Watched my EasyStar fly off into the distance

[Madcowz]

I am gutted.

I went to the Leatherhead Model Club Swapmeet yesterday and came home with an EasyStar complete with everything bar the battery and rx for £20.

Whipped the soldering iron out and fitted a connector to allow me to stick my 450 2.2 battery in there, added a spare Ar6100 I had and went into the field next to my house.

Powered up, launched and off it went, bit of rudder to bring it back round and then it started heading for some trees so I gave it some up and this is where it all went very wrong.

I completely forgot that the rudder was on the left stick and that it had no aileron, so there was me trying to bring it back to no effect waggling the right stick and it was flying in circles getting further and further away. Last seen over some trees flying in a circle.

I was up at 6am and have been out in the car and on foot for over 5 hours this morning and no luck. I will put some posters up but I'm not feeling very confident about this.

It was my first and only flight and I'm not feeling too great about this just now.

:(

[Mart61]

That's a bummer!

[Smoothound]

I usually try to write my phone no inside my models plus post code and house number if there is room

[Baldie]

Not good news, But (am I being stupid here...) How are you supposed to control it? rudder and tail ??
Not a good result that :(.... Ill stick to my helis, When they go wrong, at least they come down a bit sooner !

And on the upside, at least YOU didnt crash it.

Hope it turns up.

[tiddler]

Bad luck m8 :( Don't know what else to say really.

Id suggest getting yourself a Parkzone micro Mustang for you next try at fixed wing flying. They fly really well and have full four channel function ;)

[Madcowz]

[quote=Silverlyx;558318]
And on the upside, at least YOU didnt crash it.
[/quote]

Do you know, I hadn't thought of it that way!

:)

I will be writing my details in my next one, this really was a quick test flight to see if it flew (which it did rather well).

At least I hadn't bought a brand new model and spent hours building it with new servos and rx. Gotta look on the bright side.

Or stick to helis?

wipes tears from eyes

[Dedcalm]

If you do get it back then you can put the rudder servo on aileron instead and it will fly more normally - i.e. react to you instictive stick input rather than having to think about using rudder.

[400blade]

thats realy bad luck mate i allway right my name adddress and phone number in a visible place as not every one will think to look inside the bird for any contact details

[Mark Chaplin]

Really sorry for your loss. You never know you might find it.
Just a quick note; if your flying a rudder and elevator model your rudder will always go on your aileron stick as this is your main directional control. Also be careful using an AR6100 rx as these are not full range. Minimum AR500 or AR6200.
Fingers crossed for you. Keep your chin up. Do not give up on it. Could have been worst.

Regards, Mark.

[Bruinbear]

[FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=blue]Putting your Name/Address or Phone Number on a sticker inside some where is always a good idea. At least people know who to sue when it crashes into their car/house. :blush5:[/COLOR][/FONT]
[FONT=Comic Sans MS][COLOR=blue]I guess the failsafe wasn't set ? Bad luck ! :([/COLOR][/FONT]

[Madcowz]

Yeah lessons learnt:

1) Name/Address in model (although it is prob stuck up a tree rather than on the ground)
2) Rudder should go on right stick where I expected it.
3) Use Full range Rx
4) Set Failsafe on RX (not sure how to do that)
5) Give up hobby and take up knitting and embroidery instead

[moyesboy]

You already got it but when there are no ailerons, the roll control is rudder and that then goes on the roll stick.

Seriously, if you get that rudder/elevator fixed wing going fast enough you can do quite nice almost axial rolls using just the rudder and no ailerons!

Hope you get your model back to give it a try!

[Si_B]

When you bind the model, make sure the throttle is closed. It should remember this position if it loses signal.

As said previously, you need a full size receiver in something like an Easy Star.

Hope you get it back.

[Twisted]

[quote=Mark Chaplin;558334]Really sorry for your loss. You never know you might find it.
Just a quick note; if your flying a rudder and elevator model your rudder will always go on your aileron stick as this is your main directional control. Also be careful using an AR6100 rx as these are not full range. Minimum AR500 or AR6200.
Fingers crossed for you. Keep your chin up. Do not give up on it. Could have been worst.

Regards, Mark.[/quote]


What's sort of range can you expect from a 6100rx?

[Madcowz]

[quote=Twisted;558853]What's sort of range can you expect from a 6100rx?[/quote]


Not chuffing enough

:(