Re: COX .020 POWERED SPEEDSTER

TD ABUSER Yesterday at 1:13 am

1/2A Nut wrote:Good gravy I hope you find it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Darn good plane needs some more flying rewards.
I am only happy once my projects have some vid runs.

Either way....I AM DONE WITH THIS FIELD...!!
I have scoped out a better field [looks like a hay field] but I think it would be wise to spend a half hour to WALK THE FIELD GOOD before flying.

getback Yesterday at 5:43 am

Oh Man , still no luck with locating that beautiful airplane ? I have had a couple fly off and try to chase them with no luck . It SUCKS ! lol!

One hit a tree so hard you wood think the tree was going down ( I didn't even go over there 1/8 mile away ) Somebody else land lol!

roddie Yesterday at 12:35 pm

Hi Charles, I hope that you're able to locate that model... but be careful if/when you go back out in that swamp.. seriously. People have gotten trapped in the mud/peat-bog (suction..) where they could not free themselves. You may want to carry a rigid pole/stick with you.. which could give you some leverage to push-against if that happened.

Have your mobile phone with you.. for sure.

Roddie the worrier...

balogh Yesterday at 3:43 pm

I sometimes put this into my small RC planes: https://www.ebay.com/itm/114281720575?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=pOLbrmPSQdW&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=rP7YBAVdSR2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

It is connected between one of the servos and the receiver, and if the servo is not activated for e.g. 10 seconds, it starts to beep. ( if you connect it to e.g the elevator or aileron servo which are frequently activated mid-air, it will not beep during flight)

So when your plane lands in deep grass, do not touch the joystick of the servo to which it is attached, and it will start to beep after some time and helps you find the model.

Unfortunately every second one you buy is scrap, (no wonder, made in China), but at least not too expensive.

GallopingGhostler Yesterday at 7:33 pm

András, I had one of those in my Q-Tee when I last crashed it. Helped me locate it about 10 meters further than where I thought it went down, in knee high grass, in a field adjacent to the model plane park. I could not see the plane until I was almost on top of it. Such a device can be a "life saver".

TD ABUSER Today at 12:55 am

getback wrote:Oh Man , still no luck with locating that beautiful airplane ? I have had a couple fly off and try to chase them with no luck . It SUCKS ! One hit a tree so hard you wood think the tree was going down ( I didn't even go over there 1/8 mile away ) Somebody else land

Thanks for the compliment [but I uploaded the photo that didn't show all the flaws] Smile

I flew at a club field that was next to a corn farmer's field.
I didn't see it happen but the farmer took a shot at a plane that was over his field.. Shocked

TD ABUSER Today at 12:56 am

roddie wrote:Hi Charles, I hope that you're able to locate that model... but be careful if/when you go back out in that swamp.. seriously. People have gotten trapped in the mud/peat-bog (suction..) where they could not free themselves. You may want to carry a rigid pole/stick with you.. which could give you some leverage to push-against if that happened.

Have your mobile phone with you.. for sure.

Roddie the worrier...

Thanks for the advice...!
A walking stick is handy to steady yourself on the uneven ground that's hidden by foliage too.

TD ABUSER Today at 12:58 am

balogh wrote:I sometimes put this into my small RC planes: https://www.ebay.com/itm/114281720575?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=pOLbrmPSQdW&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=rP7YBAVdSR2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

It is connected between one of the servos and the receiver, and if the servo is not activated for e.g. 10 seconds, it starts to beep. ( if you connect it to e.g the elevator or aileron servo which are frequently activated mid-air, it will not beep during flight)

So when your plane lands in deep grass, do not touch the joystick of the servo to which it is attached, and it will start to beep after some time and helps you find the model.

Unfortunately every second one you buy is scrap, (no wonder, made in China), but at least not too expensive.

Thanks for introducing me to the buzzer.
I think I will buy one...or two...or three.

TD ABUSER Today at 1:01 am

GallopingGhostler wrote:András, I had one of those in my Q-Tee when I last crashed it. Helped me locate it about 10 meters further than where I thought it went down, in knee high grass, in a field adjacent to the model plane park. I could not see the plane until I was almost on top of it. Such a device can be a "life saver".

I'm SOLD...!

No luck today...I walked what I think should be beyond the possible impact area.
It's good exercise though...might be better than walking faster on smooth and level ground.

balogh Today at 1:18 am

Been there, seen that, done that...not having a dedicated model airfield in my living area - except in summer when I move to our lakeside house where there is a small airfield nearby - I too fly in a meadows skirted by deep shrub and thicket, which is inpenetrable and has become the graveyard to a few of my wandering RC planes..I would show up with bruises and bleeding scratches after my failed searches, with a bitter expression on my face ...most of the time it was my poor navigation to blame, having steered the plane over the bushes where I lost Visual line of sight..once it was a loosened contact between the receiver and on-board battery..I made my vows on what not to do in future.

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