Saturday, April 5, 2008

Test flight and power failure

3 comments:

2Evil4U said...

Looks good! Nothing like an inverted landing!

Did it quite because of the "8" or was it out of fuel?

What camera are you using for the video?

Perry Rose said...

We were using my camera not the video camera but I've got to figure out how to get clearer videos. I don't think my camera knows where to focus. It's just a trial to see if we could actually get photobucket to work! Now I've got to work on quality!! (Sweet Pea)

Perry Rose said...

The engine is an Enya .35 r/c. I think it quit inverted, three times I might add, because of vibration bouncing the fuel tank clunk out of the fuel and possibly the fuel line didn't let the clunk flop into the fuel. I ran it at home after changing the fuel line in the tank and adding a heavier clunk. That's when I saw it bouncing around. I held the tank steady and it kept running inverted. I also added some foam under the tank to absorb vibration. I may have to add a cheek piece, like on the ARF I sent, to stiffen the nose and reduce vibration. I would test it today but temps in the low 40's and 20 mph winds rule that out.
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