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First competitor flying at the scale and semi scale control line event at Hard2000, Siggenthal, Switzerland. He came all the way from England, the flight started off pretty well but ended in tragedy. Possible causes for the lack of engine power were the combination of higher altitude and temperature vs the UK where the model was set up and tuned.

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sbseed
1 year ago

hah, dumbass... the most exciting thing about this, also this is not meant to be a public sport of some kind because it is boring as watching grass grow or paint dry....
must the same sort that love to watch nascar, oh look something going around in circles, the only interesting thing about either is the crashes and those do not happen often enough to keep me interested....

as a family think or a dad and kid in their backyard that is great and fun because whoever is actually involved in doing it and possibly helping/teaching their kid and spending time together etc. but watching is fucking boring.

Councilof1
1 year ago

Yeah did that for a bit with my dad. One time he got dizzy and let go. That plane went further than I would have guessed.

Life_N_Times_of_Shane_T_Hanson
1 year ago

Yeah that's good... I tried to give it a go and my old man was too busy being a prick who left me to die in the gutter, rather than participate or support me in this endeavour...... Oddly enough it was my older sister who got me the gear and tried to help out but she lived 1000K away, and my old man just left me for dead... Most disappointed, but this will not stop me from doing it now.

Councilof1
1 year ago

@Life_N_Times_of_Shane_T_Hanson: Cool I hope you enjoy it. I never stuck with it because I prefer fishing, hunting and camping.

clivemcd
1 year ago

Done that before but much smaller plane. Always sad when such nice toys are destroyed but its an opportunity to rebuild better. The engine didn't sound right at all. Should have aborted.

Life_N_Times_of_Shane_T_Hanson
1 year ago

Yeah no point complaining - it was enjoyable building it, crashing is part and parcel of flying, and making another one and being a better flyer is also part and parcel of flying... LOL It's still kind of shit when it crashes but.... That was a really nicely built aircraft...

Life_N_Times_of_Shane_T_Hanson
1 year ago

The writer of the story with the video said the engine was tuned and set up in cold old England, near sea level, and the engine ran like shit because of the high altitude and high temperature - compared to the UK.... Unless they just pulled it out of the travel bag, and were unaware of the effects of significant changes in altitude, that is one issue, but retuning it, would mean leaning it off slightly with a partial turn of the needle jet.... like guessing here, 1/4 to 1/3 of a turn inwards... My ear was not attuned to the sound of the motor and how well it's running... Have not worked on them for like 44 years....

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