Comment by james sowell on May 1, 2012 at 10:01pm

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1223595&highlig...      look in here I think its 165 170 deg water goes back little glue you are flying tomorrow and thanks for what you do over there

Comment by Mike Thorlin on May 2, 2012 at 12:11pm

James, thanks for the info, should come in very handy.  Hopefully my skills/confidence and luck improves...!

Comment by james sowell on May 2, 2012 at 1:24pm

no problem crashing (hard landing) is all part of it, a flightsim helps with the dumb thumb

Comment by Alex on May 2, 2012 at 2:16pm

Never fly foam planes

Comment by Hein du Plessis on May 3, 2012 at 1:31am

@Alex - a foam plane is very repairable! And cost effective. Quick to build. Balsa not so much.

Comment by Hein du Plessis on May 3, 2012 at 1:33am

Mike I can't find the video or photos?

Comment by Mike Thorlin on May 3, 2012 at 7:43am

Sorry Hein, the pics and video are there... sorry you cant see them.

I put probably 6 hours into the foam airframe build, particularly due to mod to accomodate APM, cameras and telemetry... had I used a balsa or fiberglass airframe it would have been much longer. And by the way, wings and horiz stab are both perfect, zero damage. Now with the new plane (arrived yesterday) I have spares.

Comment by Richard on May 3, 2012 at 10:19am

MIke, can't see the pics or video either, where are they?

Comment by Mike Thorlin on May 3, 2012 at 11:25am

Ahhh.. I think I understand the problem.  The videos and pictures are on my Profile page, not on the Blog page... I'll see about moving them over...  I'm new to the profiles/blog functions here...

Comment by Hein du Plessis on May 4, 2012 at 12:40am

I've searched on what I think is your profile page and could only find your build photos. Can you give us a link?

By the way - you're taking a risk fixing the rubber bands the way you do - especially with the weakened slot where the wings fit in above your APM. The rubber bands should each go over 3 rods to make sure it's got good tension, like so: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgTAffKvylk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgTAffKvylk

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