first flight in Calgary

[probird462]

HI FELLOW CUBBERS !
I've been lurking here reading the posts, waiting for a good time to do my maiden flight.
Today was sunny with a little bit of wind.
I grabbed the boy (9 yrs old) and we set off for a spot with no trees and lots of room.
There is a large field by my work that would do fine.
We arrived and set up base.
Murphy's law! the wind picks up but were here so lets giver a try!
I tried to trim the plane with a couple of level tosses into the wind.
Looked OK.
I hit the throttle and up she went.
She took a hard left and started to go around in circles!
Tried to correct the spinning and finally put her down fairly hard but no damage!
So remembered what was happening: climbed up to fast and went to the left.
So i turned in the elevator 2 turns and straightened out the rudder two turns also.
next flight went great even with the swift wind.
alot better control and flight.
I need to get more propellers tho. LOL
i hit the ground again and broke the prop or would have went again.
Where can one get cheap props in abundance?
for now I'll keep practicing with fms till i get more props as i bought a game pad off e-bay.
chow for now.
Barry.

[jt01]

Hi Barry and welcome to the SCC. Sounds like you and your son had a great day together. I use the stock replacement prop or the e-flite 1080 for about 1 dollar less it all depends on which is in stock when I go to the not so LHS. If your use the e-flite you will also need to get an extra nut from your hardware store to put behind the prop as a spacer but thats not a big deal. Also don't forget to pick up about 3 extra cowls as they will be needed not too far down the road. Hope your son stays interested and you both can grow in this hobby.

Jim

[probird462]

Hi JT01.
I had already packing taped the wings and duct taped the cowl.
So beside the prop, not a bit of damage.
I like to research before i get into things.
I'll make a few phone calls today to find some props.
Barry.

[SCC]

Hi Barry.
Welcome to the forum.
Keep one of those broken props. You can use it as a spanner/shifter to loosen or tighten the nuts holding your prop in place.

[s3etigohide]

probird462 said:

Hi JT01.
I had already packing taped the wings and duct taped the cowl.
So beside the prop, not a bit of damage.
I like to research before i get into things.
I'll make a few phone calls today to find some props.
Barry.

PM almost always has them in stock. Model Land usually does as well. What field did you fly at?

[probird462]

I went to a big field in behind the rugby club in the s.e. over by the solid waist dump.
close to home and no trees!
I wanted a large place to fly for my first time out with nothing around to crash into besides the ground and my truck! LOL
I only hit the ground and not very hard.

[s3etigohide]

Just looked it up on google earth. That is a pretty big field! I live pretty far from there but if I ever get a plane that needs more room than I have around here I'll keep that in mind.