Well if you look at the picture of the Stryker on the left you'll notice some things have changed from the first one. YES it's new. Why you ask? Well that's easy. On Monday I flew the stryker and it flew great, except I had limited control. Not that I could not control it, but that I could not be Chuck Yeager and fly it inverted or do barrel rolls with it. Soooooo home I go to figure the problem out. I come up with the untested and bright idea to reverse some wiring then reverse the settings on my radio. After this wonderful idea all seemed well except the wind was picking up and rain was on it's way. Sooooooo back to LCCC I go. I launch the plane into the wind it accelerates to about 50 mph and as I'm climbing out a cross wind pushes it a little left. No problem. I give it some stick to the right.....it barrels rolls left and does an inverted power dive into the ground. OOOPPPSSS. Well now it's time to go to the Hobby store and pick up a new body. I get it and come home to investigate what went wrong. Come to find out my hair brained idea of switching the wires was not a good idea. While in my 20 second check I did manage to notice that the elevators worked correctly, I also failed to notice the ailerons were still reversed. This resulted in when I was turning right, I was actually turning left. At that speed and altitude I never stood a chance. So I rebuilt it and all is well now.
For some reason the new one (same parts out of the wrecked one other than the body) now has enough control throw to make the plane do things not for the weak of heart. I also decided to go with a plane black and white paint theme. Funny thing is that when I was done I realized I may have just recreated the space shuttle. Not exactly the look I was going for but hey I have to admit it SHO AM A FINE LOOKING PLANE.
So, it's untested as of yet but hope to fix that this weekend. I'll post and let you know how it goes. Hopefully I won't be reporting another shuttle disaster.
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LOL! I found this post to be quite humorous, Scot. Not the financial cost, of course. Nor any frustration you might have encountered. But your recount was wonderful and the fau pauxs were somehow endearing.
I do hope all goes well on your next flight. We're studying a lot about missionaries this year. Currently, we're reading about Nate Saint, who flew with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) in the 1940's. His story is documented in the film a few years ago entitled End of the Spear (he was killed by the fierce Auca tribe from the Amazon jungle after landing on a remote airstrip there). The book has tons of information about his flying, his inventions, etc. Your account of flying THIS plane could have been written by him.
Love ya,
Pone
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