I truly enjoy your enthusiasm with all your projects. Engaging Andrew for the rescue was classic! He was the first person I thought of when you hit the pond/effluence lake. ;)
the three tabs on the motor mount, if you glue in some carbon fibre spars ($4 a pack from bangood ) in front of he tabs so th e pod pushes on them not just the foam and the wing is a bit less flexible too. double bonus. ;)
It's the same company that made your lighting from 2 years ago Chris. By the way I just bought one of those lighting's that we're supposed to be lightning. LOL (edit: just realized this was an old video! Damn, I am SO blonde sometimes...)
I'm not sure if you will be flying this little guy again anytime soon. I would suggest moving the cg just a touch forward it looked like it was purposing a little bit. What was the CG at in the end I think its 110mm from the manual?
Living next to a pond, obliges you to expore marine RC. I'd sugest a swampland boat popular in the Louisianna delta. You know. The ones with a great big prop behind the seat. Great for pushing downed fkying machines.
Of course it was a friendly jibe... I know that. But I still felt a little sting for Andrew. Brushed it aside. Simple 'trash-talk' and all that but still that sting was there. Then you brought him in on it - flipped my head all around - that was absolutely great!
You needed less drag... id est: rx, LiPo and ballast need to be placed into the wing. Reducing drag will greatly improve its sloping capacities. As will thinning the draggy winglets.
At first I wondered if TechOne was producing these for them but the quality don't seem near their normal standards. Unless they were contracted out at a more budget price and had to cut specs due to the client wanting a certain threshold of production per unit. Suppose it's an option. Because a TekSumo and the popwing are carbon copies and are equally awesome. I feel to many corners may have been cut for a bigger gain margin, and that's a death sentence to a budding company. Don't get to greedy until no one can do shit about it!
I think FPV slope soaring would be damn near impossible. You need to have a very acute awareness of your change in altitude from moment to moment, and also a good feel for the direction and speed of the wind. In FPV you can only see groundspeed, not airspeed. Since you're facing away from the slope most of the time, you will have no idea if you're in front of the good lift spot or not. You can't just turn around anytime you like and take a look either, because your lift is related to the direction you're facing, and turning around pushes you back very very quickly - in other words, you need to know what's behind you before you even think about turning around. Maybe with a very very good head tracking camera it might work out though :)
I have one of these in it's box downstairs. Thanks for this. Liked the bit with Andrew.
I truly enjoy your enthusiasm with all your projects.
Engaging Andrew for the rescue was classic! He was the first person I thought of when you hit the pond/effluence lake. ;)
International Rescue is not returning his calls
Andrew Newton do I even want to know?
haha. nice. and good use of lipo. gotta love Andrews noodle rescue boat
the three tabs on the motor mount, if you glue in some carbon fibre spars ($4 a pack from bangood ) in front of he tabs so th e pod pushes on them not just the foam and the wing is a bit less flexible too. double bonus. ;)
Well ain't that the shit! 😂🤦♂️
It's the same company that made your lighting from 2 years ago Chris. By the way I just bought one of those lighting's that we're supposed to be lightning. LOL (edit: just realized this was an old video! Damn, I am SO blonde sometimes...)
I'm not sure if you will be flying this little guy again anytime soon. I would suggest moving the cg just a touch forward it looked like it was purposing a little bit. What was the CG at in the end I think its 110mm from the manual?
you should fly it in Wellington
Flies like shit!
Actually flies like a lot of other stuff as well :-)
Bruce @xjet what are the odds they had someone produce this product but at a price that says failure?
Bruce @xjet what are the odds they had someone produce this product but at a price that says failure?
Living next to a pond, obliges you to expore marine RC. I'd sugest a swampland boat popular in the Louisianna delta. You know. The ones with a great big prop behind the seat. Great for pushing downed fkying machines.
great tip for holding the wing together while gluing..
very nice..
Of course it was a friendly jibe... I know that. But I still felt a little sting for Andrew. Brushed it aside. Simple 'trash-talk' and all that but still that sting was there. Then you brought him in on it - flipped my head all around - that was absolutely great!
Classic, very funny. Bloody unhelpful Aussies eh?
almost fell off my chair.. lol
Looks like he might need to make some control horns out of plastic ID card...
wish I knew who taught me that.. lol ;)
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More wind needed
I still waiting for this one, I payed US$17.99 for it... Anyone tried v2 yet? They are seeking reviewers at rcgroup forum...
29:55 Now that's funny.... ROFLMAO
Oh balls! On the landing. That's the first one I've seen you land in there. Matt
I bought one of these on Monday! Think I'll try to make a Tek Sumo style motor mount, planning to use an 1806 3S :D
I was looking on bangood at this and noticed they do a V2 now would be interesting to see what they changed
Looks like the servo slots have been rotated 90 degrees and there are two spars instead of one, different color scheme. Otherwise it looks the same.
Lol. alhazan and I recently ordered some too :D
LOL...bloody Aussies ;)
Ha Ha Ha. Haven't we Aussie's done enough for NZ. But what a great product to build. A PooBoat
You needed less drag... id est: rx, LiPo and ballast need to be placed into the wing. Reducing drag will greatly improve its sloping capacities. As will thinning the draggy winglets.
:)
that'll teach you not to bag out us Aussies when you need help !!
A real man who was dedicated to the hobby, would have jumped in there and taken one for the team. ;-P
I'll remember that next time you're around :)
At first I wondered if TechOne was producing these for them but the quality don't seem near their normal standards. Unless they were contracted out at a more budget price and had to cut specs due to the client wanting a certain threshold of production per unit. Suppose it's an option. Because a TekSumo and the popwing are carbon copies and are equally awesome. I feel to many corners may have been cut for a bigger gain margin, and that's a death sentence to a budding company. Don't get to greedy until no one can do shit about it!
Quite true. At this price I would easily recommend a bonsai over this one.
Put FPV on it instead of the dollars! Same weight, a bit more expensive, but will give much better experience in my opinion! (:
I think FPV slope soaring would be damn near impossible. You need to have a very acute awareness of your change in altitude from moment to moment, and also a good feel for the direction and speed of the wind. In FPV you can only see groundspeed, not airspeed. Since you're facing away from the slope most of the time, you will have no idea if you're in front of the good lift spot or not. You can't just turn around anytime you like and take a look either, because your lift is related to the direction you're facing, and turning around pushes you back very very quickly - in other words, you need to know what's behind you before you even think about turning around. Maybe with a very very good head tracking camera it might work out though :)
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dwhobby do have other planes . Their 3D planes dont get good reviews and are overpriced. Hobbyking was selling a few dwhobby planes.