Reverb F5D quick build

Ededge2002 · July 16, 2013, 09:34:52 AM

Quote from: battlestu on July 16, 2013, 08:28:27 AM
nice try.... Ed's daughter flew it while ago

And she would have flown it more if Simon hadn't rushed over and taken his toy home.

thehaze · July 16, 2013, 10:46:31 AM

I hope that Simon knows that the pressure is on him. Now that we know that a 12 year old can easily handle this model....

Ededge2002 · July 16, 2013, 11:24:44 AM

Btw.... She's 11, flew it without looking and sent a couple text messages during the flight.

thehaze · July 16, 2013, 11:53:26 AM

There's no way Simon can match that level of skill.

sihinch · July 16, 2013, 01:16:04 PM

I just want to fly it in circles. It's a glider, right!

Ededge2002 · July 17, 2013, 10:55:43 PM

As expected the reverb flew terrific! VERY smooth and stable. In no time at all captain Simon was doing some respectable passes and thrilling turns. The spoilers made landing a breeze. I'm feeling a little jealous its that nice!

I did take a few pictures of where the plane "had" been but the elusive Reverb could not be captured on my phone camera.

sihinch · July 18, 2013, 08:12:07 AM

It was awesome. Very, very quick. You couldn't take your eyes if it for a nano-second.

As Ed said, landing was very, very easy. Easier than a Nooner. And did I say it was quick?

Thanks so much to Ed for such an awesome job of the repair, the build and the paintwork!

Wow!

Ededge2002 · July 18, 2013, 05:49:02 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCelKuBEj6A&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Not a very good video but the sound helps make up for it!

wollins · July 19, 2013, 09:22:51 AM

Congrats Simon! It's a great little plane ... mine is being "retrofitted".

Colin

akabek · October 02, 2013, 09:34:02 PM

This whipper snapper caught my eye this past Saturday. I may have to take the plunge. Which servos are you using and what did you use Ed to repair the wing tips?

sihinch · October 03, 2013, 08:28:55 AM

I had a bad day with the Reverb yesterday. I had a low Tx battery (and didn't notice because I'd forgotten the Tx I was using ran at 12v, rather than 8v of my DX7s) and lost control of the model. Fortunately it was high, and I had a failsafe set. It gently went in to a Downward Spiral, and crashed behind the trees to the South East of the field.

I must thank Glenn, Jay, Bob and Graham for going to look for it on foot (whist I went in the car.) They found it, but it is quite badly damaged. But repairable I hope.

I was using Hyperion DS09AMD servos, but apparently I didn't need to use the metal ones.

Lesson for everyone - don't assume, check! And remember the Tx voltage (and if possible set a warning.)

wollins · October 03, 2013, 11:45:17 AM

Sorry to hear about that Simon. Are those the pics of the damage? If so that should be no problem to repair. All of us who have been flying these types of planes for awhile have had worse ones that we've repaired so don't despair!

Colin

akabek · October 03, 2013, 05:00:07 PM

Considering what happened it does not look too bad. What would be used to repair the damage?

Michael · October 03, 2013, 09:11:25 PM

Slightly off-topic, but sort of related ....

It was Jay who found the plane far behind the trees south-east of the field.

During a flight with one of my jets, I lost an elevator and a wheel (both in the same flight !!!) at different times, into the beans.

Jay found both.

3 for 3; Way-to-go, Jay!

Papa · October 03, 2013, 10:22:45 PM

We will have to call him St. Anthony.

He's the Patron Saint of Lost Stuff.

Jack.