"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
05/13/2018 at 14:58 • Filed to: None
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"JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t" (jawzx2)
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The wind was down around 3~4 Mph, with occasional gusts to 8~10, I figured it was still enough to take the Dynam Primo out for the first flight of the year. Got it up without incident, flew it around a bit, remembered how the controls work (its been almost two years since I last flew)... It was so close to a perfect flight day... I dropped too low on a pass and clipped the fence-row trees, but the plane took no damage that required I stop flying - just a couple dents on the wing leading edges
So up it went again... About 7 minutes of noodling around, playing with the flaps, and flying into the wind at near-zero ground speed, All good so far... Time to bring it in for a landing. About 4 feet off the ground a solid 10mph cross-wind flips it sideways right at my head... I managed to avoid hitting myself, but it side-slipped right into the landing gear and broke it off :-P. 4 hours for the glue to dry... But It will fly again!
ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/13/2018 at 17:25 |
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Not knowing anything about the hobby, it seems like crashing into yourself with your own RC plane is either some kind of badge of shame or a notch on the belt. I’m not sure which.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
05/13/2018 at 19:39 |
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Badge of shame. I have one.
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TheRealBicycleBuck
> JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
05/13/2018 at 19:40 |
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Good job keeping it mostly in one piece after two years of no practice!
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JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t
> TheRealBicycleBuck
05/13/2018 at 20:14 |
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yeah, I would have loved to have stuck the intentional landing... I think I can still say I did pretty well given that a gust is what did it in, and I managed NOT to hit myself ;) (I’m ignoring the tree-clipping low pass, since it did no meaningful damage)
It’s not quite like riding a bicycle, but 10 years of fixed-wing and another 5 of rotor-craft flight leads to well ingrained reflexes...