Well it has been a while since my last post. The weather has been as bad as it can get for both the flying and the R/C equipment. That has finally started to change with the much cooler weather.
Bought a Dynam T-28 from NitroPlanes but it was short lived. Didn't get the CG far enough forward and it crashed trying to land it. Unfortunately the plane is structurely weakest at the point where the wings screw to the foam body. If you decide to try this plane be sure to place the 3S 2200 mah battery as far forward as possible. Battery will just slide into the cutout for the cockpit keeper at the front.
Since I had usable remnants of the Dynam I used some of it's dimensions to construct my own T-28 out of hard foam from HobbyLobbby/Elmer's. It has a 51" wing span and is 40" long. Currently using a 3015 TowerPro motor from HobbyKing with a 9X7.5 prop.
After a few flights I snapped both the carbon fiber wing spars doing a loop but managed to land it without futher damage. I'm currently replacing them with thicker spars and hope to have it flying soon. Will probably go to a larger diameter prop for additional slow speed thrust.
For those who live locally here in Arlington, Texas we moved back to Webb Community Park while TCC is redoing the remote parking lot next to 360. The park is busy with soccer and football but the additional parking recently built has helped keep us flying.
Time to start hooking up the LEDs now that it is dark by 7:30.
