Saturday, April 3, 2010

John Forfeits Speed Contest!

Tonight John Forfeited the speed contest by crashing out.

Before the first flight attempt:
 
Very impressive. Looks fast. John looks happy. This happy expression won't last long!

 For the first flight attempt, John was going to give the plane a good toss, then throttle up the motor- since you hold the aircraft on the bottom, you've got to be careful not to slice up your hand/arm with the prop when you toss it.






For the second attempt, John planned on throttling up the motor, then giving it a good sidearm toss. This technique has worked well for me with my speedwing prototype #1 plus my microwing.



This try didn't end well- the nosecone broke off and one of the control surfaces was pulled from the wing.


Total bummer. Hopefully when I have my speedwing contest entry put together the first flights will end better!

6 comments:

  1. I imagine that the Super-Stryker is undergoing a refit in your top-secret laboratory...

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  2. No, I will probably throw some half-assed flying wing into the competition. Where tape and foam is king. Instead of fiberglass, I suggest you use that reinforced tape. The fiberglass just doesn't holdup the way I thought it would. It probably needs a good epoxy resin as oppossed to the Polyurethane.

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  3. Good idea. Right now the wing is pretty light, I'd hate to weigh it down too much.

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  4. Congrats on taking this round Andy :) Looks like things could really heat up on this competition.

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  5. I'm anticipating first flight during the weekend of April 17th...

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