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Permalink Reply by Shekou on June 8, 2011 at 7:01am

Hello Martint,

Thanks a lot for your answer, I will remember that fast landings !!!!

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Sgt Ric on June 7, 2011 at 2:48pm

In the R/C world, experience is often gained at the expense of a lot of little pieces.

 

On a sim, you just press Reset, but in the real world, the button you press after a crash is usually on a credit card machine.

 

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Permalink Reply by Shekou on June 8, 2011 at 7:20am

Hello There,

 

Just to make my point and avoid all the usual " Predator blablabla, get yourself an easystar " that can be found in all post regarding this airframe ( I believed you made your point with this ) 

 

However, I do have an easystar that I m using to learn RC basics and IT IS NOT MY PROJECT to set it up for UAVing.
If I had to crash my Predator 10 times before I sucess then just accept it and help if you feel like, is not because someone say this and this that I wont get my chance to play with it and moreover try to sucess where others fail, that is call a challenge and that a big part of my motivation.

 

Plus a part of Chris in which I saw the predator ( I loved the paint of the grey one ) who actually did  built & flew their own Predator ? I guess you guys are saying this based on others people experience so you are evaluating all aspect of my project ( Bad airframe, low skills, budget ) when I am only looking for help not judgement.

 

So if anyone could help me with the Antenna question and the formula to calculate the Watt / Weight that would be really appreciated !!! 

 

We know you guys are ( almost ) all pro in this topic so you dont need to comes up with these stuff to show out. I say almost because I ve read post of some of you that though ducted fan had equivalent flying time has brushless for same batteries, so getting the easystar stuff from that kind of members I consider it has trolling lol

 

Thanks to all of you guys, especially to these who gave me usefull answers !! 

 

Shekou !

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ModeratorPermalink Reply by Sgt Ric on June 8, 2011 at 8:00am

Sorry for being such a downer.

This site does get a lot of kids picking the wrong airframe for first flights.

(you obviously didn't need to hear that a dozen times in one thread)

 

You are right about the anecdotal nature of the negative comments... hopefully you can help the community with better data as a result of your project.

 

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Shekou on June 8, 2011 at 8:33am

No problem at all , " no mala leche " here :) 

I just didnt want the thread to turn as a " predator for noobs or not topic "  :))
But I m definitely starving for any tips !!!

:)

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Permalink Reply by Shekou on June 12, 2011 at 12:37pm

I ve received an email from Hobbyking there wont be no predator for the next 6 weeks ....

Ok then, I guess that was not the one I needed ..... But damn that's the one I wanted lol

Anyway, I m so going for the MAJA

Just to let you know !

Cheers

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Permalink Reply by Alain Rivard on June 27, 2011 at 6:25pm

If your wing load still allow for additional weight depending on what wing load you have and what is already on it it's possible , just make a small profile compartment as aerodynamic as possible and find the CG of you plane as it is, balance your batteries in the compartment as well as you cant and fix it under your wing as centre to you CG as possible and it should work good, don’t forget that the scale of a model plane is not submit to the exact same fluid dynamic then big one so be careful to keep the CG at the same place with or without the compartment

 

So fin out your wing aerie in inches / load in oz you can fin info for that every wear on the net, weight your plane without the extra battery and with it as long as you do not exceed that load it’s all good

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