R. I. B. Tiny delta (rest in barley)
During a flight in a sheltered spot, I ventured out over the barley field, a gust caught it and whipped it up another 20 feet, above the trees and into even stronger winds, nose down pick up speed, wind flips it upside down, so I pull it into half a loop hoping to get down under the stronger winds, now its going downwind over 3ft high barley, oh no, extra pressure got to get it near the edge so I can find it, I get it turned round and coming back..... Is it? Nope, its definately getting smaller, got to get it back while I can still tell whats the up side of the getting smaller shape, fighting back into the wind, full throttle, controls touchy as.... Oh no its heading away now, oh no cant tell which direction its going, I am still controlling it, so range is good, lol. Yip, its down, at least 1/4 of a mile away, I even managed to get a line of sight estimate of its position as it went into the field, oh no, never finding that, I thought! And I was totally right.. I never saw it again. Waaaah. Its the risk you take flying a 1 ounce tiny plane in a wind over 3ft barley, I think even near the edge would be hard to find. Anyway, I will pass that way again and have another look, I dont have long, it looks near to harvest time........ Choppy choppy crunch crunch😩 so down to 3 boards now, with one of them having a dead servo, its still a perfectly good 3 channel set though so perfectly adequate for my fleet so far. Not built a 4ch one from it yet. I am thinking of a micro version of my Midknight plane, it was the plane I built after I learned how to keep my Precedent Hi Boy. 40 powered trainer in one bit. The main bit of learning to fly by myself was done on a 3ft electric plane called a champion Bigi plane for some reason. Cessna type, geared motor. I had too big a pair of servos, poorer battery, big receiver and it still flew, only took me a fuselage and wing replacement before I managed to fly out a full battery in one go. Without crashing. Lol. Anyway, I will try and find photos of my Midknights, I built a few of them, different sizes, nice looking plane. I built a lightened version with flaps, it used 6 servos, a y lead and 5 of my 6 channels, my most at the time. Flew really well, but wasnt as robust as my slightly heavier standard one. To be honest, what killed it was the soft balsa that I used soaked up the castor exhaust, that ran along the wing to fuselage join, causing it to become squishy in addition to the lightening holes I made in the sheeted bits. It flew nice tho, and for a long time before it was recycled. That means any non-oily bits went in my scraps box. Pretty much just the wingtips. Lol. I miss the smell of castor but not the mess.... Mmmm, wheres my smoke generator out of my tank? Electric planes that smell of castor, but no mess, be on to a winner there?
Anyway, tiny delta is gone, amazing fun while it lasted, the adventures we had, stuck 30 feet up a tree, and virtually all heights down to ground level. Dislodge-able with sticks or paracord and a bolt. I only have black depron big enough now, but I cant even find a white one with fluorescent orange tips in the field so a black depron one is unwise.