Some Building time
Well, since the Lipo is still with Thunder Power, I finally sat down and did some building on my plane. I started with the stick mount up front, as I flipped the plane over a few times and it was lossening up. Afterwards, I finally fixed the strut mount so we can remove the nasty wing flex I've been seeing. Next I read a few posts which made we drool over ROG, so I put the front gear back on, maybe they will hold this time. I figure I can unscrew the gear if I want to belly land, but we'll see. I scoped out a good ROG location a few minutes walk. Usually I walk outside, across the parking lot, and just toss her and land in the grass. Lastly, I tightened up some of the aileron and elevator hinges that were loosening up. This may be what I needed to get her to loop outside.
On another note, I got a pack of 50-60 4/5 AA cells to make some NiCd packs. I hope they can handle the draw, we'll see. I tried sodering a 3-cell pack for my cordless, the other reason I got the pack of NiCds but the standard tip didn't work. I went all over for a T or hammer tip to use, but I couldn't find one, and my 30 W iron wasn't working. I finally found them on www.cheapbatterypacks.com, but I'm gonna check a local hobby-lobby and a RC store or two first, to see if I can get it today and save a few bucks.
Finally, Happy Easter. My wife let me get the Formosa I've been drooling over to celebrate the holiday. She's gonna get something too, just as soon as we find what she wants. It's up in the air between a few things for her. I'll take my time building this one, may even paint her before the maiden. That reminds me I still owe a picture of my E-Starter. Either way, I should have enough fun with the e-starter to pace myself. If I enjoy ROG enough, I'll probably keep flying the e-starter since I'm going to go gearless on the Formosa for the better performance. I also want to bum a TX off a friend and work on teaching my wife and let a friend try the e-starter out. The brushless motor for the Formosa should be coming for my Birthday in June. Well, that's about it, with a little luck the next post will be on flying.
On another note, I got a pack of 50-60 4/5 AA cells to make some NiCd packs. I hope they can handle the draw, we'll see. I tried sodering a 3-cell pack for my cordless, the other reason I got the pack of NiCds but the standard tip didn't work. I went all over for a T or hammer tip to use, but I couldn't find one, and my 30 W iron wasn't working. I finally found them on www.cheapbatterypacks.com, but I'm gonna check a local hobby-lobby and a RC store or two first, to see if I can get it today and save a few bucks.
Finally, Happy Easter. My wife let me get the Formosa I've been drooling over to celebrate the holiday. She's gonna get something too, just as soon as we find what she wants. It's up in the air between a few things for her. I'll take my time building this one, may even paint her before the maiden. That reminds me I still owe a picture of my E-Starter. Either way, I should have enough fun with the e-starter to pace myself. If I enjoy ROG enough, I'll probably keep flying the e-starter since I'm going to go gearless on the Formosa for the better performance. I also want to bum a TX off a friend and work on teaching my wife and let a friend try the e-starter out. The brushless motor for the Formosa should be coming for my Birthday in June. Well, that's about it, with a little luck the next post will be on flying.
posted by Robert Zaleski at 7:39 AM
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