Everyone must be flying ? I Hope

[hghost]

Checking back every so often , I see this board is getting pretty quiet.

I hope it is because everyone is flying ?

My issue is weather ( wind to be exact) as always huh ?

But i have been doing some experimenting on equipment and having to do repairs on others .

I can tell anyone who uses a SAFE Technology equipped plane , make sure when you first plug in the battery you allow it to
be level . It has to set itself and if it is leaning or setting forward or back some, it will set those control surface to that.

I had my SC setting on my bed and sat on the edge and as I plugged in the battery and the SAFE system set itself the Rudder was turned to the right and the elevator to up ( as it's suppose to be slightly) however when one would need to go to beginner mode and or that panic level button the rudder would be slightly right, thus landings or take off's would steer you to the right some..not a big thing, but if you wonder why your plane drifts one way or the other and you have to trim it all the time, You may want to check that out First.

There is really No difference in the SC with the older ESC in it as with the New SAFE Esc Unit installed. They both fly the exact same.
the advantage with the SAFE is it has the built in AS3X gyro system which is good in wind . It also if you wish it has the 3 position switch set up for 3 different modes of operation ( Beginner - Intermediate- Experience) and it also has that Panic button in case you get your plane all out of whack and need to get to level really quick and it does level pretty quick. It is good to have that AS3X system , i say is worth the money to install the SAFE Unit in my older Cub. It does eliminate the bomb or parachute idea, but I never used it anyway.

The SC is a great trainer and a good platform for beginners as is, but as so many still over control starting out the SAFE Technology does do it's job and what it is designed to do ( So if anyone decided to do as i did ), you are not really losing anything and you do gain if nothing else that AS3X stabilizing system that does work very well.

The Delta ray is a plane that has the SAFE/AS3X system and it does Great

I have flown my X 2 Heli and lost a fly bar link that sent me into a crazy flight and a crash...but I did accomplish a Loop with a coaxial Heli, something many say can not be done, it was not intentional , but it was still a loop.
I have since repaired it, but weather not allowing me to fly yet .

Also purchased a Pitts S-1S Bi-plane . A plane many are boasting can fly in 10 Mph winds with ease...I will be the judge of that for sure. As I have flown my Champ in 12 MPH winds before although not a good thing to do ( which caused my first real damage with it )but it will fly in stronger winds than people think.
www.flyrc.com/e-flite-umx-pitts-s-1s-bnf/

I bought my Pitts from Advantage Hobby, got it at a discount.

Seems everyone is really having a blast with it, a truly aerobatic plane but also can be flown low and slow .

My issue is the new field seems to be a Nemesis, this year.

I have managed to put planes in tree's, crashed and broke 2 planes and even crashed my Heli thus far this year .

Seems I set watching the tree's sway in the wind more than I fly and even when it seems calm, the minute I hit that field the winds kick up .

I know there is plenty of Nice days ahead and it's not like I do anything else....so waiting and watching and getting that occasional quick flight in has been my time well spent ( the good thing about having a field so close and no one there ) I can jump and go and even if it is just one or two circles, that is better than nothing.

But I also must say, when one is not on the sticks often the first little bit is almost like starting over sometimes...the thumbs just do not want to do what they know to do, and makes for some interesting and scary moments as well.


O and btw , Robert is over on the RC Groups forum in case anyone wondered. Never knew what happened to him, he has advanced very far in this hobby .Great guy and he is always out flying .

I have way to many planes waiting to be maidened and my patience is running thin and checking all these batteries can be a pain....

But it is what it is....I have even been checking out some of those Nutball and wing type builds ( seems that maybe a winter project or two ) Flite-Test has allot of video's and information about the set ups and they even have plans and they even sell the pre cut pieces as kits all you do is cut them out as they are already lasered i guess...you push the pieces out and glue them up and they are ready to go.

Anyway...That is what i have been doing and I check back here almost everyday to see or read what everyone else is doing..but it's been to Quiet...but I hope it's because you ALL are FLYING ..........?

[iandhunt]

I had the "pleasure" the other day while flying my Piper Cub around my house of hearing my ESC cry out due to low battery levels. I had just had my timer on my DX6 go off telling me it was time to land when I heard the beeping sound. My throttle was down to 1/2 power as I prepared for an emergency landing. Needless to say, the time spent on the Super Cub LP was vital in my ability to not break into a cold sweat when trouble looms.

After avoiding the plane eating trees I settled it down gently onto the grass field as the motor finally quit. I still had control surface movement so the ESC worked as designed. However, the long walk to retrieve my plane was a touch on the depressing side. Well, the results could have been worse.

As for your planes waiting to be maidened....I have a Champ 15e that is my first balsa framed! YIKES! That is just stressful to think about. I am still weaning myself off of foamies. Perhaps this Sunday?

How was the pre cut kit anyways? Seems a pain in the butt to me.

Anyways man, have a great one.
Ian

[sham]

I come here every day, and love reading the old threads. Seems to be little activity, but its good.

But while the talk has mentioned moving on.. When people do, do they still keep their supercubs?

I'm looking to keep cubby for those days when I want to fly easy, but also want to progress in the hobby.
I'm thinking of a 5 channel plane that can do the scale flying I love and also mix it up a bit.. Probably still foam but a bit bigger. Possibly a FunCub or even the supersize Eflite CarbonCub Z.
But also considering a powered glider. Unfortunately I don't have the funds for loads of planes.

Yes, I love Cubs... My Dad once owned a real one, apparently.

The aim eventually is a 2-3m wingspan balsa plane.

[hghost]

Jun 7, 2014 6:50:21 GMT 1 iandhunt said:

I had the "pleasure" the other day while flying my Piper Cub around my house of hearing my ESC cry out due to low battery levels. I had just had my timer on my DX6 go off telling me it was time to land when I heard the beeping sound. My throttle was down to 1/2 power as I prepared for an emergency landing. Needless to say, the time spent on the Super Cub LP was vital in my ability to not break into a cold sweat when trouble looms.

After avoiding the plane eating trees I settled it down gently onto the grass field as the motor finally quit. I still had control surface movement so the ESC worked as designed. However, the long walk to retrieve my plane was a touch on the depressing side. Well, the results could have been worse.

As for your planes waiting to be maidened....I have a Champ 15e that is my first balsa framed! YIKES! That is just stressful to think about. I am still weaning myself off of foamies. Perhaps this Sunday?

How was the pre cut kit anyways? Seems a pain in the butt to me.

Anyways man, have a great one.
Ian

I have built many balsa planes and most from kits. They are nice .Some planes took months to years to build, but it was exciting and I enjoyed it.

Now these Foam kits can be built in an hour or less and if you have the electronics sometimes they can be flown the same day.

I simply allowed myself to get to excited about what I wanted instead of what I needed. ( like a kid would do ) This Big Kid has gone overboard that is for sure.

I have way to many planes and not enough wisdom to fly many of them.

I wish I had just built some simple designed foamies and flew them first and had not let my eyes and desire over ride my better judgment with many of these planes.

I read allot and i see and read where people say this is so easy to fly and it floats well and it can be flown slow and or fast....well maybe to them who perhaps has flown allot, but I have learned and learned again today because so many say it is a great plane and can be flown easy and slow, does not mean my kind of easy and slow.

Their easy and slow could be 20-30 mph, I simply do not know, mine is a walking pace or a easy jog type pace, that sort is slow to me and how many times I fly most all my planes the ones I enjoy most . 1/4 to 1/2 throttle type stuff.

Last year I had a couple mishaps flying, this year it is every trip to the field something happens, today no different.

Bought a Pitts to try and I know it is a faster type plane and needs to be flown faster, not a problem really, but this plane is a great aerobatic plane, but to much plane ( even tho it is little ) for me.

half throttle and above this plane climbs fast, half throttle down it descends rapidly. I could find no happy medium to keep this plane level and make it a slower type flight . I threw it around the sky for awhile, but it is stressful to me to fly that way. So last time trying to fly it normally, I made a hard turn towards me and it was faster than I thought and had to bank and pitch away and as I thought I leveled out it was still slightly banked and I clipped the ground with the Right wing and of course as my luck has been this year it broke. All the tall grass, I had to hit the one area that was mowed low and is hard.

Those are the experiments I have been doing....just to see what this plane will or will not do and if I can or can not fly them the way I want.

I have learned one thing, I wish I had an open area about 1/2 mile X 1/2 mile or more, no tree's, no buildings, no Nothing....and plenty of open sky...I know I could than fly anything, but as is, with limited space , winds and tree's etc etc....I can not hardly have a successful flight,even with a string tied to a balloon, I would lose it or trip over the line or pop the balloon......it's been one of those years.

[sham]

I'm certainly pleased I've taken the simpler route into the hobby.
A reasonably sized, easy to build, easy to fix if needed, but docile trainer to start with. Learn the basics about keeping a plane in the air.

It should make it easier to adapt those skills to other craft and to learn the new stuff like ailerons and flaps, and widening of the flight envelope that comes with them.
I could modify the cub to simulate the next step, but I would rather keep my first love pure and simple.. Let her do what she does best.

I'm still very much a newbie, but learning fast and almost ready for the next step.

I feel for you and your troubles, I'm happy to have kept Cubby out of the wars for long enough to get hooked - I suspect that if I'd broken her while I was still struggling with the really simple things, I may have been frustrated out of the hobby.

[iandhunt]

I kept my Super Cub for about 15 months. After that it became a stitched together foam experiment that would need constant adjustments after flying.
Needless to say...it is no longer with us. However, its servos, wheels, linkage and motors live on in my other aircraft.
My first was a micro champ. I broke the wing off the first day I tried flying. That almost did me in. I took a two week break and almost quit this hobby following the incident. Now I fly whenever I can find time.

[hghost]

Jun 10, 2014 16:44:33 GMT 1 iandhunt said:

I kept my Super Cub for about 15 months. After that it became a stitched together foam experiment that would need constant adjustments after flying.
Needless to say...it is no longer with us. However, its servos, wheels, linkage and motors live on in my other aircraft.
My first was a micro champ. I broke the wing off the first day I tried flying. That almost did me in. I took a two week break and almost quit this hobby following the incident. Now I fly whenever I can find time.

I own 3 Champs , have broke them and bent them, still fly very well.

To me the best "Reality Sim" they ever made.

You should have been around many many many years ago and watched months and years of beautiful work shatter in seconds......that drove me out of the Hobby for decades.

It was the Champ, that got me back into it.

And even today a plane I fly every time I go to the field and the one I fly the longest.( unless it is to windy )

I simply have to many planes and do far to many experiments with them .

But even tho it is frustrating, it is still exciting to watch, even with the crashes.