Second flight of The Seagull Boomerang Trainer

[aidan mcatamney]

Second flight of The Boomerang Trainer at South Derry MFC.      Pilot was Aidan McAtamney .    Cameraman was Mathew Logue 

[toto]

Excellent display of what can be achieved with the huge ble Boomerang in the right hands.

 

Thanks for sharing Aidan and another thanks to the cameraman for capturing it so well.

 

Toto

[Denis Watkins]

2 hours ago, toto said:

Excellent display of what can be achieved with the humble Boomerang in the right hands.

 

Toto

 

Have stood with two separate lads successfully taking their " B " Certificates with the Boomerang Toto,

That lovely Wing profile does actually produce lift and can be flown very well.

[toto]

If I ever have to buy another trainer .... which hopefully I don't, it would maybe be the boomerang. However ... it would be electric. The biggest mistake I made with the Arising Star was going IC. It will be a while before I start tinkering with that again. Too much of a learning curve this early on in my flying journey. 

 

Toto

[aidan mcatamney]

Yes I agree Toto.  Stick with electric for now until you get comfortable with your flying. It's a lot simpler and will give you less hassle.   Then when your confidence is up and your flying solo go for the IC powered model and you will find things a lot easier.  

[GrumpyGnome]

I think the bigger problems were the lack of consistency of instruction, and lack of ic knowledge in the club.

 

Electric has its own learning curve, as evidenced by one of the 'other' threads.

[toto]

Quite true Grumpy but once you have managed to tie down your power train ...... its a done deal.

 

toto

[GrumpyGnome]

Ditto with ic to be fair.....

 

I fly electric, glow, and petrol, so have no axe to grind 🙂

[toto]

I think glow and petrol are just a little bit more temperamental. Generally, if your electrics ... battery,  ESC and radio gear are matched properly to start with, there are less chances of failures. Maybe I am a little naive. 

 

I'm thinking fuel blocks, contaminated fuel, blocked filters and all means of other potential issues as well as of course ... getting fuel mixes right etc. I think like anything else, initially it's a learning curve as well as just having a mechanical mindset.

 

I will have to conquer it at sometime but electric will do for now. My old brain hurts if I need to take in too much at any given time.

 

Toto

[Nigel R]

1 hour ago, toto said:

I think glow and petrol are just a little bit more temperamental

 

They're not, but your perception is what it is. If your club does not possess the skillset to set up a glow motor, and (at some point) teach you how to do the same, then that is your problem, a lack of expertise. As has been pointed out before.

 

Electric can also fail, in numerous different ways to IC - as I think has also already been stated a lot of times on some of your many threads.

 

19 hours ago, toto said:

once you have managed to tie down your power train ...... its a done deal.

 

Well... as above, not really. Note, you are still very much a beginner. Come back after a few years of using both power trains and reassess, after a handful of BEC failures, motor / esc / lipo overheating issues, motor winding failures or magnet failures, poor cell performance, solder joint failures, connector issues, maybe even a lipo fire. There are many traps for the unwary in both routes. Etc.