We took advantage of the fine weather, the Ten Year Old and I, to go fly some R/C planes. He has the one in the picture, and I spent some time this morning replacing a chewed tail section. These foam flyers are not all that durable, as I’ll explain further.
“Firebird Scout Rtf Ep” (Horizon Hobby)
Sadly, his wouldn’t fly at all. At full throttle, it would simply nose into the grass.
Mine is/was a larger one and I can’t find a listing for it. Also a foam flyer with the same pod and boom design, but larger and faster.
So with the addition of a little packing tape to reinforce the effects of some earlier hard landings, mine flew OK, if a little mushy in the controls. It was difficult to keep level and turning was a slow process. And that turned out to be its undoing, as a slow turn and a little less altitude than I needed put it right into a baseball backstop with spectacular results. The wing broke in half, the tail section was smashed, and the whole mess came to the ground in a cloud of dust from the dry field.
Oops.
So now I have two sets of components to use for Mugi-design planes. Not exactly what I planned . . . .
I still have to work out why the other plane doesn’t fly properly, but perhaps one of the Mugis, if the materials are in, will help scratch the flying itch.