heavy for the first flight if anything..

Tail heavy planes do not fly well....

[Coyote]

Good luck :)

[FPVSteve]

Yea chuck some lead up front so it's nose heavy

[Worthawiggles]

Well it all ended in tears...5 seconds if that and it went in. Not enough arispeed and the left wing stalled. Either I did not have enough throttle on or my Brother in law did not throw it hard enough. No one is being blamed, just mad as hell!!! Soo much work squeezed inbetween being a parent to a very young child and Ka Booom!!!

Guess I need some new wings. I have the upgarde motor and 8x6 tripple prop. Is it worth buying the new version for the wings and the motor housing?

Gonna be a few months, whilst I lick my wounds and get back to it.

W.

[mp66]

Or too tail heavy.....



Get some "Gorilla Glue"   ;)

That is an easy fix, you want to see my Wot4 Foam-e..

[Worthawiggles]

I'll rebuild the plane and get me some Gorilla Glue and some shares in the stuff too me thinks. Maybe next time if there is someone in the south Lincolnshire area that I could go see and maiden the plane with; that would be helpful.

[Coyote]

That`s very fixable, have it fixed in no time and back out for part 2

[FPVSteve]

Yup - these need one hell of a chuck I found. You'll get there, easy fix.

[Granpaw Jonah]

.......Gosh man... these need at least 1/2 roll of gaffer tape before they fly properly. Stock is perfectly ok for this lumbering brute... 2/3 throttle, 20 degrees up from the horizontal..... MANLY chuck!
  G.J.

[Worthawiggles]

Building and flying a shuttle+ helicopter (oh so many years ago) was easier than this... However when i did eventually stack the helicopter I did a proper job and it was not rebuildable.

[Coyote]

Hirobo ? :)

That was my first 50 size heli, didn't last very long, write off within a few weeks :)

[BlueFlyer]

it may be easy to fix to make it look OK again, but the integrity of that wing has now been compromised. I don't mind gluing up foam fuselages, but when a wing gets busted, I get a new one or buy a new airframe.

I seriously suggest you get something new from here: http://www.fpv24.com/en/fpv-planes/planes

[FPVSteve]

That's not true mate, I've flown many times on worse wings than that - you just need to do a proper repair.

Glue it up nice and true, then overlay with some strong tape top + bottom. It'll be solid as a rock.

[Coyote]

Perfectly fixable, carbon rod gorilla glued in a channel, one on the top one on the bottom across the break after you have uhi'd the break. Then light weight filler to fill the now rodded channel to bring its looks back