GreyAce Posted April 28, 2024 Author Share Posted April 28, 2024 I am still thinking about it and reading your guys comments and advice,I did just watch a vid on YouTube of a guy flying the eachine spitfire warbird in 12 to 15mph winds and it handled it like a champ,it was uk also,very impressive,but yeah I am thinking about it all as it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Heather Posted April 28, 2024 Share Posted April 28, 2024 1 hour ago, Outrunner said: Why would a 2 stroke engine make the model more suitable for windy weather flying than say a 4 stroke or an electric motor given the same power output? It wouldn't and I wasn't deliberately excluding 4-stroke. It is more about power to weight ratio and price. In my experience heavier aircraft deal with wind and gusts better but that needs a more powerful power train to maintain the power to weight ratio. So if I take a traditional built 40 size trainer with 60" wingspan, what would the equivalent electric power train be, it certainly wouldn't be the ubiquitous 3S 2200, more like a 5S system - which is much more expensive. Many foamies I have seen tend to target the 3S 2200 market which means smaller lighter models which are more likely to get buffeted by the wind. All I am saying that for the same budget, same power to weight, IC gets you a bigger plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outrunner Posted April 28, 2024 Share Posted April 28, 2024 My current all weather flyer is a 1233mm foamy Glastar that weighs about 1200 grams rtf. I run it on 4s but it will fly on 3s 2200mah battery. Apart from when landing in gusty condition it fly's perfectly. When in the sky the model knows nothing about the wind but if it is windy you have to be careful when landing as it can be very turbulent when the wind is blowing across the top of hedge that flanks two sides of our flying field. I admit that model does have 3 axis rate gyro but I only switch on when landing in gusty conditions. I happily fly this model without the gyro but it does make landing in turbulent conditions less fraught. I also fly my little Veron Mini Robot in windy conditions, this model is very small and light with no gyro and quite happily flies in windy conditions. You don't need a big heavy model to fly in wind, they just hit the ground harder. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Lewis 3 Posted April 28, 2024 Share Posted April 28, 2024 2 hours ago, Nigel Heather said: So if I take a traditional built 40 size trainer with 60" wingspan, what would the equivalent electric power train be? Something like this on 4 cells would be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted April 28, 2024 Share Posted April 28, 2024 My Wot4 flies fine on a 4AH 4S LiPo. At least it did before I crashed it a week or 3 ago - I hope my repaired version will,too 🙂 I hope my Fokker DVIII will, too with a Turnigy G46 670 rpm/v motor and a 13x6.5" prop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreyAce Posted April 28, 2024 Author Share Posted April 28, 2024 Tonight I managed to fly my Helis for a hour the wind forecast said 1 hour low to no wind between 8 and 9 and true to there word it was perfect,so before that time I walked to my local golf course as fast as my legs would go lol,I flew one like it was a plane and thought about the whole plane situation,I'm still tempted but gona think about it,on calmish days Helis are brilliant,but finding those days is few and far between. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted April 29, 2024 Share Posted April 29, 2024 if you have a suitable slope that is close, the closer the better, visit and see what goes on. You may be amazed. Look at pssa pictures on here, great orme etc....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted June 6, 2024 Share Posted June 6, 2024 On 27/04/2024 at 08:02, Piers Bowlan said: The Wildthing 46 being EPP is as near indestructible as you can get. They have been around for a long time and most slope pilots have had one at some time. Designed by Alan Head of SAS (Soar Ahead Sailplane) fame they are now still available from The Balsa Cabin fortunately. Can anyone confirm that the Balsa Cabin Wildthing 46 is the Mk3 (root chord 15" including elevons) please From verbal descriptions on the slope it sounds like theirs is the Mk2 (root 11.5" inc, "straight" TE) Asking for a pal who fancies one, my old ones just keep on going... (I've a mk1, 2 and a 3!) Cheers Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted June 12, 2024 Share Posted June 12, 2024 Balsa Cabin must doing so well that they dont need to answer emails... 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Green Posted June 21, 2024 Share Posted June 21, 2024 (edited) I did get a belated reply from Balsa Cabin, it seems their version of the SAS Wildthing is the Mk2 having 12" root chord including elevons. Of all Alans variations I expect most slopers would have preferred the much-superior Mk3 with the wider 15" root chord, but maybe the decision was based on available EPP widths, I gather EPP is quite hard to source now. Anywho... Cheers Phil Edited June 21, 2024 by Phil Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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