Tuesday, May 19, 2009

First Flight

After a few more modifications to the body to accommodate the on board camera. (Panasonic DMC-FX35). I checked the center of gravity and was ready to fly. So off to the park we go. Radio check ok, ready to go. Gave it 1/4 throttle and off we go. At about 1 second into the flight something was horribly wrong, the controls were not right. They were reversed (duh I always check that.) 2 seconds into the flight the model is headed strait up so I kill the power. Now the model is headed strait down (so as any good panic struck pilot I gave it full thottle to pull out of the nose dive) 4 seconds into the flight the model was at rest on the ground in several more pieces than I had brought to the park. I have images and video and will post later.
I gathered up the parts and pieces brought them back to the shop. About 15 minutes later and some glue the model was ready to fly again. The magic of elapor.

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