New canopy!

I picked up a new canopy for my 550, which happens to be in the same colors as my rc cars :)

Trex 450 repaired!

My 450 is ready to fly again after crashing in the wind when the tail let go. Parts list for the repair;

Feathering shaft
Trueblood green dampers
Main shaft
Carbon frame set
Main and auto gear set
Torque tube conversion kit
Aluminum tail assembly upgrade kit
Carbon main blades
Carbon tail blades
Carbon boom and tail fins

550 Loop!

I finally did a loop with my 550!

 

550 Back Flips on video!

Eric got a video of me doing a few back flips with my 550 also on Sunday!

Cloudy day

It was a cloudy day out at the field yesterday. In fact it was even drizzling slightly while I was setting up my pit table. All was good though as the sun was out by mid morning and it turned into a nice day for flying. It did get windy around noon though, like it usually does in the afternoon.

"New" 130x

Today I got my new yellow blades, white landing gear, and white and blue canopy for my 130x! Looks like a brand new bird!

550 Figure 8's

My friend Eric shot a vid of me on his iPhone5 flying some fast figure 8's during this mornings session at the SEFSD field in Mission Bay.

   

550 Backflip!

So this morning at the field I was having a great time flying huge, fast, figure 8's with my 550 :). On my last battery of the day, I flipped the mode switch into Idle Up 2, for 100% throttle and +\- 12 pitch curves. I climbed up high and slowed to a steady hover. I then put in a little positive collective then pulled full back elevator. When I saw the rotor disk, I went to 0 pitch , then negative when it was inverted, and back to positive pitch as I came out of the flip. I made it without losing much altitude. I did it a few more times to get the feel for the flip rate, then switched back down to IU1 and finished out my last pack of the day.

Next time I'll try it a few more times, then work on doing it down lower to get it on camera.

Wind picking up

The wind is starting to pick up, but not too bad. Yet.

Out early this time!

The wind yesterday frustrated me so much that I'm out at the field again early this morning. No wind! I'll probably head back home by noon when the wind picks up.

Crashed the 450!

Crashed the 450 in the wind when I lost control of the tail. Got the crash on vid also.

Vid of the crash from my GoPro camera mounted on my head.

Finally!

Everyone finally left, but now its really windy. I guess I'll fly the 550 for now. Hopefully the wind dies down some soon.

Somebody else is here?!

In 2 months of coming out to the field to fly, today was the first time somebody was setup on the helipad before me! There's no room to pit over there as there's 2 pilots setup. So I've been parked at the end of the runway for 1hr 45 min waiting for one of them to leave. If the runway was fairly empty I'd fly over here. Maybe I'll get some lunch and come back.

Lunch time flying!

I decided to try and fly at the park close to work during my lunch hour, since next week after the time change, it will be too dark to fly after work. An added bonus is that won't be caught in the peak traffic on the way home. Win!

The park was empty till about noon, when some people showed up to work out. Otherwise the flying area was clear.

I'll probably go again tomorrow :)

Close up of my "new" main motor heat sink, salvaged from my crashed Blade CP Pro.