FAILED MAIDEN OF THE VMAR L -19 BIRD DOG BY FGFRC
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2024
- As usual I was so excited about getting this plane in the air I totally skipped the post build video. Well I made a promise and broke it so karma came into play!!!....LOL Oh well!
Well back to the shop for rework and repairs!! Lesson here was do not get in such a hurry to maiden a plane that you do not give yourself enough time and a better location. I should have waited for a another day and could have taken her to my usual field where there are no concrete curbs!!
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Well I got into too big a hurry and choose the wrong flying site. Well impatience and concrete curbs are not a good combo!
You are a man of determination. We’ll see that bird again I garuuuunteee it!
Working on it tonight!
Make sure your tires have a little bit of "toe in" That will help it track better. With most tail draggers, you gotta come up smooth on power and be all over the rudder. I use negative expo on rudder on some planes for this reason. Makes it that much more responsive. If your tailwheel can slide on its axle, see if you can shim that up to keep it laterally stable. When you did lift off, it seemed like it was underpowered. Maybe you were not at WOT? Wood models (including Vmar) tend to be heavier than you would expect. Heavier than a foamie of same size. I would be running at least a 480 class motor 3S in that plane. Probably 900-960kv with 10x6 or 11x6 prop if you have the ground clearance. Good luck!
Thanks for the tips. And the advice it is very much appreciated.
Hope to see this one fly soon,it is a very nice looking L-19! Thanks!
I hope so too!
I just got this same plane, except the grey Air Force version. Although it's a good plane, soon as it gets throttle, the tailwheel is coming off the ground, even with full up elevator, and the the tail goes all over the place. Never had a plane so hard to taxi as this. Now I see how you hit the curb. I'm experimenting with with an APM with compass and GPS in mine. The stabilization is not working the best, but the return to home is working great.
Its a great little plane. Took alot for me to finally get mine flying however.
Those damn Curbs…!
They are evil.
better next time; hope it's not too bad...
Should be an easy fix.
With 75% of all of my FMS planes, they fly their best AFTER their 1st crash/hard landing. (Why, idk🤔). After that, they're great! (Explorer 2, super ez 1, )
LOl strange how true that is...LOL
Tail draggers I only take off on grass. Darren
I am afraid in this case you are spot on!
My first trainer was a VMAR - great colour scheme on that BirdDog - why didn't you use the grass area and aircraft like that is going to take off easy on grass - (and no curbs) LOL..... Sorry but at least she lives to fly another day....
Thanks, because I was impatient and did not have time to make it to the grass strip before bad weather. If I would have listened to the voice of reason and waited for a better day then there wouldn't have be an issue with curbs!!
@@FatGuyFliesRC Oh we all have ignored that little voice of reason - it is far too easy to to do that LOL... and we never seem to learn.....
Oh man, sorry about that. I don’t think that site was a good one for a maiden flight. Back to Avon Park next time, right?
That is the plan!
Hi. I have just put the Vmar pc-9 Pilatus together and was trying it for the first time today and I cant even get it up from the runway, tried both 2s and 3s but it was impossible. After a while the motor started to smell burnt. It seems to be old electricity or at least the connectors are odd. I have ordered a new motor and esc but is it worth it or should i by another brand arf? Thanks/John
That is a VERY old kit. Try some of their newer kits. i am at present putting together the Vmar Twin Otter and will be flying her in the next couple of weeks.
@@FatGuyFliesRC Crashed it today after several times trying to get it in the air, hand-launched it two times also without succes... I think the included motor had not enough power..
@@FatGuyFliesRC The motor is 2410 890kw too small engine. I've ordered an 2200 kv now and will be put the plane back together 👍
Bummer...
😟😟 yep.
that was a " Bird Dog " .............now it's a " Curb Dog " ............
LOL!!!
Costly mistake by not going to your paved flying field. Thanks for sharing
Very true! But lesson learned I hope . Patience would have paid off if I would have listened to that voice of reason.
😒😒
Got her going again however!!