Goblin Black Thunder!

I finally decided to get a 650/700 class heli running on 12s!  Woohoo!  The rotor diameter is a little under 5ft!  It's about a foot bigger than my 550 heli :)

It will still be a few months before its flight ready though as I'll collect the electronics for it when I can get them on sale. 

Here's a list of the parts I plan to fill it with:

Vbar Neo with Rescue- delivered

BK 7002HV coreless cyclic servo x3- on order

BK 7006HV coreless tail servo- on order

Hobbywing Platinum Pro V4 HV 130A ESC with 10A BEC

Xnova 560kv motor

SAB 22t pinion- on order

Pulse 4500mah 45C 6s batteries x4

RC Proplus 6mm connectors- on order

Trex 550 head and frame tear down

I competed the rebuild of the tail boom on Sunday and also installed my KDE tail pitch control upgrade kit at the same time as I replaced the damaged parts from the crash. 

Next I completely tore down the frame and rotor head for inspection. Luckily the main shaft, feathering shaft, head block, blade grips, and blade grip arms were not damaged in the crash. Just the main gear stripped. 

After rebuilding the rotor head, I planned another part order to rebuild the frame.  It should arrive later this week, then I can get my 550 back together :)

Trex 550 rebuild finally begins!

I finally decided to begin rebuilding my Trex 550, 9 months after crashing it. I started by removing the front gearbox from the frame, then removing the bent boom. 

Next up is rebuilding the tail case with my new KDE upgrade kit, then placing the 1st order to replace all the damaged parts that I can see so far. 

Getting the hang of it!

I had a great flying session at SEFSD on Saturday afternoon 5/21/16, while the TNS race was going on at SDRC. 

I also got to try out my new wind speed gauge!  Turns out the wind speed was about 8 mph on average with gusts up to 10 mph. Lol!

This was the 1st session with my 48" P51 Mustang where I was able to fly around, retract the landing gear, and was able to land without tipping over onto the prop (mostly). It was great!

I was also able to fly my UMX Habu, taking off and landing from the runway :)

SEFSD Sunday afternoon session, 5/8/16

I broke my prop!

My prop finally had enough of my tip over landings and broke on my 2nd landing attempt of my 1st battery. Oh well. 

The stock Eflite prop was out of stock everywhere, but I was able to find a cheaper aftermarket prop from a new online hobby shop I found :). I ordered 4 of them and got them in only 3 days!  Winning!

Birthday flying

I took my Birthday off from work for the 1st time ever and headed out to the field to fly my new 48" P51, despite the threat of rain. Unfortunately it was a bit windy, but I tried to fly anyway. 

My session was going ok, but the wind caused the plane to pitch up, then stall, as I was trying to land and it came down hard!

Crinkled nose. 

Dented wingtip. 

Waiting to fly. 

Club members getting the pad ready for the drone race on Saturday. 

1.2m P51 Mustang Maiden!

I maidened my new and 1st big plane Sunday 5/1/16!  At 1st I tried using the flaps, but with the wind, the plane floated too much which made it hard to land! Lol!

I basically practiced my landing approach  and landings. I didn't fly around much other than getting in position to land. By my 5th landing I was starting to get the hang of it!  But I was landing really far down the runway!

I can't wait to try flying it again :)

Ready to fly!

Windy!