Flying High and Large

Well we finally had good weather this weekend for a change. No wind and upper 80's made flying a joy. Only down side was fighting off the mosquitoes at dusk. Been a while since so many people showed up for flying.

Jonnie brought out and maiden his giant SR-71. It has a 36" wingspan and is 60" nose to tail. The only casualty after several successful flights was a puffed up battery. He was pulling too many amps for the 2200mah 4S Nano-Tech battery. With an 8X6 prop he was pulling close to 1,000 watts at WOT. Several changes are in the works to get the full 1500 watts that the motor is capable of handling.

Hopefully the dark days are just about over for me. I have been without a good transmitter for over 3 weeks. My Spektrum DX6I is due back this week so I can launch my MegaJet F-22 with Jonnie's Giant SR-71. Should be fun seeing these two monster foamies this up coming weekend.

Speaking of dark days there are not too many days left for flying after 6 pm without lights. Everyone is or needs to be ramping up with leds to extend our night flying.