When the fusestick becomes a bottleneck...

From: Sameer Tiwari <deevana_2001_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:25:56 -0000

Hi folks,

Having built several of the indoor models over the last year. I kept bumping into the issues of a the plane taking a nose dive, whenever I put turns in the rubber exceeding a 1000.

I am sure the folks on this forum know what I am talking about...

The fusestick warps/buckles under the stress and causes an unwanted upthrust from the prop, causing the plane to nose dive. Once you pick it up and let it run a few seconds, it will fly beautifully once again giving close to 2 mins of flight time.

But, I want to stretch more to exceed 3mins, and stuck on the fusestick design, it has to be balsa - no boron/fiber/tubes etc.

BTW, I did try a box design with two 1/32 X 1/2 for a pair of sides and 1/16 X 1/16 for the other, and it was equally weak as a solid 1/4 X 1/2.

Any ideas?
Thanks
Received on Mon Jun 08 2009 - 12:26:29 CEST