In Flight Footage

"Jayhawk Jake" (jayhawkjake)
12/15/2013 at 19:26 • Filed to: RC PLANELOPNIK

As mentioned earlier, I flew my RC planes today and got some in flight video. The first video is from the upper wing looking forward. The second video is on the right wing looking at the nose. Both are unedited, and for some reason the camera randomly cuts off the video so neither is actually a full flight, but both have some touch and go's

Skip to about 1:00 on the first one for the flight

For reference, the camera is on this:

DISCUSSION (17)

Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur > Jayhawk Jake
12/15/2013 at 19:35

Damn Kansas, you flat

Jayhawk Jake > Velocity- Peuguette Connoisseur
12/15/2013 at 19:37

Wichita is. This airfield is pretty much at the highest point in the city too.

Spaceball-Two > Jayhawk Jake
12/15/2013 at 19:43

This looks like another expensive hobby I don't need.

Jayhawk Jake > Spaceball-Two
12/15/2013 at 19:56

It can get pricey, but it's a ton of fun.

All Motor Is Best Motor > Jayhawk Jake
12/15/2013 at 20:48

Definitely can get pricey. And there's nothing like the sight of watching the wings fold on your first RC Airplane and seeing it divebomb straight into the ground at over 100 MPH, tearing the motor from its mounts, and whatnot. Or taking your third (after you replaced the second) RC plane out for its maiden voyage on an otherwise mostly windless day and getting a random gust of wind that says "NO FUCK YOU" as your plane takes off, smashing it into the ground so you can watch all the styrofoam bits fly everywhere. Epoxy FTW.

I fixed the wing fold problem on the second (replacement) plane by installing a carbon fiber rod running the length of the wing.

EL_ULY > Jayhawk Jake
12/15/2013 at 21:01

coooooooool!

Jayhawk Jake > All Motor Is Best Motor
12/15/2013 at 21:38

If you're tearing the wings of your first airplane, you just don't know how to fly properly

All Motor Is Best Motor > Jayhawk Jake
12/15/2013 at 22:05

The Aerobird Challenger is notorious for folding its wings during normal flight. See all of the following threads.

http://www.wattflyer.com/forums/showthr… http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/park-fly… http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpos… http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthr… http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthr…

But thanks for being a real stand-up guy and insulting me right off the bat instead of offering helpful advice or something. Because, you know, why would you do that?

Jayhawk Jake > All Motor Is Best Motor
12/15/2013 at 22:15

I'm not insulting you, I'm just saying it's a learning process.

All Motor Is Best Motor > Jayhawk Jake
12/15/2013 at 22:41

Telling me I don't know how to fly when I say that the wing folded on my airplane without knowing anything else about the situation or the airplane IS a direct insult. Your wording reflected that.

Jayhawk Jake > All Motor Is Best Motor
12/15/2013 at 22:44

Sorry I offended you. No need to take it so hard. Try not diving at the ground and pulling up hard in a plane not made for it. I'm glad you found a solution though.

All Motor Is Best Motor > Jayhawk Jake
12/15/2013 at 22:49

If I recall correctly I was making left hand turn and another freak gust of wind (seriously, I hate Minnesota) came along and folded the wing on both sides of the fuselage, sending it into an immediate death spiral nose first. You could probably hear the impact on the ground from a half mile away.

Jayhawk Jake > All Motor Is Best Motor
12/15/2013 at 23:03

That's impressive, how strong were the gusts? It gets really windy here, but if it's gusting more than 15 mph or so I don't fly. Today was a bit challenging, the wind was only around 12 mph or so but it was a direct crosswind. Landing was interesting to say the least

All Motor Is Best Motor > Jayhawk Jake
12/15/2013 at 23:43

I can't really say how strong the wind was (my indicator of if the wind is too much is a colored string on the antenna of my remote) but like I said the wings are known to fold. They're made from some kind of foam laminated with some kind of plastic/nylon and they're pretty thin. They're also only anchored at the fuselage. The plane is pretty capable. It's easy to fly and a great starter plane, but the wing definitely isn't fully up to what the plane can do. I graduated to a flying wing , and you wouldn't believe what this thing is capable of. It needs at least a few miles an hour of wind though. It pretty much won't fly in static air.

Jayhawk Jake > All Motor Is Best Motor
12/16/2013 at 00:29

I've got a little flying wing, it's a blast but it needs a new ESC. I'm a sport plane and pattern plane fan myself: big maneuvers, great vertical climb performance, easy flying at low throttle.

All Motor Is Best Motor > Jayhawk Jake
12/16/2013 at 00:39

I just can't afford to spend a whole lot on an RC plane.

Jayhawk Jake > All Motor Is Best Motor
12/16/2013 at 07:51

Have you seen flitetest.com? They have a series of easy to build foam planes that you can put together for very cheap. Might be a good way to go.