Sat the 12th was a nice day. no rain. calm winds. overall good. flew louis foamie cessna with flashing lights and landing lights. even waited until it was almost dark so we could see what it looked like in the air. quite nice. was glad of the landing lights. in some instances would not have seen it otherwise. Test flew Wifly hobbies hk450 with standard setup(apart from a set of CF blades) and it flew very nicely. i punched it out to test the power and i heard a disturbing noise coming from the heli...zzzzzzzzz.........the sound of gears stripping. had to auto it back in. was a bit bumpy. but got it back in one piece. ALL the teeth on the main gear gone. turns out the screw holding the motor frame in place had come loose and under high rpm the motor was producing so much torque it moved the motor away from the gear resulting in it stripping. not a biggie. but at least now we know.
also took out my well travelled nieuport(the one which was sent back to the states becuase of our idiotic post office) anyway eventually got it. put it together. and its TINY. see pic. first flight was a bit hair the one wing was slightly warped. we corrected that it and flew nicely. but it only flies in no wind conditions. crusing speed is basically walking speed. see pic
just waiting for some pics from louis and others and ill post the as soon as i can.
BTW guys. Wifly hobbies is rapidly gaining momentum. they have some nice items in stock. give them a shout at wiflyhobbies@gmail.com or www.wifly.co.za
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