Learning to fly with an EASY STAR

 

 

 

Opening the boxes

 

 

 

 

Making of...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ground personnel checks  the battery

  

 

 

Pilot "Lets shoot some photos while we can" Dimitris

 

 

 

 

Copilot and photographer Christine.

 

 

 

 

 

Final check (we also did a range check)
(No I'm not kissing it ! :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Still can not trust that it will fly...

 

 

 

 

But it does!
We did 3 launches exactly like this one, without any problems.


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the 1st landing. Had to bring her down quickly, because she was
heading towards the sea and I panicked ! Smashed in the sand and it bounced,
canopy opened, battery fell off but nothing broke!  Duration of first flight was 2-3 minutes.

 

 

 

UP IN THE SKY:
Elevator response was instant, like playing a video game. Left-right was difficult due to the wind.
She was difficult to steer when the wind caught her sideways.
However, after a while, this difficulty became a beautiful game.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LANDINGS 2 and 3:

 

 

 

Second landing into the wind with the motor off, she glided smoothly, a perfect one.
Reason for landing was to do an all-around check. Everything was ok, so we launched again...

 

 

 

 

Third landing, with the wind behind (a mistake,
goes very fast even with the motor off !).
Reason for landing was that she already had 15 minutes
of flight, and did not want to risk motor stopping in the air.

 

 

 

This landing was very rough (hit a curve in the ground
and bounced like a ball!) but NO DAMAGE ! (I still
can't believe she didn't break in pieces with that landing)

 

 

 

THANKS TO:
Sussex Model Centre for their invaluable help
www.rcgroups.com for the same
Christine
MULTIPLEX (the airplane can take some beating indeed!)
 

I'm totally hooked!

 

 

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