After a rather unspectacular trip to whitesheet I returned to find the house full of teenage girls- time to hide in the garage and fit some ailerons.
Some pictures later but the horns I used were Thomas lui carbon horns. The single horn, fitting on to an aluminum arm is a neat and slop free solution.
I was able to achieve a neat horn fitting, flush to the top skin without any huge dramas.
It's not been possible for that time away from the turkey sandwiches to be spent on the slope so far this Christmas. But I have been taking the chance to fit out a set of Wyvern wings.
I've been really pleased with the performance of the Chaservos I've been using for the ailerons so I've decided to use the 9.5mm big brother of those ailerons servos. Fitting and testing they have a really solid and strong feel with low noise. First impressions and testing has shown fast response and apparently perfect centering.
Finishing, balancing and testing to come in January!
It was a shame that the Whitesheet winter league was cancelled today. I ended up taking my Saker and Wyvern up. Both took some serious amounts of ballast.
Not surprisingly when in 25ms air, when. When It squared up they really took off. I had taken the new lite weight saker fuz up but I was not going to learn very much today, or I bottled the maiden!
It was a shame that there wasn't a clock on any of my flights. The 2 models feel rather different in the air. whilst the Saker just carries its speed and momentum through just about anything, the Wyvern turned faster and could take off but that pace could be lost. Good air and EM turns, the Wyvern feels so fast. But against the clock it's not about feel.
I've mentioned before that around 3 years ago I decided to commit to flying in whatever conditions I was daft enough to go out in and the slope that was available, since then I have been receiving looks of bewilderment on slopes from Beer to the Wrecker.
Flying in the kind of strong winds that we have had lately with the moldies I have means that you know that you're going to be going fast. I've come to the realisation that what you need and develop is a confidence in your model. I know that it is more than strong enough but it's the model's handling and behavior that you really need to trust.
This weekend I flew the Saker and then Wyvern models. Both screaming around the sky whilst my face was blown around like a spaniel leaning out of a car window. Not sure Slope dog enjoyed it too much!
