Mayday

In Pieces šŸ™

Lol … I think this is the only way to start this post. Well I finally built up enough courage to take my new jet, Stinger 64, down the park for it’s maiden flight. As soon as I got down there I saw that there was no one there, and that was what I was after the most. Without further hesitation I turned it all on and hand launched it. It lasted two seconds in the air. At first I thought it didn’t have enough guts behind the motor, so I handĀ launchedĀ it again and it still didn’t want to stay in the air. Instead it dragged itself around the oval, which did look funny, but still I wanted air action. Once again I hand launched it and aimed it a little higher into the sky and held back on the elevator. It seemed to belt straight down into the ground which I thought was odd … until I looked at the transmitter and noticed that the elevator switch was reversed, and I really, really should have looked at the rest of the switches, because they were reversed too! Anyway I thought I would give it one last launch now that the elevator was fixed. It didn’t last long in the air again and dragged along the ground until it caught some oncoming wind and took off, which was great, except theĀ ailerons were reversed too. Bang was the next noise I heard.

Ahh well, I have learnt a few lessons and I hope to rebuild it to get some air time out of it. The main thing is I had fun.

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