Top Flite Elder 40 electric conversion

[Michael]

Moral support and a spotter you've got!

Garbage bags won't be needed. 

Is Sunday OK?

[gordonbw]

You bet

[Michael]

See you Sunday.

[gordonbw]

Maiden went OK, despite some stupidity on my part.  One of the servos was missing a retainer screw and the arm popped off, leading to loss of aileron control.  Glen managed to get her down in the beanfield with minimal damage (thanks again buddy!).  She will be fully repaired in time for next weekend.

Lesson learned.  Check EVERYTHING!

[Ededge2002]

TWICE! 

Glad it survived.

[Michael]

Just for clarification, Gordon's plane did in fact fly well, and the damage was minimal, and I'm happy that Gordon wants to post his flight results in this thread about my Elder, but for the record, my Elder is just fine. Had two more nice flights on Sunday.



Gordon - I have your pliers.

[gordonbw]

Yeah, I was looking for those little guys. Thanks Michael!