{"id":3037,"date":"2014-04-24T19:22:04","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T19:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/?p=3037"},"modified":"2014-05-11T11:40:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-11T11:40:45","slug":"a-case-of-no_glue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/a-case-of-no_glue\/","title":{"rendered":"A case of No_glue"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_20140422_142127\"<\/a>Yeah it happened again.. Somewhere in the forums you read that the original might have a bit of a problem getting into the air when it is windstill. Yes, I remembered after launching (not hard enough) in near zero wind. Result: An unscheduled landing (to use a phrase I hear \u00b4mericans use when they crash something). The motor sprung loose. Now it was really not a hard touch, but enough for the no-glue to give up. \u00a0During the repair , I could not discover anything that could pass for glue at a 100 yard distance. \u00a0Anyway, whipped up a bit of my magic potion, and now the motor\u00a0will never break loose again!<\/p>\n

Today I had a few more flights, no problems to report. More work on the CG, I am getting closer to the \u00b4Right Spot\u00b4.<\/p>\n

With the present setup I reach 100 odd meters in 30 seconds. Compared to the 3 secs on the Insider, that\u00b4s an eternity. A Plan is needed. I made a quick set of jumper wires so I can plug in the current sensor that I use in the Extra. When I know what current I use, I can try to find a better setup. (Even one that runs on 4S if needed!)<\/p>\n

Update: A fresh new Unisense-E does the job: 61 peak, 50 Amps in climbout. It also tells me starting power is 736Watt, at the top I’m at 550 Watt. This is a plane that weighs probably 3 kg’s!<\/p>\n

I’m pleased with the unisense thingy<\/a>, it’s all you’d ever need for a e-bird.<\/p>\n

When the weather changes, I’ll get the vario sorted, I think I’m dropping 70 cm\/sec in still air, but hopefully that can be improved upon. Slow speed is not the answer here, keep it moving to get the best sink-rate. It does not really matter too much if it is not accurate, at least not until I get the hang of the sounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yeah it happened again.. Somewhere in the forums you read that the original might have a bit of a problem getting into the air when it is windstill. Yes, I remembered after launching (not hard enough) in near zero wind. Result: An unscheduled landing (to use a phrase I hear \u00b4mericans use when they crash … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-epsilon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blokland.net\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}