For the 5th sweepstakes - First model - K K Iyer

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rcpilotacro

#50
Dear All
you need to post youtube videos a shown in the image below, basically if you notice url within Square brackets in the beginning and slash url at the end isn't required and you need to lose http or https, instead use www. In fact correct to post'em is also simpler and easier

easier way is keep posting and i keep cleaning them up, then that will entail the delay of me noticing it
Gusty's Hangar and Introduction.

A Good pilot will practice until he gets it right,
A Great pilot will practice until he can't get it wrong.

K K Iyer

@rcpilotacro
Wow! Thanks.
Was wondering why my posts often have your edits.
Will try one now as suggested.
Can't have Mod chasing bad links!

Edit:
The problem is that now i can neither see the video nor the link!
(Videos not visible on iPad)
Going to the laptop now.
Videos visible on laptop!

K K Iyer

Harveer trying his hand.
First day best duration in still air:
Harveer 35sec, me 28sec. (Harveer is younger and stronger - 1/3rd my age!)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I24AufBPt4I&feature=youtube_gdata_player

sanjayrai55


rcpilotacro

she still is a tad tail heavy, you couple afford a couple of more grams on the nose, you will see she will attain best glide angle for time
Gusty's Hangar and Introduction.

A Good pilot will practice until he gets it right,
A Great pilot will practice until he can't get it wrong.

essaargee

@rcpilotacro:
Sir, I remember the MiG 21 tail plane and wondered how it would feel for real in real flying... :headscratch:
And by the way, have I seen / made similar looking TLG from India Hobby Center long, long time back???? I wonder.....Any way, not so sure. No hard feelings ;) ;), guys.

sanjayrai55

I think the India Hobby Centre one was the Yellow Bird, which was a catapult launch

K K Iyer

#57
All old timers in India remember the Yellow Bird.
Too expensive at IHC for youngsters like me to buy.
Used to drool at the NCC guys (Kalsi etc) who had Yellow Birds,
and looong (1 meter) 1/4th inch rubber for catapult.

Still worth emulating. Thank you Alan J Webber  :hatsoff:

www.stickandtissue.com/yabbfiles/Attachments/Yellow_Bird.pdf

Plans cost GBP 12.50!
www.myhobbystore.co.uk/product/15641/yellow-bird-plan-g805

K K Iyer

Tip launching put high stress on airframe.
Condition after 20 launches.
Pivot detached from boom at about 20ft height. Then straight into the ground at full speed.
Wing balsa broke, not the joint!

K K Iyer

Last flight on 23.3.14 before crash.
Getting better?
How high do think? 50-60 ft?
Have to try for 100ft.
Hear the sound of the launch!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvMlwYe3Wj8&feature=youtube_gdata_player

SideWinder

Wow! {:)} smooth,powerful launch, 50-60 feet is my guess too and launches are definitely getting better.

K K Iyer


K K Iyer

#62
@saikat sir,
Right up your alley, if i'm not mistaken!


Edit: saw that you were online so i posted this. Reference to context is that last week i saw your old posts. Wow.

SideWinder

Yes, I did hear it, like a small rocket and on that note,how about launching it with one of those Diwali rockets which dont burst in the end? A good plane to measure brawn amongst people(thought of using men and boys,but people it is ;D ) at field.

K K Iyer

Haha,
You may be suprised to know that i and my friend Suresh did just that - 50 YEARS AGO!

K K Iyer

73 views in last 8 hours, but only 1 comment?
Thank you, Sidewinder

K K Iyer

After wing repair,
Melted solder for nose weight.
It weighed only 11 gms instead of 16 gms due to losing the flux.
Redid the nose with the weight inside.



K K Iyer

For those who may have missed the flight  ;D

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I24AufBPt4I

sanjayrai55


rastsaurabh

u mentioned earlier u will put servos...... have they been installed ?

Or its free flight as of now.

K K Iyer

@rastsaurabh
Thanks for bumping this thread.
Don't know if you are old enough to have heard of Abbey Road.
Between 'Golden slumbers' and 'You never give me your number',
There's a line
'Boy, you've got to carry that weight, carry that weight, a long time'
Reference to context in next post!
(Hope some of the oldies, aka seniors, see this)

K K Iyer

Pics
Can save 10gms nose wt.
Still add 23 gms or 50%
Like Orville said to Wilbur, "She'll never get off the ground"

K K Iyer

Like they used to say in pidgin when we lived in Nigeria:
'Can't possible'

K K Iyer

#73
Hi everyone,
About 3 weeks back INDORE TLG1 just exploded on hitting the ground in a full speed dive.
Since then repaired/glassed front fuselage.
Weight has gone up from 44 to 51gms. Loading has gone up from 3.1 oz/sqft to 3.6!
This 15% increase has reduced still air time from 35secs to 25 secs.

Chuck glider enthusiasts may be interested to see the attitude of the model in the launch/climb phase.
Here are 12 stop action grabs from this Sunday's (20/4) video (courtesy our videographer Aunt)

K K Iyer

Stop action 5 to 8.