Got a new prop for the Typhoon. My last landing last night bent my prop a wee bit, just enough to send shudders thru the entire airframe last night, so I replaced the prop. I found a spare spinner as well so all is good for another flight tonight. I really hope it goes as well as it went last night.
UPS tracking shows my Tower Hobbies BARF (Kaos 40) well on the way here with delivery date tomorrow. I figure I MAY be able to get it done by Monday (Memorial Day, thank God for a day off, and thank God for our true American Heroes that put it all on the line for us every day, and those that lost their lives for our freedom and the freedom of the world) and try to get it in the air. I do have to pick up some Glo fuel and a pump and a caddy, so I may drive up to New Hampshire (Nashua) to RC Warehouse.
I forgot just how much I love RC flying.
OK so I couldn't wait. I went out and spent my lunch flying. I'm glad I did. The front canopy hold down pin popped and its gone for good. The first flight the canopy flipped open and was causing all sorts of evil problems in flight, so I brought the plane down, and just took the light flexible plastic canopy off. The battery is held in by a nice velcro strap, and the reciever is buried so far into the foam there is no chance of it falling out. Then she flew QUITE well. The down elevator is a bit heavy, about twice the power of the up elevator, so I need to adjust the clevis for that. I did a few nice alieron rolls and some stalls. It felt very good to see this little cheap plane doing those type of things. The feild is damn near impossible to land on due to the ruts so I just brought her in close to the ground and let the airspeed bleed off till she balooned in. Of course right into a deep rut and she flipped right over. No damage done. I did notice though that the wing joiner is only one screw and it doesn't really do all that much. The right wing was working its way loose. I'm going to have to fix that with a bit larger screw tonight before I go flying again.
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