Projects Maiden flight

[westray]

Well got the maiden flight in this morning on the trainer. 3 flights in total. Flew great from the very start with very little trim required. Nice gentle flights on about 2/3 throttle with an 1100kv motor and a 10x5 prop. I only flew it for 10 mins on each battery but think I could probably get more,I will check the battery state when I get home. Glides very well dead stick. Will try and post a video when I can get a cameraman. Your suggestion of four AA batteries as ballast workedd great. Thanks once again for a great set of plans,I can see myself having great fun with this plane.

 

[Tony]

Dude that is great to hear. Sounds like you are getting some great flight times out of it as well. I did a test on mine and I could just barely squeeze out 10 minutes on a 2200 battery. Are you running a bigger one? I could check the other thread, but this way is easier lol.

And speaking of the trainer, I just pulled the one down from the videos to show a cousin that came down. Really makes me want to fly it lol. Too bad I don't have any batteries for it lol.

 

[westray]

I am using a 2200 battery. When I checked the batteries ,before charging,they were all sitting around the 11.7v mark so 10 minutes I would say is abot right for the flight time.

 

[Tony]

Wow, that is some great flight times on that pack with that much voltage left. 3.7 volts per cell would be 11.1 so you could fly longer if you wanted. I ran my packs down to 3.2 or 3.4 per cell if I remember right. Don't quote me on that though lol.