March Session, 3/21/2021

I headed out to the field to finally fly some planes!  I wanted to get some flights in on my tiny Habu EDF, the UMX Timber I picked up for Black Friday, and my 1.2m P51 Mustang.

The Habu was a handful to fly!  With a cross wind blowing from my behind and across the runway, this little plane was bouncing all over the place! LOL!  I also ended up cracking the rear elevator which is glued into the fuselage.  I have some spares I think, but not sure if its worth it to fly at the field due to the wind.

Next up was my UMX Timber.  I picked this up to fly at the empty lot close to home, but construction started on that lot in January :(.  Only got to fly it there once right after Christmas.  Again this little plane was a handful to fly in the wind.  Flying into the wind I could hover it practically stationary in the air, turn downwind, then back into the wind and hover it again.  Using the flight battery voltage telemetry, I was able to fly 2-3 minutes past the end of my flight timer.  I can turn off the timer for future flights and just use the voltage telemetry to determine when to land.

Last plane to fly was my 1.2m P51 Mustang.  I only flew it 3 times though, as I was getting tired and hungry.  I knew I should have brought a sandwich!  I was able to land it without incident, although my approaches were all over the place and I had to go around and abort landing 4-5 times.  I need more practice!  I was able to do a few barrel rolls, but I didn't try any loops.  Feels like I don't have enough power?  I think I'd need to dive into the loop entry to have enough speed to go all the way around.  I'm also afraid I'd roll or yaw in the loop and come out in the wrong direction.  I seem to do loops fine in the sim though.

Next time out I'm packing some lunch and taking the P51 and 1 heli.  This time I charged way too many batteries and didn't fly half of them!  LOL!  Maybe I'll have a new plane to fly also?  Not sure what I want just yet though.  Big EDF?  4S warplane?  6S P51 with telemetry?