PA katana mini maiden

santhosh · November 07, 2010, 10:28:22 PM

flew my katana mini and addiction today.on the second flight of addiction the propellor and canopy came off,lucky to land it safe

watch the videos

anwar · November 07, 2010, 10:42:12 PM

Wow... close call !

Why was it driven into the wall earlier ?

That must have a induced structural weakness, or loosened up something !

PS: Great to see all the gang again

medicineman1987 · November 07, 2010, 11:08:21 PM

Ouch! That thing hit the wall quite hard!

saurabhhsrivastavaa · November 08, 2010, 09:38:22 AM

I noticed some fluttering as well on the elevator... Not sure if it was induced

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Dont think its a good idea to fly with flutter on the surface areas... however, the approach seems limited.

santhosh · November 08, 2010, 10:03:03 AM

Quote from: saurabhhsrivastavaa on November 08, 2010, 09:38:22 AM
I noticed some fluttering as well on the elevator... Not sure if it was induced ...
Dont think its a good idea to fly with flutter on the surface areas... however, the approach seems limited.

yes there is fluttering on the elevator, but i am not able to solve it, tried it by relocating the esc, rx no luck. may be the 2.4/carbon fibre issue

ujjwaana · November 08, 2010, 11:45:13 AM

They are a great pair Santosh. See if there is some binding in the Elevators and change the elevator servos if needed. These planes are very fine articles to waste over bad servos.

How did you get these planes by the way ? I have just fallen in love with Purple-White Katana! at $129, they are not that bad a deal, but shipping of over $80 would be a kill.

santhosh · November 08, 2010, 12:04:37 PM

tnx ujjwana , i will try replacing the elevator servos.pa addiction i ordered online from sky hobbies singapore, my friend bought the katana from the same place, you are right shipping cost is a real kill. for the addiction the final cost was around 15k incl the customs duty

anwar · November 08, 2010, 12:25:23 PM

Having seen this in person, I am pretty sure it is some form of interference. We could make it stop, I think by touching some part of the plane (can't remember).

We did spend/find the time to dig into the issue though.

santhosh · November 08, 2010, 12:33:41 PM

while holding tx in one hand and touching the plane the with other it stops, i am also sure its some sort of interference anyway will try with replacing servos as i have many of them

bmanoj2 · November 08, 2010, 12:36:27 PM

Hi Snathosh good to see you after a long time...