Axeman
Senior Heliman
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
| Guys,
Maiden flight today over here in New Zealand. I had taken all of the gear out of my Raptor90, and transplanted it into the Synergy. That way, I knew the reliability of the gear, and the motor has been run-in and is ready to hoon. No more excuses.
Anyway, after a little bit of fiddling with the pitch & throttle curves, it had its first rock-steady hover. Not one single click of trim at all - I kid you not - I almost took my hands off the sticks to show the other guys how stable it was but didn't want to look like a complete idiot if I crashed it while doing that.
Anyway, I felt so confident and at-ease with it, that I immediately began my normal full-on 3D routine on its first flight! Very precise, and powerful collective.
It shows up every one of my mistakes though!
A long story short - while mucking around with the curves I had forgotten to restart the timer, and I ran it out of fuel. DOH!
The fuel magnet did its job fantastically - there was barely 5mls left in the tank and it didn't start to lean out (even though its not a pumped OS91SZ).
I did a good auto, but hit a rut (we fly in a farmers paddock) and it tipped over.
Damage is minimal - spindle & blade grip. Oh - I broke the G10 horizontal fin while I was bringing it back to the pits. Grrr...
Apart from that - I think this Synergy will be a blast to fly - and it looks bullet proof.
Cheers from NZ! |
. I eventually landed it by doing a mini auto and waiting until the headspeed had died right off.
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