Funjet nose job

[Lee]

Had a very quick flight today, ended very abruptly when the nose ate the ground at high speed. I'm thinking a servo was to blame.

 

[Tony]

You and that jet do not have a good time together lol

 

[Lee]

Well i wouldn't say that. I've only crashed it twice and both were mechanical failures. Servos are stripped, so i think theres the culprit. They were the crappy stock servos anyway.

 

[murankar]

UPGRADES are due! better luck next time. sorry about the funjet though. the joys of this hobby!

 

[Lee]

I'm trying to decide if its fixable or to just buy a new fuselage.

 

[murankar]

judging by the pic it might be better to just get a new one. I would think the glue/eppoxy my cause it to be nose heavy.

 

[breeze400]

Ouch!! To bad! All I can say is Oh Well! That's why I'm not into fomeys.

 

[Lee]

Foam Balsa Carbon, doesn't really matter. All ends with a pile of bits in a crash At least foam is cheap. I've decided to cut off the broken foam and design a new nose myself to take my new FPV gear.

 

[Tony]

That should be interesting. Can't wait to see the final product. IMO that jet is not the best platform for FPV, but it will sure be fun lol.

 

[Lee]

I know that it flys fast but it is also very docile and stable at slow speeds. Anyway as i just mentioned in another thread, i have a mentor now for FPV, so exciting times to come.

 

[Tony]

Can't wait to see what you come up with.

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[Lee]

Nose is done. New sleeker profile with flat on the nose for the camera.

Found coloured tape for 60 cents a roll.

 

[murankar]

Looks like Michael Jackson now, A nose job. Ha Ha Ha Ha. Looks good have you flown it yet?

 

[Tony]

Should be interesting to see the video, can't wait.

 

[Lee]

Disaster!!! I'm sure the CG was good. Slightly nose heavy as it was before the nose job. But on launching it went into a climb and stalled straight into the ground My new nose survived but it broke further back. I'm very close to scrapping it now and transferring the elecs to something new
My thoughts on the problem are that the nose shape caused a lift effect making the plane climb with throttle.

 

[murankar]

I'm thinking buy a new plane. This thing sounds like it's more trouble than it's worth.

 

[Lee]

Yeh its only 35 bucks for a new fuse and i can keep the old one for spare wings if something happens.