Love the fact you are human. If you aren't having an "incident" now and again you aren't flying on the edge! The best advice I ever got was "it was like it when I found it and was just on my way to tell someone about it".
So good to see it back in the air. You made the repair look easy. Actually now that I think on it, it may be easier working on big planes vs small ones. Kind hard to get your hands inside the fuel compartments of the 40-60 size. Love the Lazer. Edited for spelling.
Huge engine! 😳. 2 decades ago, electric and gas engines for flying was really a new thing. The best flyers at my local field, 1 especially (who had a lotta money, & a close friend & co-worker of mine), used the DA engines. Those weren't cheap then. I can only imagine now! Another great video sir! 👍
aha😂 love the grumpy face! I'm always scared I'm gonna forget about everything and somehow end up changing mid maneuver when I'm in the moment! I feel like I could easily fall victim of that! Great video Martin!👌🏼👍🏼
your rc channel is the best on youtube! your comments to what happens are awesome,,everybody can understand it 🙂 (also i fly in mode2 like you,,and i see 3d is possible)
hehe About 1980 +- a year or so, I was flying. I did a steep dive with the intent of pulling out and doing a low, fast pass down the runway. But I did not pull up in time. The airplane scraped the pavement on the entry way, the metal landing gear went sliding along the ground, the engine stopped, and the airplane bounced about 25 ft into the air. (Tail dragger style plane.) "Well, it seems to be flying," so I did a 360 to loose enough altitude and slid her onto our grass strip. Damage? Broke the screws holding the metal landing gear, broke the prop, and put a couple scratches on the bottom. Some screws, a prop and a little 5 minute epoxy to seal up the scratches and she was back in the air within an hour. It had a .40 glow engine. I guess they call that "nitro" these days.
Great job! Really missed seeing you fly at Weston Park this year thanks to the current situation. Hoping for next year now! Glad to see you got her repaired.
Wow it Looks like new again! Amazing skills I'm building one of these Laser 103 right now, Do you think that a DLE111 should have enough power for 3D flying on this plane? Thank's
Thanks mate! Yeah, thats all we used to use in the heavier models a few years ago, will be fine, just not the absolute insanity that we get now from the 123cc
I love repairing my foamies. I have a small 50mm edf f16 belly lander that flies about 90 mph on 4s. Occasionally ill come in too hot for a landing and something like the anti-missile rails on the wings or the nose cone will break off, the bottom gets torn up, or something like that. A bit of glue, some lightweight spackle, a bit of finish sanding and some paint, and you cant tell anything ever broke. Funny to watch people who dont know about rc planes see the plane that was in 3 pieces looking as tho nothing ever happened to it. (Note: that f16 is like 100 bucks for a pnp kit when i got it, i wouldnt be so excited about repairing my eflite 70mm f16 lol)
Haha, love the new grumpy face. Though with the shape of the cowl, it sometimes still looks like it’s smiling. It’s good to see that even the best still make mistakes. Though it doesn’t stop mu fear of flying some models because they’re too nice to smash, for me anyway. Looking forward to seeing the Slick build.
I did that to my Goldwing Pitts M-12, and wish it was that easy to repair!!!! The box where the gear was broke in half and I'm having to take the whole front half apart to fix it......
Nice repair! Looks good again your laser ;-) I would recommend you using at least some nitrile gloves while working with epoxy. Epoxy is neurotoxin and should not be underestimated
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC The epoxy with alcohol is toxic to breathe in . The epoxy "we use" is not toxoid by breathing , But it goes direkt through the skin (very small molecules) and is a MAJOR cancer risk, as in garanti . Pls take care---- and rubber gloves on :) Max
Martin, it wasn’t pilot error. Was a Spektrum radio brownout. You had nothing to do with it. I do know you use Core gear, but someone somewhere was using a DX9 🤣🤣🤣 I can say that because I’m JR/Spektrum guy for more than 20 years now so it’s all good 🤪
Hey Martin. Thx for your help with tips training the snake, i'm getting closer every day :) I use DA and DLE engines, can you tell a little about your experience with GP 123? Thx Max.
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC I'm also very ecsightet , only flew them few times, but it was like meeting an old friend, after a few minutes i had the feeling with it. And i'm pretty sure Tony will make the best version, i just love P-RC. When i bought my first P-RC plane ,was in 2011 and no dealer in my country. Then Tony send it direkt to me for a nice price;) Sold it last year and the new owner totally crashed it after 16 days, Grr. Waiting for the video, the bell is on. Best regards and hope to meet you in Spain summer 2021. How about FXFC and you ?. Max.
Buen vuelo y muy buena reparacion Martin , estaria bien que pusieses subtitulos en los videos asi con ellos podria traducir lo que comentas , no se ingles :(
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC thanks for the reply Martin!! Love your videos, your a huge inspiration! I’m in Canada. Hard to find Pilot dealers here lol
I would really look at the construction above the gear, it usually cracks the glue /epoxy and is very difficult to see. Put some pressure and twist the sides slightly to be sure. Some of the rear cross basing could be cracked at the super glue joints too. Been there... If you're not breaking things your not really flying lol.
Sir Martin...Bloody opposed to hours of epoxy, parts, reconstruction, and on...we see that maneuvering as a liability...not so in performing full size aircraft maneuvering and clearly much more so...thus we fly them as models, albeit realistically, and much more often...(almost comparative to control line/RC 'combat'destruction)...life can be really short...spend our time well..Cheers! Chap🇺🇸🇬🇧😎👍
So I had a dead stick on my maiden of my pilot laser 73” went inverted low and it died (should have bought gp!! Not dle LOL) couldn’t make the runway so she went into some trees. The noise was horrifying. Walked to go get it. Thought I would find it in toothpicks. There she was suspended in shrubs 4 feet off the ground. NOT A SCRATCH ON IT!! so lucky
Put it on floats and fly off water, it's MUCH softer (usually) even tail touches do nothing to the covering but wet it a little......it would give you a whole new realm of possibilities too, you could be the FIRST to do the submarine pull out, sink it and fly out from 2 foot underwater....that will test the vertability of your GP123, if it can lift the airframe and 10lbs of water, it's a good engine.....😜
You're doing a great job will all of he how-to stuff and a lot of people will be copying you. So PLEASE use gloves next time you are working with epoxy. You will get allergy for it some day (yes, absolutely everybody gets it some day if they work with it- sometimes after one plane, sometimes after 100 planes, sometimes after 1000-you actually never know when this will happen to you).
Thank God this is an rc channel
The thumbnail is horrifying
Martin one of your most endearing qualities is how open you are when you mess up and what you learned. We all benefit from this. Thank you kind sir.
Thank you!
Spot on;)
Love the fact you are human. If you aren't having an "incident" now and again you aren't flying on the edge!
The best advice I ever got was "it was like it when I found it and was just on my way to tell someone about it".
Amen Martin! I'm fixing similar damage to my 106" Edge right now.
Martin. That was cool on the Cowling and like the New Face. You re the Best. Take Care. You coming to America
So good to see it back in the air. You made the repair look easy. Actually now that I think on it, it may be easier working on big planes vs small ones. Kind hard to get your hands inside the fuel compartments of the 40-60 size. Love the Lazer.
Edited for spelling.
Watching you fix the firewall was just satisfying!!! Amazing work buddy👏🏻
Cheers mate!
Huge engine! 😳. 2 decades ago, electric and gas engines for flying was really a new thing. The best flyers at my local field, 1 especially (who had a lotta money, & a close friend & co-worker of mine), used the DA engines. Those weren't cheap then. I can only imagine now!
Another great video sir! 👍
Great flying Martin, always a pleasure to watch you fly👍
Martin!! Why do you make everything look so easy....😀😀 Great video and thanks for the honesty and MAGNIFICENT SKILLS
Great repair job Martin. You can tell you have built before! Glad to see its not a dead art.
Thanks buddy! Done too much repairing lol
aha😂 love the grumpy face! I'm always scared I'm gonna forget about everything and somehow end up changing mid maneuver when I'm in the moment! I feel like I could easily fall victim of that! Great video Martin!👌🏼👍🏼
Thanks mate! Best is dont think!
your rc channel is the best on youtube! your comments to what happens are awesome,,everybody can understand it 🙂 (also i fly in mode2 like you,,and i see 3d is possible)
Nice to see you got it fixed, happens to everyone. Some just more than others.
I feel I am in the latter group hhaha
Amazing flying, congratulations on the great repair.
Nice Job! That is one beautiful flying facility!!! Beauty!
So glad it wasn't worse !!! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks!
thank you lot's martin we learn from you ,thank's again.
hehe About 1980 +- a year or so, I was flying. I did a steep dive with the intent of pulling out and doing a low, fast pass down the runway. But I did not pull up in time. The airplane scraped the pavement on the entry way, the metal landing gear went sliding along the ground, the engine stopped, and the airplane bounced about 25 ft into the air. (Tail dragger style plane.) "Well, it seems to be flying," so I did a 360 to loose enough altitude and slid her onto our grass strip. Damage? Broke the screws holding the metal landing gear, broke the prop, and put a couple scratches on the bottom. Some screws, a prop and a little 5 minute epoxy to seal up the scratches and she was back in the air within an hour. It had a .40 glow engine. I guess they call that "nitro" these days.
I bet that got your blood pumping!
Totally enjoyed. Great video thanks Martin
Impressive 👍
WOW.. goodjob Pilot RC, and goodjob Martin Pickering, I got goosebumps seeing it!
Thanks dude!
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC OK dude ! Spirit
Wow...just wow, such a cool plane
Great re-build. It’s a beautiful plane and well flown👍🏻
36 This is so mind blowing ... Incredible skill and just had me smiling like a kid!!!
Good job 👏
Fantastic and enjoyable video. Great job.
Very nice fixing job!
just an absolutely beautiful, fantastic repair job. Great skills!
Good Job Martin, GP for the win too :-)
Great job! Really missed seeing you fly at Weston Park this year thanks to the current situation. Hoping for next year now! Glad to see you got her repaired.
I wish you could teach me Martin✌🏼. Just putting together my 107 Pilot Rc Sbach! Thanks for a great video!
If you are close I am happy to help mate!
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC Thanks 🙏🏼 Im located in South Sweden
I must say that held up astoundingly well to that hit.
They make them stronger than we think!
Wow it Looks like new again!
Amazing skills
I'm building one of these Laser 103 right now, Do you think that a DLE111 should have enough power for 3D flying on this plane?
Thank's
Thanks mate! Yeah, thats all we used to use in the heavier models a few years ago, will be fine, just not the absolute insanity that we get now from the 123cc
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC Great!
Thank you so much for the info Martin
Awesome job Martin and thank you for being REAL! & Honest:) its a great quality, Like the new cowl design, Gives a nice facelift. -TheHodge
I love repairing my foamies. I have a small 50mm edf f16 belly lander that flies about 90 mph on 4s. Occasionally ill come in too hot for a landing and something like the anti-missile rails on the wings or the nose cone will break off, the bottom gets torn up, or something like that. A bit of glue, some lightweight spackle, a bit of finish sanding and some paint, and you cant tell anything ever broke. Funny to watch people who dont know about rc planes see the plane that was in 3 pieces looking as tho nothing ever happened to it. (Note: that f16 is like 100 bucks for a pnp kit when i got it, i wouldnt be so excited about repairing my eflite 70mm f16 lol)
Exactly what I did with my foam ultimate 3d the other day. Second time now, the aluminum landing gear is getting very warped!
Slick! Slick! Slick! Slick! Slick! Slick! Slick!
Soon soon soon soon soon!!
I feel your pain. I came out of a flat spin and power didn’t come up, pancaked it. Pilot RC 330LX, luckily only broke the gear and prop.
THANKS!
Just a video for me.. had the same damage
Oops!
I no about don't change in middle of stunt keep head up great videos 👌
Nice repair!
I noticed you don't have baffles in your cowl air intakes, don't you overheat the cylinders?
Que grande eres!! Mi piloto #1 😘
hello ! ah yes so bad idea sniff poor plane :/ but happy new year and new adventure =)
6:04 the plane is happy
Good thing this was s RC plane !!!
wow, awesome brother!!!
Haha, love the new grumpy face. Though with the shape of the cowl, it sometimes still looks like it’s smiling.
It’s good to see that even the best still make mistakes. Though it doesn’t stop mu fear of flying some models because they’re too nice to smash, for me anyway.
Looking forward to seeing the Slick build.
I did that to my Goldwing Pitts M-12, and wish it was that easy to repair!!!! The box where the gear was broke in half and I'm having to take the whole front half apart to fix it......
awesome Video, like how you show the repair part and accidents happen even to the best of the best......
Thanks mate! Sure do! Got to push ...
the engine mount looks amazing :)
Have you installed a gp76 engine in your laser?
GP123cc
Poor ground, it only wants some love... and hugging planes, nose first!
Lol
Hey Martin which engine standoffs are you using for the GP123?
Thanks
Nice repair! Looks good again your laser ;-)
I would recommend you using at least some nitrile gloves while working with epoxy. Epoxy is neurotoxin and should not be underestimated
Will bare that in mind for next time, never really given it any thought
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC The epoxy with alcohol is toxic to breathe in . The epoxy "we use" is not toxoid by breathing , But it goes direkt through the skin (very small molecules) and is a MAJOR cancer risk, as in garanti . Pls take care---- and rubber gloves on :) Max
Hats off to Pilot for their design strength. Would have thought the plane would be destroyed by that hit.
Why are there so few likes? I say hello from Russia
Just Sick Mate!
What was that?
Martin, it wasn’t pilot error. Was a Spektrum radio brownout. You had nothing to do with it. I do know you use Core gear, but someone somewhere was using a DX9 🤣🤣🤣
I can say that because I’m JR/Spektrum guy for more than 20 years now so it’s all good 🤪
Hi Martin, Which propeller are you using? brand ?
My preference is Falcon, 27*11
Muito bom Martin!!!!
What servo are you used on it and how many?? Regards :)
Two Mks Hv777+ per aileron, one per elevator, and one Hbl380 on rudder. Also a Mks on throttle, Hv737
Bravo 👏 👍🇩🇿
Holy frick I want a plane like that
Aerobatic airframes are very hard to fly. Pattern fliers are my #1 flying choice for power craft. Great skill from Martin, as usual.
@@rocketmrvc8066 practice and they are easy to fly after practice. Again, after practice.
Hey Martin. Thx for your help with tips training the snake, i'm getting closer every day :) I use DA and DLE engines, can you tell a little about your experience with GP 123? Thx Max.
Thats easy! It has the power of the DA at basically the price of the DLE. Its a no brainer! 😁
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC No brainer- im in;). Just ordered for the Slick. Thx again again Martin ;) Max DK.
@@maxmorgan2297 nice!!! My build video should be up next week, cant wait to maiden!
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC I'm also very ecsightet , only flew them few times, but it was like meeting an old friend, after a few minutes i had the feeling with it. And i'm pretty sure Tony will make the best version, i just love P-RC. When i bought my first P-RC plane ,was in 2011 and no dealer in my country. Then Tony send it direkt to me for a nice price;) Sold it last year and the new owner totally crashed it after 16 days, Grr. Waiting for the video, the bell is on. Best regards and hope to meet you in Spain summer 2021. How about
FXFC and you ?. Max.
What do u say to those people who say it will never fly the same after repairs
Buen vuelo y muy buena reparacion Martin , estaria bien que pusieses subtitulos en los videos asi con ellos podria traducir lo que comentas , no se ingles :(
Omg I want that prop for my laser!! What prop is that
Made by Bernotech, usually stocked by Pilot-RC dealers
@@MartinPickering-PickeringRC thanks for the reply Martin!! Love your videos, your a huge inspiration! I’m in Canada. Hard to find Pilot dealers here lol
Kind of looks like a Smiley Face around the exhaust cutout as you go by.
So good can you start a trick series please thanks
I would really look at the construction above the gear, it usually cracks the glue /epoxy and is very difficult to see. Put some pressure and twist the sides slightly to be sure. Some of the rear cross basing could be cracked at the super glue joints too.
Been there...
If you're not breaking things your not really flying lol.
Will do, thanks for pointing out!
It looked like it Flys great.
Awesome 👍
i wanna fix up my 6 inch decathlon and see it fly. the lazer makes it look like a toy!
Guy must have some big bucks
I have been in knife edge with my 48 inch Extremeflight MXS and lost signal...
Spektrum?
@@10fantic yes
Do you have simmilar experiences?
@@jonathanmayer1247 I have had only good experiences with old but good Hi-Tec aurora 9X and Hi-Tec receivers. They have stopped making them. ;- (
Time to get the old iron out on the wrinkles mate lol
4:38 PRO TIP
Spin the drill in reverse first to make a pilot dimple.
Watching this in the background while fixing a second-hand airframe.
What is that runway covered with?
5:57 cowling looks like a smily face.😀😀
Sir Martin...Bloody opposed to hours of epoxy, parts, reconstruction, and on...we see that maneuvering as a liability...not so in performing full size aircraft maneuvering and clearly much more so...thus we fly them as models, albeit realistically, and much more often...(almost comparative to control line/RC 'combat'destruction)...life can be really short...spend our time well..Cheers! Chap🇺🇸🇬🇧😎👍
So I had a dead stick on my maiden of my pilot laser 73” went inverted low and it died (should have bought gp!! Not dle LOL) couldn’t make the runway so she went into some trees. The noise was horrifying. Walked to go get it. Thought I would find it in toothpicks. There she was suspended in shrubs 4 feet off the ground. NOT A SCRATCH ON IT!! so lucky
Pilot-RC sure build them strong!!
Hilarious cowling cut out :D
goog job
Hey man, you need to mix epoxy better than that. An incomplete mix will separate at the most inconvenient times.
Who needs wings!!!!!
Lol
New cowl when finding out who pilot is "OMG!"
Landed!
One observation, at 00:16 stuff was missed.
at least you crashed at a low height !
What timing on the cowl.
Totally! Lifesaver!
Put it on floats and fly off water, it's MUCH softer (usually) even tail touches do nothing to the covering but wet it a little......it would give you a whole new realm of possibilities too, you could be the FIRST to do the submarine pull out, sink it and fly out from 2 foot underwater....that will test the vertability of your GP123, if it can lift the airframe and 10lbs of water, it's a good engine.....😜
I have seen a number of pilots try it at Joe Nall 😂😂
today your field is looking change
Yeah, this was in Valencia
All exposed wood in the engine compartment (especially the firewall) needs to be either doped or epoxied.
Proof that you can make a brick fly if you put a big enough engine on it.
I have a tipp mix the epoxy 5 minutes that’s quite better. My dad works at walter extra and they saw him this
Man that face on the cowling is funny as a mfer
🤟🤟🤟🤟👍
You have a lot of trust in that engine.
Dead-stick landings are scary for any aerobatic airframe! Don't glide very well. Agree with your comment.
You're doing a great job will all of he how-to stuff and a lot of people will be copying you. So PLEASE use gloves next time you are working with epoxy. You will get allergy for it some day (yes, absolutely everybody gets it some day if they work with it- sometimes after one plane, sometimes after 100 planes, sometimes after 1000-you actually never know when this will happen to you).