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Hi Denis Thanks so much for this advice, I've just done what you said and it's made a big difference. The nose has gone back to its original shape (albeit slightly more wrinkly!), and the breaks look much more likely to glue together now. I think I'll need to bulk up the inside of the nose slightly with some foam, but otherwise on the way to the next flight! I'll be more ready to be more careful next time and make sure I remain higher up initially. If I'd done that the first time I would have had time to save the roll. Thanks again

Hi all Looking through the forum topics I'm surprised there isn't a special place for all repair threads - or maybe I haven't found it... or maybe I'm one of the few who has crashed!! So I recently purchased a 2nd hand Vulcan electric flyer, it took me a little while to be ready to fly. Waiting for the right conditions, getting licences/insurance, buying some parts and doing lots of research. On the day, I saved a dodgy launch and the plane flew beautifully - so easy to control. Unfortunately after a few laps I got a little over-confident, too close to the ground and managed to roll it over on a turn and nose first into the ground. My questions is, how would you repair this? I can't decide whether to glue it back together as best I can and add some straightening struts (the nose can take the weight), or cut the nose completely off and rebuilt a new one and attach it with straightening struts. Any wisdom is very much appreciated! Edited By Joe Freeland on 26/06/2020 10:46:35

Yes. mode 2 is what I'm used to. I've tried all combinations of reverse switches and receiver connections, but it just won't work as needed. The receiver and transmitter I was given weren't the same that have flown the plane before so I'm just trying to work with what I have. The V tail mixer is now ringing bells. I had a Multiplex Pico Jet many years ago, it never flew truly well - in hindsight I think it was under-powered and the aileron sections not big enough, and the battery too heavy - but that required a mixer. I'd forgotten all about that! The small RTF's I've been flying have an option to disable the gyro, which I do from time to time when the wind is minimal and I've been able to keep it flying well. But because they are so small and light, they get pushed around so easily and the gyro is needed to help with that. I've now ordered a v tail mixer and a couple of spare prop's, give it a couple of days to arrive and in the meantime I can join the BMFA and CAA. Thanks for all your help!

And just to add a pic of my Vulcan...

Hi all, well I didn't expect so many replies so quickly - thanks for those! I'll do my best to answer everything. Firstly my Vulcan stats: Wingtip to wingtip is 115cm, nose to tail 102cm - and it weighs all in at 925g. How does that sound? The motor is an Overlander Thumper V2 with a 2200mAH battery. I'm told I rarely need to use full power as the plane glides well on minimum and can be thrown for takeoff without any power to begin with. It's got a Dynam 7 channel receiver and 4 channel transmitter. I can't find anywhere a model name for the transmitter, it just says Dynam 4 ch and it just has the 4 reverse switches on the lower front and 1 protector switch on the top right. Setting up - you're right of course, the Y cable just means the ailerons work together to turn the plane and not alter pitch. However if I plug the wing servos into the receiver ELEV & AILE slots, the only way they work as they should is by moving the transmitter RH stick diagonally. i.e. top left to bottom right controls pitch, top right to bottom left controls direction. I have no idea how or if this transmitter can be programmed to work correctly, I've not been able to find anything online and when I bought the plane I was advised I 'might' have to buy a Spectrum setup instead - this isn't the same transmitter the plane has been flown with previously.

Hi all I've been interested in electric flying for a long time, and played with smaller rtf models for a while which is good fun. I'm now ready to move onto bigger things and have just bought a 2nd hand Vulcan with the premise it flies really well and is pretty stable and forgiving for a beginner! What I didn't get was the actual setup instructions. It came with a Dynam receiver and transmitter, which I've got working apart from getting the ailerons to move in the same direction together for up and down motion. I've fitted a servo Y cable on the plane to the receiver aileron connector, which means the ailerons work correctly for turning. Is there something I'm missing for controlling pitch? The plane doesn't have a rudder. Thanks 👍