boingk
Standard gearhead.
Re: RC model airplanes - anyone into them? [Package arrived today]
Update - fixed damage last night and went flying this morning in the nice, still air. Way better than having to deal with crappy gusts. I also visually trimmed the plane, and this seems to have improved its flyability. Heres the rundown:
Bit battered, had to trim nosecone base as it was rubbing slightly on fuselage
Tail broke - easy fix with tape and PVA
Ring root had a small break from powerline - PVA did the trick
Break formed midwing - packing tape made a good strong fix
After the repairs, a night of drying time, and visually trimming it, its flying pretty well. My skill has improved, too, and I've found using the ailerons alone to turn and correct attitude is a bit easier for a beginner (like myself) on this type of airplane. I found I was messing with throttle setting when using rudder, so am using it a bit more carefully now.
Anyway, its all going well and I'm flying with far fewer unwanted incidents. The little P-51D has stood up to a lot of abuse so far, and no doubt more to come haha. Next on the list after I master it on low-rate is to switch it over to high and try some more aerobatics. So far I can loop and roll reasonably well, but more advanced maneuvers (Immelman, Tophat etc) are beyond my grasp at the moment.
Cheers - boingk
Update - fixed damage last night and went flying this morning in the nice, still air. Way better than having to deal with crappy gusts. I also visually trimmed the plane, and this seems to have improved its flyability. Heres the rundown:
Bit battered, had to trim nosecone base as it was rubbing slightly on fuselage
Tail broke - easy fix with tape and PVA
Ring root had a small break from powerline - PVA did the trick
Break formed midwing - packing tape made a good strong fix
After the repairs, a night of drying time, and visually trimming it, its flying pretty well. My skill has improved, too, and I've found using the ailerons alone to turn and correct attitude is a bit easier for a beginner (like myself) on this type of airplane. I found I was messing with throttle setting when using rudder, so am using it a bit more carefully now.
Anyway, its all going well and I'm flying with far fewer unwanted incidents. The little P-51D has stood up to a lot of abuse so far, and no doubt more to come haha. Next on the list after I master it on low-rate is to switch it over to high and try some more aerobatics. So far I can loop and roll reasonably well, but more advanced maneuvers (Immelman, Tophat etc) are beyond my grasp at the moment.
Cheers - boingk
