Carbon Z Yak 54 3x An amazing plane

[Ken Jackson]

Only have three flights with this plane. Mainly because I still haven't broke down and bought another battery. Had a little trouble out of the box. Had to re-glue the 635 receiver and I also had to reset the gyro to factory settings. Flies great now, amazing at slow flight.

Ken

https://youtu.be/y3NGWHLbJJ4



https://youtu.be/3yxqgqfoGzc



https://youtu.be/qC9468xeWwY

 

[Tony]

That plane looks fantastic in the air! Just need to get some kind of runway to land the poor thing lol. I have the same issue here at my house.

 

[Ken Jackson]

Thought it was just the field but my VisionAire lands OK there. Thinking about replacing the landing gear. Haven't set it done without tipping once, Lol. The field does suck. I'm probably moving back north to Chicago so I'll find a better place.

Ken

 

[Tony]

My 50" Edge can land in grass just fine, but my 40" planes in the same grass does what yours is doing. Just noses over. No damage, just looks really bad lol. Have thought about getting some mat to put down for a temp runway.

 

[Ken Jackson]

Yeah but then you have to hit the mat, LOL

 

[Tony]

Oh, so you have seen my landings? hahahahaha

 

[Ken Jackson]

I was thinking more of mine. I just land, if I had to line up with something not sure that would work.

 

[Robert Sweet]

I have kids and I used there old ABC puzzle foam mats as a landing strip works great with all of my planes big or small you can get foam mat anywhere for cheap I just reused there's

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[Robert Sweet]

Beautiful yak by the way I've been wanting one after watching I think I'm buying one now

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[Ken Jackson]

Unfortunately I crashed it. I was at a RC 3D festival and was having a great day. When you fly with people better than you it generally brings your skill level up a notch. There were some awesome planes there and I shot a bunch of video including my crash. It was a new camera and I changed a focus setting I shouldn't have so all the video was too blurry to see anything. I really wanted to see what happened just before I put my YAK into the dirt. I know I was doing things with it I'd never done before. Anyway here are a few pics from the 3D fest.

 

[Tony]

Damn, bad luck dude! Any chance of rebuilding it, or is it a rekit? This is the one thing that I'm scared about with my balsa planes they don't make anymore.

 

[Ken Jackson]

Being a foamy I think I can glue it back together. I think I bent the motor shaft, at the very least the prop adaptor. One wing is cracked on the end but not severed so I think it's repairable. It was one of those bittersweet things cause everything before the crash was absolutely amazing. Couldn't believe it was me flying it. I'll rebuild it. My VisionAire has been rebuilt (glued) 3 times and it flies fine. All the servos and electronics are fine. Have to glue the rudder hinges and one of the Ailerons.





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Wasn't going to post those pics, very embarrassing but it's part of the sport.

Ken

 

[Tony]

Nothing to be embarrassed about I assure you. That is less damage than I thought it would be. And forgot it was foam, thought it was balsa. A little hot glue and she will be back up in the air tomorrow lol.

 

[Ken Jackson]

You really use hot glue on styrofoam? I always use CA glue with a quickset spray.

Ken

 

[Tony]

That is what I use. Have not had an issue yet, and it's more pliable than CA.

 

[Ken Jackson]

On foamies, right?

 

[Tony]

Yes sir, EPP and EPO as well as foamboard of course.

 

[rjhenry]

I've hot glued my foam super cub more times than I care to admit, but it never broke at a glue joint, always somewhere new. the fus got so heavy
I finally had to replace it LOL

 

[Ken Jackson]

In my experience using hot glue on small areas has never been a problem. But looking at the nose of the fuselage in the photo above how would you apply hot glue to such a large surface? By the time you covered the area with glue the starting point would already be cooled off. Hence why I use CA, so I have time to get glue where I want it and then quick set to solidify the glue instantly.

Ken

 

[Tony]

It's all good no matter what way you do it. The key here is to find some thing that works and go with it and get back up in the air. I always use hot glue. Yup, you have to move pretty quickly. I myself have never used foam safe CA. Never even owned the stuff. Might need to try it. I know it's a hell of a lot thinner than hot glue lol.

Got that plane repaired yet?