Well, I have beat this poor frame to pieces. And I'm keepin' her running!
Today's crash on the roof (inverted climbout led to the tail blowing out and before I could stop it it was on the roof).
It damaged the frame where the boom goes in. Slight crack. Even before that broke, I had a bit of a tail wag from the twisting of the frame (extended boom).
I used some JB Qwik epoxy to re-inforce the crack, and distribute the twisting force to the stronger part of the frame.
That didn't fix it 100%, so time to fire up the hot glue gun. Cut some 2mm carbon rods, glued to the struts/frame (my landing gear has been glued to the frame for a while, due to that stupid peg breaking on the first crash).
I then used a little JB Qwik to mount it to the boom.
I have not cracked a tail boom in months, so I'm not worried about crash damage.
My god it improved the handling SOO much. Indoor hovering precision is probably 25% better due to no tail shakes. Piro consistency increased 50-75%.
All this, and only 2.8g extra weight? Awesome!
I can barely feel the increased weight. I just do basic flips with it anyways, the rest of my flying is just forward backward and inverted circuits. Some flips and rolls when the back is fresh but I'm a long way from piro flipping this thing.
I'm too damn poor to dump money into this thing, so I really wanted the boom supports but just refuse to pay how much they're asking for them. So I made it :)
What do you think?
I'll try and get a vid of how smmooooth this thing is hovering inside the house. Smoother than some mSr ive seen!
Also: I'm using the paper canopies (obviously) and found a great idea for canopy nuts...
Take a flat head screw driver, heat it up with a lighter for about 20 seconds and put it on the canopy peg, to essentially make a small ridge. Then slide your canopy on over the pins, and use old dampners to hold it on. Much easier to keep a hold of compared to the stock grommets.
Today's crash on the roof (inverted climbout led to the tail blowing out and before I could stop it it was on the roof).
It damaged the frame where the boom goes in. Slight crack. Even before that broke, I had a bit of a tail wag from the twisting of the frame (extended boom).
I used some JB Qwik epoxy to re-inforce the crack, and distribute the twisting force to the stronger part of the frame.
That didn't fix it 100%, so time to fire up the hot glue gun. Cut some 2mm carbon rods, glued to the struts/frame (my landing gear has been glued to the frame for a while, due to that stupid peg breaking on the first crash).
I then used a little JB Qwik to mount it to the boom.
I have not cracked a tail boom in months, so I'm not worried about crash damage.
My god it improved the handling SOO much. Indoor hovering precision is probably 25% better due to no tail shakes. Piro consistency increased 50-75%.
All this, and only 2.8g extra weight? Awesome!
I can barely feel the increased weight. I just do basic flips with it anyways, the rest of my flying is just forward backward and inverted circuits. Some flips and rolls when the back is fresh but I'm a long way from piro flipping this thing.
I'm too damn poor to dump money into this thing, so I really wanted the boom supports but just refuse to pay how much they're asking for them. So I made it :)
What do you think?
I'll try and get a vid of how smmooooth this thing is hovering inside the house. Smoother than some mSr ive seen!
Also: I'm using the paper canopies (obviously) and found a great idea for canopy nuts...
Take a flat head screw driver, heat it up with a lighter for about 20 seconds and put it on the canopy peg, to essentially make a small ridge. Then slide your canopy on over the pins, and use old dampners to hold it on. Much easier to keep a hold of compared to the stock grommets.