First trip back to the flying field since the first of the year due to it being snowed in and overrun by snowmobiles, felt good to be out and flying again. The weather was a bit iffy when I was packing up the truck so I only took the Hexa and Silver bullet and grabbed the toolbox with all the FPV gear just in case.
There were a couple people there when I arrived getting some nitro helis fired up and ready to fly, first thing up was to be the little Silver Bullet as I really wanted to see how much of a difference there is with the new KK Blue board. I wasn't disappointed and I have to say the new controller rocks, it's so easy to do loops, rolls, flips, whatever you want with it.
The heli guys were impressed, I was tearing up the sky and feeling really confident pushing it to the limit, so here's what I learned...
Loops are a lot easier flying into the wind, rolls get a bit tricky flying with the wind, and left aileron rolls while flying fast nose in towards yourself can make you lose orientation quite easily...
This is a new record for me, three props, two bent arms, and two, possibly three, motors that will never fly again...
This thing was smoking when it went in, hit first on the arm missing the motor I think, was hard to tell as I wasn't sure if I was looking at the top or bottom when I made the fatal stick move, then it cartwheeled for a pretty decent distance before it stopped
Lesson learned, don't get too heavy on the sticks when its windy and you haven't flown for a while, now I get to make a parts order followed by time in the shop making up a couple new arms to replace the bent ones. The new motors are going to have a much heavier case, these Hyperions worked well on the Gaui frame that popped apart when it went in, the alloy arms aren't so forgiving and good old mother earth just rips the motors right off the arms instead.
Well, it was fun while it lasted, I think I'll build two 350mm quads so I can keep flying after I splat one which always seems to happen right at the end of the first battery pack...
Ken
There were a couple people there when I arrived getting some nitro helis fired up and ready to fly, first thing up was to be the little Silver Bullet as I really wanted to see how much of a difference there is with the new KK Blue board. I wasn't disappointed and I have to say the new controller rocks, it's so easy to do loops, rolls, flips, whatever you want with it.
The heli guys were impressed, I was tearing up the sky and feeling really confident pushing it to the limit, so here's what I learned...
Loops are a lot easier flying into the wind, rolls get a bit tricky flying with the wind, and left aileron rolls while flying fast nose in towards yourself can make you lose orientation quite easily...
This is a new record for me, three props, two bent arms, and two, possibly three, motors that will never fly again...
This thing was smoking when it went in, hit first on the arm missing the motor I think, was hard to tell as I wasn't sure if I was looking at the top or bottom when I made the fatal stick move, then it cartwheeled for a pretty decent distance before it stopped
Lesson learned, don't get too heavy on the sticks when its windy and you haven't flown for a while, now I get to make a parts order followed by time in the shop making up a couple new arms to replace the bent ones. The new motors are going to have a much heavier case, these Hyperions worked well on the Gaui frame that popped apart when it went in, the alloy arms aren't so forgiving and good old mother earth just rips the motors right off the arms instead.
Well, it was fun while it lasted, I think I'll build two 350mm quads so I can keep flying after I splat one which always seems to happen right at the end of the first battery pack...
Ken
