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SpotTheCat wrote:Don't be afraid of high wing loading! I actually like planes with higher wing loading. Sure they stall more easily, but you don't need a perfect day to fly.
SecretSquirrel wrote:SpotTheCat wrote:Don't be afraid of high wing loading! I actually like planes with higher wing loading. Sure they stall more easily, but you don't need a perfect day to fly.
I'm not, but I realized that I started flying planes well after the "3D craze" had taken over and so I am a little colored by that.. If you read RC Universe and the like you would have to be forgiven for getting the impression that a 73" plane that weighs over 9lb will be a horrible flier. Go figure. I am looking forward to something I can fly in a more varied wind conditions. Being in Texas and all, we have plenty of days with 15+ mph breezes and the way our runway is set up, you get some turbulent air right over the runway. It makes landing a lighter plane very "exciting".
I'm off to Harbor Freight to see if I can find a decent IR thermometer and then figure out what the motor died on me.
--SS
Hance wrote:If its the parkzone Sukoi make sure it is the newer SU26 XP. The new one is blue, yellow,black and white versus the older one which is mostly white with a little black and red. I have the first version and they are very under powered. Stay way away from them.
SpotTheCat wrote:Hance wrote:If its the parkzone Sukoi make sure it is the newer SU26 XP. The new one is blue, yellow,black and white versus the older one which is mostly white with a little black and red. I have the first version and they are very under powered. Stay way away from them.
It's this one.
http://secure.hobbyzone.com/rcplanes/rc ... Z3580.html
Watching youtube videos it seems like a fun little plane. For $63+tax what can beat it? I want something to warm up my eyes at the field before I fly my heavy/fast stuff.
Darkmage wrote:I saw this and though of you guys. Over at Engadget: Cheap, tiny camera for RC planes captures video proof when you buy the farm
bobboobles wrote:Thought this might interest you guys. Ended up here from that camera link.
http://www.su27.de/seite1.htm
SpotTheCat wrote:bobboobles wrote:Thought this might interest you guys. Ended up here from that camera link.
http://www.su27.de/seite1.htm
Holy macaroni!
There are way easier ways to do that if you have the time to make a model of it in pro-E. Hiring out a CNC machine (twice) is not as expensive as the time that went into that!
I am immensely impressed with the quality of that male plug though. That is incredible.
There are pounds to be shaved on the final product though. Considering the huge cost of the project by the end of it, I was surprised to see fiberglass instead of carbon and carbon/kevlar.
SecretSquirrel wrote:SpotTheCat wrote:bobboobles wrote:Thought this might interest you guys. Ended up here from that camera link.
http://www.su27.de/seite1.htm
Holy macaroni!
There are way easier ways to do that if you have the time to make a model of it in pro-E. Hiring out a CNC machine (twice) is not as expensive as the time that went into that!
I am immensely impressed with the quality of that male plug though. That is incredible.
There are pounds to be shaved on the final product though. Considering the huge cost of the project by the end of it, I was surprised to see fiberglass instead of carbon and carbon/kevlar.
Given that a pair of JetCat P200s will put out ~105lb of thrust, it may well have not really been worth it. I was an hour late getting to work this morning because of that link.... I suspect that the project was more about the modeling than making the lightest possible airframe. That is an incredible example of model making as an art form.
--SS
SpotTheCat wrote:What do you guys have for telemetry? I have none. I'm considering a battery tracker (giving current, voltage, and total power consumed) and a Pitot tube for airspeed.
Hance wrote:SpotTheCat wrote:What do you guys have for telemetry? I have none. I'm considering a battery tracker (giving current, voltage, and total power consumed) and a Pitot tube for airspeed.
Are you talking real time telemetry or data logging type stuff ? I have a full setup of eagletree stuff that will log everything but you can only look at the data after you land with the stuff I have.
SpotTheCat wrote:Hance wrote:SpotTheCat wrote:What do you guys have for telemetry? I have none. I'm considering a battery tracker (giving current, voltage, and total power consumed) and a Pitot tube for airspeed.
Are you talking real time telemetry or data logging type stuff ? I have a full setup of eagletree stuff that will log everything but you can only look at the data after you land with the stuff I have.
I would like real-time battery info, but I would settle for speed logging as post-play analysis. I am currently field-checking batteries with my charger using my car battery, but it would be nice to know while I'm flying.
Hance wrote:If you need help with the vac bag stuff let me know and I will hook you up with my buddy Marty. He is flying 350+ MPH DS stuff. He designs and builds his own planes
SpotTheCat wrote:That is big. I don't really have anything else to say.