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@@8poundquark I had AS3X gyros going, but didn't lean on SAFE. Way too fun doing stunts!

@@donlucas1631 Thank you! A very well behaved plane.

Thanks, seems like all Parkzone planes fly killer, just set em up a little nose heavy and set throws as per the manual. Just posted another video of same plane, easy to fly.

@@donlucas1631 Still figuring this plane out, prop vs battery vs cg. I try to keep my videos honest and this one was nearly disastrous!

@ What I like about your videos you post them as they really are good or bad things happen and that’s the real truth out at the flying field. Watching you made me start building again. Thanks for sharing

@@donlucas1631 I'm sick as a dog, still went out to fly, came home feeling worse. Probably smarter to build or repair planes sometimes.

@ Theirs a lot of viruses going around that care of yourself.

@@8poundquark That thing was all over the place in the wind, and once I went to 4S, the passenger door window ripped mostly off, flapping audibly in the wind, not good for aero, haha.

@@8poundquark Then all 3 of us guys crashed into the same patch of weeds...good times!

@@8poundquark Must be fun flying it in the Great White North with all that snow, eh?

@danielwoehr2733 what Snow ? Not much here really. I do 90% of the flying with mine on water. Oh, flaps addition is the absolute best!

@@shanethepain2009 Did that last week, also noticed that strut was pushed in too deep to line up set screw with flat. Now with 2 flats lined up w set screws, rock solid.

@@opteryxair Yeah, bring the wife for a diminished shopping experience at the dying mall!

@@ddegn A good drone pilot can make my granny laps look good!

@@donlucas1631 I had fun scouting out some new to me local fields for small planes. This P-26 is from Alfa Models in Czech Republic. I just 2 more kits in the mail from them last wknd, a 33" belly lander P-39 and a cute little 28" Albatros DVa. The latter will complement the 43" Parkzone version you sold me as well as my bigger 50" Dynam. These are just airframe kits so I have to spec out and source all elecronics myself.

@ Eyes haven’t changed much since I got out of the hobby but the technology has and I am seeing more and more little cameras on planes. I was thinking about some sort of digital camera and goggles but don’t know what to buy. I would only fly micro planes and try to stay under the 250 grams and just fly in the backyard so I need something small and light. If you can think of any suggestions please let me know. I really miss flying but enjoy watching you.

@@donlucas1631 I haven't yet made the leap into FPV equipment, but a buddy let me throw on his goggles while he flew his plane line of sight, and I didn't feel inhibited by my glaucoma, maybe because thru the plane camera you are watching large terrain features, while line of sight, you are trying to watch a shrinking plane. His onboard camera and FPV goggles cost him about 600 bucks. Technology should shrink and lighten things over time, but so far I haven't seen onboard FPV cameras light enough for a half pound plane, but I'll let you know once I see something online.

@ Thanks so much and keep your wings 🪽 up

@@donlucas1631 I had a scratch plane hit by a drone a couple months ago! Flat spin crash. Just a matter of time.

@@StephenMazzitelli Thank you for watching.

@@8poundquark Gotta be careful not to biff it again!

@@old_coastie Will try it again today at the airfield.

@@8poundquark All electronics good, wing split right on glue seam, mashed one wingtip and cowl, totally repairable.

Most of the first flight was kept under control by manually pulling the stick back as it would dive with hands off sticks. It got squirrely once trimmed at end of first flight and I chopped throttle, pushed nose down, and nursed it in. Dumb part was not adding weight to nose, got in a hurry. But the up trim in second flight makes me wonder if tail was assembled w correct decalage.

@@8poundquarkThanks man. I spent a year on and off from design to first flight on that one. No crashes yet! My fixed, sprung suspension design worked well enough that a variant will go into my scratch Avro Vulcan design.

@@danielwoehr2733 it flew great 👍👍👍

@@donlucas1631 Glad I got the CG right as well as flap to elevator mix on first try, thanks to some searches on RC Groups.

Thank you. This one has been one of the better behaved Dynams in my buddy's air force.

@@donlucas1631 No goggles, Luke, just a RunCam velcroed to my hat and a cheap $20 Amazon camera on the plane.

@@danielwoehr2733 You must have Great eyes. I loose sight of the plane when you are flying 🤣

@@donlucas1631 Glaucoma in one eye, massive floaters in both. Having fun while I can!

Seen you have landing gears on it. You are landing so smoothly. Another good flying plane 👍

@@donlucas1631 This one is very easy to land. Had an 8 mph headwind yesterday, no flaps reqd.

@@ryanwilliamsfpv968 Indeed an assumed risk well worth the benefit.

@@donlucas1631 Thanks, yes I ran a bunch of math equations during the build and again before flight when weight was final. I'll try it off grass tmro.

@@danielwoehr2733 You can tell you really did your homework and it’s built in a way that it can be fixed out in the field. That really means a lot out in the field

@@saberwulfSC Hope I don't biff this one on grass tmro!

@@foxprogt Yes that's the Aeroscout rudder chopped in half atop the AS elevator. I increased throw and it will flat turn a generous radius as well as enhance coordinated turns. Tried to make it kinda sorta scale-ish using what I had.