oh dear what a disaster............... repairs to multiplex easy star maiden flight

anthony o

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Well.. built the easy star,, checked everything,, down the fields and she went up. pulled right came down,, checked C O G..... tried again,, same thing happened again... went home,,,,,, no damage............... bonus...

friend at work goes flying on sunday morning........ so gave him a call.... we meet up .....
he checked it over checked my DX8 settings. was happy............. so.
he had control... I launched the bird.......... pulled right hit the ground ripped the elevator off and bent the cable and the connection link shot off.......

back to the drawing board..........................
 

EyeStation

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oh dear what a disaster............... repairs to multiplex easy star maiden ...

That sucks. Is there any gyros on this thing? Or was it underpowered and tip stalled on the right turn? Right aileron is coming up on right stick movement, correct?
 

anthony o

Member
Re: oh dear what a disaster............... repairs to multiplex easy star maiden ...

it is a muliplex easy star electric glider........... just elevator and rudder............. got to be some under lying problem that we never saw. got nice brushless motor on it........
still trying to figure out why it is "heavy" on the right hand side to cause it to pull that way.............. plenty of movement when on the ground but lost it in the air...?
 

anthony o

Member
Re: oh dear what a disaster............... repairs to multiplex easy star maiden ...

on inspection found that the tail section was a little loose. " do not know if it was before the crash " so sorted that out,,, made tape hinges for the elevator. made for a lot more movement. so cut the rudder off and made tape hinges for that, plus increase the size using a credit card glued to the back.. more movement on that as well.. now just got to check the balance to see if one side is heavy.... will put pins in the front and back to see if anything shows when holding the plane from those points.....
 
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