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The I'm going out flying thread 2016

Snoopy1

Snoopy1

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stangflyer said:
No photos tonight fellas, but I did get out with my friends today to get in a few laps. My friend Aaron made it out after two months of not flying. My friend Tom brought his 40 percent DA170 powered Pilot Sbach. What a nice flying plane that is. I think I would like to have one with a triple deuce with canisters on it. Man it's a floater. Another friend brought his Jet out and burned off a couple of laps at 200mph plus. Dang, I am thinking I may buy me some jet fuel and find a plane to put it into. LOL. I think I got the need for some speed. Ah but alas, I was stuck flying a ridiculously under powered terrible looking two winged Pitts. Naa...not really. I put four good long flights on her today. The more I take it out, the more I hate to pack it up and go home. It really does "pop" well in the air. The contrast of the Purple, Red and white really make it stand out. And the two wings just...well, they just look cool as heck in the air. I am finally starting to get her figured out a little. I have always prided myself on my landings once I get a plane figured out. Heck, I practice with the 260 trying to set it down so lightly that you can't put a piece of paper between the wheels and the runway. Smooth as silk and glass. Third flight on the Pitts today the wind was just right...straight down the runway. Not too many unsettled desert air pockets. I brought her around on approach, cut my throttle down to just a few clicks above idle. I let her coast on in and once she started losing altitude and lining up with the runway....I click, click, click the throttle down all the way to slow idle. (I've started using an idle up while flying) Set on mid-rates I eased into the elevator when she was about six inches to a foot off the deck and what do you know about that? That landing with that Pitts was as competitive for glass smooth as the ones I make with the 260. All in all, the 10 flights I have on it now have made me fall in love with it. Much like @Jetpainter and his scratch build design, I am just beaming from the fact of flying such a sweet looking plane that I have labored over for months.
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Bi-planes are an addiction once you have built a good one and flown it you will always want one. They do anything really well but thay grow on you and more your fly it the more you enjoy and you just don't know why. One thing they do look gooooood.
 
ericrs

ericrs

70cc twin V2
I got out tonight to fly. Had an absolutely perfect evening. We have had a cool snap here the last few days, was mid 70's here. Its been awhile since I flew last. It sure felt good to twiddle the sticks again.
 

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thurmma

thurmma

150cc
Went out tonight to test a 2 blade prop on the 180. I borrowed a Falcon 30 x 14 from Cam, @orthobird, to see how it would handle the pitch. Nowhere near enough prop. It turned 6300+ on the ground and over 7100 in the air! This is on JMB cans. Needless to say the vertical was INSANELY FAST! Even my daughter said it went up crazy fast. The throttle response was like running an electric, touch the throttle and it was there, instantly. After a tank of playing I switched back to the Mejzlik 29 x 12EVO 3 blade and got back to 6500 in the air. Still has a fast vertical but, much more managable. The other thing was the Falcon was loud :-(

I pulled the 30 x 13EVO 3blade off until it cools down some to reduce the load on the engine. Temps came down about 5 to 10 degrees per side :)

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Snoopy1

Snoopy1

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thurmma said:
Went out tonight to test a 2 blade prop on the 180. I borrowed a Falcon 30 x 14 from Cam, @orthobird, to see how it would handle the pitch. Nowhere near enough prop. It turned 6300+ on the ground and over 7100 in the air! This is on JMB cans. Needless to say the vertical was INSANELY FAST! Even my daughter said it went up crazy fast. The throttle response was like running an electric, touch the throttle and it was there, instantly. After a tank of playing I switched back to the Mejzlik 29 x 12EVO 3 blade and got back to 6500 in the air. Still has a fast vertical but, much more managable. The other thing was the Falcon was loud :-(

I pulled the 30 x 13EVO 3blade off until it cools down some to reduce the load on the engine. Temps came down about 5 to 10 degrees per side :)

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Love the graph but I have 2 questions one is the battery down to 2% left in pack or am I reading it wrong. My second is looking a the graph see your peak rpm at 7100 rpm but the graph shows the bottom line of the graph to be 0 zero rpm and that during that flight you were at zero many times and for some time, I know this to be not true so how does the graph work thanks just interested in a Jeti so just looking see how it works. Thanks.
 
Jetpainter

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Snoopy1 said:
Love the graph but I have 2 questions one is the battery down to 2% left in pack or am I reading it wrong. My second is looking a the graph see your peak rpm at 7100 rpm but the graph shows the bottom line of the graph to be 0 zero rpm and that during that flight you were at zero many times and for some time, I know this to be not true so how does the graph work thanks just interested in a Jeti so just looking see how it works. Thanks.
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I think the battery actually reads 72%, it's just hard to read in the pic.
 
thurmma

thurmma

150cc
Snoopy1 said:
Love the graph but I have 2 questions one is the battery down to 2% left in pack or am I reading it wrong. My second is looking a the graph see your peak rpm at 7100 rpm but the graph shows the bottom line of the graph to be 0 zero rpm and that during that flight you were at zero many times and for some time, I know this to be not true so how does the graph work thanks just interested in a Jeti so just looking see how it works. Thanks.
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The battery does read 72% :) It is caught between the divider :) The reason you see 0 for the rpm is because my optical sensor flakes out on anything less than 1200 rpm for some reason. It works accurately above that so, I am not messing with it :)
 
Snoopy1

Snoopy1

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thurmma said:
The battery does read 72% :) It is caught between the divider :) The reason you see 0 for the rpm is because my optical sensor flakes out on anything less than 1200 rpm for some reason. It works accurately above that so, I am not messing with it :)
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Thanks for taking the time to explain. That Jeti radio seems to be ticket.
 
thurmma

thurmma

150cc
Snoopy1 said:
So when are you going to upgrade to the new DS-24 you really do need one.
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The color display with the ability to add an image for each plane is pretty cool. Other than that, I don't know what else I would need with the other 10 channels :) Now if I win the lottery, then all bets are off :mario-banana:
 
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