Monday, February 07, 2005

My First Plane

I've been stuck on RC Airplanes since about November or so. My father in-law has a 3 ch glider and I've been drooling over getting an aerobatic plane for some time. Well, Friday I finally got my first plane and all the needed gear. It's a GWS E-Starter which is a high wing 4 ch plane. I spent all weekend obbsessively building it, and it's finall done. I'm going to grab a few more things and hopefully fly it this afternoon. mmmmm, airborne. hehe. Anyways, my intent is to gut this one in 6-12 months when I'm good enough and get a GWS Formosa which is supposed to be a fairly good aerobatic plane. Then I can have some more fun.
On a side note, to note my impatience, I had to try to maide this thing yesterday. My father in-laws plane is allot lighter and he hand starts it all the time. Well, I tried on mine and it crashed. Boo, hoo. hehe, no biggie, just had to re-glue the front landing gear, and I finished everything else that needed doing.
The only semi-major problem I've had is that the battery is supposed to mount from the bottom, but my battery is bigger than the plastic piece that was to hold it in. I've improvised a holder, but I don't know if it will last, so I'm going to need to try something else to keep it in. Maybe a balsa door, perhaps foam padded, with a latch? Something like that at least.

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