Indoor [Archive]

Xavier

2012-12-26, 06:34 PM

I have 4 new ones ready. They have all flown already.
The 2 symmetrics are the ones I plan to use in Germany at the first indoor aerobatic world championnships. The Clik is a lots of fun to fly but a little too fast for that event. The Yak 54 is an experiment to see how a good are the commercialy available foamies. I also surrendered and got a Night Vapor !

And no Kevin, I am not planning to have midairs with any them :-)

Burning Head

2012-12-27, 09:39 AM

Xavier, quescequi rend le Symmetric plus lent et maneuvrable. Plus de air break, le CG déplacé quelque peu ou simplement sont poid général:)

Xavier

2012-12-27, 11:05 AM

Salut Richard,

On pourrait penser qu'il suffit de ralentir le moteur pour que l'avion vole moins vite quant il n'a pas de air brake mais je pense qu'il y a autre chose qui se passe. Comme les air brakes ajoutent du drag, il faut que le moteur tourne plus vite pour aller à la même vitesse d'avion pour compennser. Ca fait circuler plus d'air autour de l'aile et de la queue (sur environ le diametre de l'hélice), ce qui aide l'avion à voler probablement.
Le symmetric a plus de surface portante que le Clik et le Yak, ce qui doit l'aider aussi malgré qu'il soit le plus lourd des 3 (5.25 vs 4.75 et 5.1 oz). Il a aussi plus de fin vertical sur l'aile et le stab. Je suppose que ca aide à garder la circulation d'air en ligne avec l'aile.
J'ai ajouté des air brake au Yak hier et je prévois l'essayer samedi à Granby. J'ai aussi changé le moteur Eflite 250 pour un HK 2204T pour comparer.

Burning Head

2012-12-27, 11:58 AM

J'ai le E-Flite 250 sur mon Edge540 avec un Hacker 7Amp, mais j'aurais du prendre le 280 parceque le 250 peine a tourner une GWS 8/6:( bonne chance in germany:)

Xavier

2012-12-27, 01:54 PM

J'utilise une 8x4.7 su 2S et le 250 n'a pas de problème. J'ai même utilisé 9x4.7. Tu a trop de pitch je pense.

Burning Head

2012-12-27, 02:48 PM

Logique:) la base de la propulsion/consomation, ''le bon pitch pour la bonne hélice'':cool:

Xavier

2012-12-27, 06:34 PM

Ca dépent du poids de ton avion aussi. Le 250 est bon jusqu'a 6oz max je dirais pour du vol acrobatique. En 3S il peut aller plus haut cependant.

Xavier

2012-12-28, 01:01 AM

I finished another one today. The Arrow V5 from Donatas Design.

Moteur Eflite Park 250
ESC Eflite 10A
Propeler GWS 8x4.7
Servo digitaux Tahmazo
Batteries Highmax 2S350mAh
Poids 5.25oz/149g

First flight probably Saturday in Granby

I still have kits for a Vantage and a Quasar on the shelf, plus 2 Excel in the mail :-)

fbrunet1957

2012-12-31, 12:31 PM

I just finished this "Pou du Ciel" as a kit.
I tried it outside. It does fly
So I am ready for the inside season.

Burning Head

2012-12-31, 12:39 PM

Beau petit model:) bon travail Francois

fbrunet1957

2012-12-31, 12:47 PM

Merci Richard
Si je le détruit pas lors de la première réunion intérieure, je vais lui ajouter un peu de couleur.

Xavier

2012-12-31, 02:49 PM

Cute le pou du ciel !

Le Yak va pas mal mieux avec les aerofreins. Voyez un vidéo de samedi à Granby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6r42NPsyCc

Xavier

Xavier

2013-01-01, 04:01 PM

It was cold in Laval on this January 1st, 2013 so I decided to stay inside for a few 'flights' of my indoor planes :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f5yECs51Prg&feature=youtu.be

Burning Head

2013-01-01, 08:43 PM

:DTrop cool, ce model est t'il trimable

Xavier

2013-01-04, 08:16 PM

I wanted to make something to hold my foamies safely in the house and it's finaly done. There could be another set of rods on the opposite side for more planes. The same could be used for small planes.

Xavier

Kevin Rochon

2013-01-04, 09:46 PM

Bonne idée Xavier! c'est bon pour toi qui réussi très bien a sauver tes avions du "demolition derbie" mais pour moi habituellement je termine la saison avec des restes d'avions(c'est pour cela que j'en ai 2 cette année)

Burning Head

2013-01-04, 11:07 PM

Beau stand:cool: C'a serais bien de rapeller les reglement du vol d'intérieure dans une autre discution:) nombre de model par envolée, les type de model, etc..

Burning Head

2013-01-06, 11:36 AM

Wy on the ESC 10amp from E-Flite, the lipo auto detection don't work... I mean, if I want to use a 2s then change for a 3s the ESC cut off stop the motor right a way:confused:

Xavier

2013-01-06, 11:52 AM

You probably need change the setting.

http://www.e-fliterc.com/ProdInfo/Files/EFLA1010_manual.pdf

Burning Head

2013-01-06, 12:06 PM

So the E-Flite default setting is for a 3s but I need to programe it if I want to fly on 2s....The gym walls come faster on 3s for me, I should go on 2s:D

Xavier

2013-01-06, 10:16 PM

If you select option 3, it will take wathever you connect and shut down when it's 70% of the original voltage. Just be sure you don't connect a uncharged 3S because it will kill it :-)

Kevin Rochon

2013-01-07, 09:57 PM

Well both ready to see action, I will bring the yak first. I guess it's the traditional Moe's afterward to lick our wounds.

mdauth

2013-01-07, 11:07 PM

Also ready for tomorrow.

Xavier

2013-01-08, 05:31 AM

Nice planes Kevin and Michel. I hope to be there tonight if work is not too crazy today. I will have the Clik and the Yak probably.

Look at that : http://www.indoorwm.de/teams

:-)

Xavier

Burning Head

2013-01-08, 09:41 AM

Cool, but wy the teams don't have the same numbers of people. Any way ''Go Xavier Go''

beto9

2013-01-08, 12:49 PM

Nice planes Kevin and Michel. I hope to be there tonight if work is not too crazy today. I will have the Clik and the Yak probably.

Look at that : http://www.indoorwm.de/teams

:-)

Xavier

Good luck Xavier and bring the first prize... also, good shopping in Germany!

beto9

2013-01-08, 05:46 PM

There are less "No flying" members now, I updated their status. Remember that MAAC is not in the Jet Age yet with their Administration....

Burning Head

2013-01-08, 10:12 PM

Merci Albert:) panoramic clip of the first 2013 indoor session 12/08/2013 - YouTube

Burning Head

2013-01-08, 10:14 PM

:oI think the auto focus on my HK cam dont work any more

Sempai-mj

2013-01-08, 10:31 PM

Thanks for the clip Richard!
Looks like a nice turn out.

Kevin Rochon

2013-01-09, 12:16 AM

It was very nice I only had 2 or is it 3 hits and almost no damage:D

And of course nice supper afterward at Moe with good discussions.

Xavier

2013-01-09, 12:31 AM

I had my stuff ready to go with charged batteries but I was at work until 9pm :-(

fbrunet1957

2013-01-09, 12:12 PM

My stuff was also ready including my new mQx
But I am in New Brunswick on business.
Hope to be back for next tuesday.

beto9

2013-01-09, 12:23 PM

Photos from the "Wallbangers" first day
A beautiful scratch built by Ricardo Souza held by his very proud son.

Kevin Rochon

2013-01-13, 02:44 PM

Built myself a rack to carry the planes, copied from Michel.

Burning Head

2013-01-15, 10:17 PM

Any highlight from the second session:) Pic, clip etc...

Kevin Rochon

2013-01-15, 11:45 PM

No picts from me but a little more damage then the first session an d this time on both planes, some hard "landings" ld's say;)

PaulG-rc

2013-01-16, 06:05 AM

Any highlight from the second session:) Pic, clip etc...
I tried taking pictures with my small camera but no good, the lighting in the gym is just too weak.
Was a great session and fun to watch :)

beto9

2013-01-16, 09:59 AM

No picts from me but a little more damage then the first session an d this time on both planes, some hard "langings" lt's say;)

Yeah! Those indoor planes have a short expiration date....

Burning Head

2013-01-16, 10:26 AM

Thanks for the flash news guy's:)

Xavier

2013-01-16, 05:47 PM

Only 2 pictures from me.
1) The 3 planes I flew. They all survived even if a shark attacked the Yak and took a piece off the rudder.
2) The 14 batteries I used during the evening. I flew in almost every session possible. It maybe too much :-)

Dwight Macdonald

2013-01-17, 12:18 AM

Happy New Year everyone! It's nice to see the WIMAC indoor going strong again, way to go folks!

Kevin Rochon

2013-01-30, 09:44 PM

Nice evening last night a little more damage then last week, supper after at La cage aux sports, I missed Moe's I must admit.

What's the deal with the parking at the school?

Notice the proud Grandpa!

Kevin Rochon

2013-01-30, 11:44 PM

Did a repair job on the Extra; it was the most damaged last night. It's ready for the next round;)

Xavier

2013-03-05, 11:00 PM

My latest indoor build. I brought it back from my trip in Germany.
Spies from Donatas Design & Fabien Turpeau. 111g with a 250mha battery. Glavak motor, Glavak carbon prop, Hitec HS5035-HD. It flies a lot slower than the Symmetric I used for the contest so it makes things easier.

Here is a video of the Symmetric at the contest in Germany:
WC F3P 2013 - Xavier Mouraux - YouTube

AlixB

2013-03-06, 09:13 AM

Very nice flying Xavier! I am impressed, both plane and pilot!

Xavier

2013-03-09, 11:24 AM

I wanted to try the hobbyking foamies for a long time so I finally did order one. Actually I ordered 4 at once to split the shipping cost. Galaxy, Dual Storm, Saturn and MX2. I received them yesterday and the MX2 is ready to fly.
It took about 6 hours to build without rushing. Remimber that it's not my first foamie build :-) I used the included motor plus a 6A ESC, 4ch RX, 3 BMS-303DD servos and Zippy 350mha battery. All from HK.
My scale need a battery so I don't know the weight yet but it feels light. I am going to Granby this afternoon to try it.

Kevin Rochon

2013-03-09, 02:00 PM

They look really nice, can't wait for some more specs(how much $ you figure for one plane and equipement) and your flight report.

Burning Head

2013-03-09, 06:26 PM

Xavier:), pense tu pouvoir venir nous donner un petit show de 5min avant la fin des sessions de indoor. Meme sans musique, c'a serais cool a voir

Xavier

2013-03-11, 07:54 PM

I flew the MX2 Saturday in Granby and found it flies fast and the motor was too powerful. I replaced it with a HK 2204 and flew it again Sunday in Boucherville. It weights 124g (4.45oz) ,flies a little slower I think and the power is more manageable. It is still a nervous plane more than a smooth flying plane. I may try another prop next time. I should have try that first :-) I will also install the brakes that came with it.

Plane with motor & prop 43$
ESC 8$
RX 10$
Servo 3 x 13$
Battery 3$
Total: 103$ plus shipping (63$ for 4 planes)

I can’t come tomorrow but I may be able to come fly next week. I will probably have another plane ready by then and the MX2 maybe for sale …

Xavier