Thanks for sharing your story with us, Aki. Well done with the on-site repairs. A win is never easy!
--- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, "Akihiro Danjo" <adanjo-373@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks, Ree san, Bob san and Tim san.
> It was a very difficult contest for me. I had 3 models there.
> 1st round:
> It was a lucky round for me. There was drift air in the dome. So, I launched
> my 1st model near the wall. My model climbed along by the dome wall, and
> cruised near the ceiling, and descended along by the other end of dome wall,
> and then landed at 31mins+.
> 2nd round:
> When launching, my model went straight to the wall because the rear end of a
> prop shaft was off from the bearing. Ended 1 min+ because I could not steer
> and stop my model.
> After this round, when removing the rubber, the rubber broken and the motor
> stick was destroyed... Lost 1st model.
> 3rd round:
> Switched to 2nd model. But....the model was caught in the ceiling structure
> at 8 mins+. Lost 2nd model.
> 4th round:
> When assembling my 3rd model, I broke 3 ribs and front wing post and tore
> the wing film !! Lost all 3 models... NoNo, I had to repair the model to win
> the contest. It was a difficult work for me to repair the model in dim light
> dome. I could manage to repair my 3rd model. The front post was only CyAed
> and the 2 boron were not replaced.
> It was lucky that the 3rd model flew OK, though not best, and did 30+ at 4th
> round, 31+ at 5&6th rounds.
>
> Excuse my terrible English, Aki
>
Received on Thu Sep 29 2011 - 10:36:47 CEST