Beautiful Aircraft with an unfortunate end to the maiden flight. Nick will have it back in the air again! Thanks for watching!

Just by the start ups, balancing, and initial takeoff i would have been worried, looked like he had no business flying it yet

@thelightersideofrc

10 ай бұрын

😎

What a shame, although clearly tail heavy. The twitchiness of the elevator was very clear to see, and the fact that it had almost no glide says it all. Needs more weight in the nose. As they say, you'll fly a nose heavy aircraft several times, but a tail heavy aircraft only flies once. Thankfully not a total loss so I'm looking forward to seeing it repaired and back in the air again.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully up again soon!

@maxun1

2 жыл бұрын

totally tail heavy.

@1jcd

2 жыл бұрын

I believe the saying goes ..... A nose heavy plane flies poorly a Tail heavy plane flies once

@edwinator46

2 жыл бұрын

it's a damn 3d airplane not a jet. people purposely build them tail heavy. that guy has zero skills. first giveaway of ignorance is giving full throttle to cold engine.

@krotchlickmeugh627

2 жыл бұрын

Thats incorrect for 3D aircraft. I have flown a 50% 3D airplane that balanced at the start of the ailerons and the only thing that told me thr CG was off was it didnt want to come out of a hover. But i fly enough to be able to handle that on a 3D airframe. Its not always true just remember that, thats an old saying from real military jet aurcraft. Not a new saying for RC's it only rings true in some airframes.

Nick 💪🏻, great sport , hopefully you will be flying your PAU SU-26 soon and we get to see it on this channel

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

😎

Hi Jonathan, I really feel for Nick. I was thinking the worst, once it went out of sight during the landing. Glad it wasn't as serious as it seemed. Hope to see it again once it's repaired. You and Katie stay safe.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Don. Yea he did a great job under the circumstances! Hopefully back flying again soon!

Damn, glad it wasn't a total loss. Hope you get a good CG after repairs. Good luck with it!

@thelightersideofrc

3 ай бұрын

Not sure what stage the owner is at with it.

Damn thing had the glide slope of the Space Shuttle!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

HAHA. Nice! Well put 😂

Thanks guy's for sharring this clip with us Lovely aircraft. With 40 years of R/C FLYING its happens to all of us at some time. In this great hobby I lost my large tucano just like that after flying it for 12 years at the club field and maney years at shows. The engine just died and could not make it back to the landing strip. Realy glad it was only miner damage hope to see it on KZread tube again. Beat regards .

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks MAL! Yea if your flying them they all have an expiration date! Sometimes it's 1 flight unfortunately.

The best take away on this is, it's an RC... nobody dies in a crash. Tough luck, guy, Fix the problem, I'd like to see this beautiful monster back in the air soonest!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Great point and well said Charles!

Ouch. Engine was NOT ready for a maiden And she was definitely Tail Heavy. Happens to all of us eventually.. I had a flame out on my twin engine beechcraft d18. Similar scenario. All repaired and flying again. As I'm sure this one will be soon. Good luck on the re maiden!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea didn't look that bad. Hopefully it get's up again soon.

I’d like to see a video of the inside of this plane and how it’s built! I’m considering building this kit! Also waiting on the video of the second flight!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

When the second flight happens we will do some interior footage. I may be building Nicks second kit for him so there would be videos

Surprised how steep the glide slope was on that thing. Very unfortunate but looks like she’ll live to fly again! 👍🏻😎

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, Hopefully soon!

Sorry to see this, hope Nick fixes it and has it back up in the air soon.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dino! Shouldn't take much!

Just came across this. I left the hobby some 30 years ago. I would never have added weight like that to balance the model out, lighter the plane the better. Always moved the RC gear (battery/servos/receiver) to help balance. The aircraft looked unstable as soon as it left the ground and no surprise it dropped like a stone.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Simply tail heavy.

@ThePlainNsimple

Жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Yes, needed more weight in the front. With the deadstick, still might have tore it up. Cool plane though.

Great mitigation!!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

😊

The engine might have stopped, but the centre of gravity was well off, there was very little stability shown in the climb-out.

@thelightersideofrc

Ай бұрын

For sure!

Beautiful Sukhoi! Would love to see the re-maiden. Definitely looked tail-heavy, though. And needs a pilot figure!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully we will see it this coming flying season! Yea it was tail heavy.

You did well to land it as such. I think a combo of less throw and move cg forward fpr next flight until you can at least get a feel of whats going on. Also im sure it wont be easy but maybe a ramp you could put fuse on with engine running to check its not leaning out. I know they shouldnt but most of mine do to sone extent. Also reccomend air dam in cowl to force air onto cylinder and a large exit for warm air to escape. All in all a shame for the damage but hope to see these minor issues resolved and the re maiden done.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yea Nick did a great job. It was a tough one for sure. Not sure if any repairs or changes have happened since the incident.

Ouch!!!!! So glad that wasn't so much worse!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea it worked out just fine for him I think. Hopefully up again soon.

Giant round cowl needs some baffling to force the air over the cylinder heads especially the rear set of heads. You’d be surprised how fast a 2 stoke with no airflow heats up under full power.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea good call!

Bugger, it did sound right when he started it. Beautiful aero.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea i'm not familiar at all with gassers and tuning but that's a common reply from many.

Good job saving the airframe.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Nick did very well! Hopefully up again soon!

Dick Sizer is the developer of the 280 black flame engine. He originally had the engine made for a P51 racer he designed.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

🙌😎

looks a bit tail heavy!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

We were chatting about it. Nick doesn't use any expo so the initial up and downs were his fingers getting used to the feel.

@tomling9310

2 жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc how come he doesn’t use any Expo mate?

@XxmillerniaxX

2 жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc After watching it a few times he really didn't have the Airspeed to do much after the motor quit and he was still climbing. Each to his own with the expo though, I just find its a lot easier to finesse models with a bit of expo even on the first flights.

@anthonyj3d

Жыл бұрын

That engine did sound a little lean to me on the video maybe a little richer would make it a bit better looked to have plenty power till it stopped He did well models that big dont genrally float very well looks a relatively easy repair shoule be back out n flying in no time

engine out was only one issue, obviously it was tail heavy as well, lucky ending.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, correct. It will fly again!

nice field!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊. Lots of changes the past 2 seasons but getting better all the time!

A 39x12 seems like a lot of prop for that 280cc. My 342cc turns a 36x15 @5100 on the ground and 6050 in the air. What RPM does that 280 turn? Maybe it over heated?

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Better questions for Nick. When we see the next flight will try to discuss

After many years of RC disappointments myself, I have some advice that's appropriate here. When you build up this aircraft, you don't position the wing to the fuselage until you get close enough to load everything onto the air frame control surfaces, just tape them in place the engines, and then find that spot that the wing is to be all outside because of its airfoil and then you locate the fuselage on top the wing where it's balanced, you won't have any weight to add that forward and reverse balancing of the wing loose under the fuselage allows you to set the balance perfectly works like a charm and every time no matter the size of the aircraft all right good luck

@thelightersideofrc

3 ай бұрын

Not sure what stage the owner is at with it but hopefully he gets it up again!

@darrenoliverio7259

2 ай бұрын

what in the hell are you talking about? and Please use puctuation and a likeness of coherent sentence structure.

Very happy it wasn't a total loss.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea totally! We were all very happy when we walked up to it in the field!

Am I the only one that thinks that that plane would sound/look better with a radial? Still...badass plane and sucks on the crash!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Oh HECK YEA!!!!! That would be outstanding!

@krotchlickmeugh627

2 жыл бұрын

Radials wont produce the power to weight that a 3D aircraft needs. Too heavy for too little power. If youre smart enough (and own a machine shop) you can make that two stroke sound a lot, lot better

Nose heavy flies poorly. Tail heavy flies once.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

🙌

so I agree with tail heavy, and with that pitching going on you could have caused the pick up in the tank to become airborne just long enough to starve the engine Once again, good luck just don't connect the wing to the fuselage until you know where it's perfectly balanced on the fattest part of the airfoil

@thelightersideofrc

3 ай бұрын

👍

My 90" mxs R had the Same end two days ago. Ill fix It of course. Its only the landing gear.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Oh NO! Nick has to do a but of Fiberglass repair on the bottom but will fly again.

Glide as good as a rock!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

😂 pretty much!

Before the rc plane hard to land due to dead stick, i guess the ballance of the aicraft need to be adjusted, wish the plane soon fly back in air mate

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

CG is oh so important! He had it set tail heavy.

@herryrachmad6597

Жыл бұрын

I do agree

Solid member of the MMTB club.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

🙄

@killemtoenjoythesilence

2 жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc awe, come on... We've all seen these people. I'm not trying to be mean but he obviously wasn't ready for this. Just because you can afford the biggest and best doesn't mean that's where you should start. He wasn't ready, the plane wasn't ready and someone should have at least said something to him. It was obvious. But, just my opinion.

Tail heavy, what a shame. Hopefully she flies again!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully soon!

Sounds like you needed to work on the motor conditioning a little bit better. But, he handled it really well !!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea. For sure. Surprisingly good outcome!

@eaglekeeper7737

2 жыл бұрын

No it didn't it was clearly tail heavy.

Many years ago i did the 72" goldberg suhkoi. Can confirm, they dont glide for shit.

@thelightersideofrc

10 ай бұрын

Haha. 😂😂 good confirmation

Try using a Vanessa rig to check the CG. Helps a lot on bigger aircraft and the plum bob will show exactly where the CG is on the plane. Sucks for the unscheduled landing but that’s part of the hobby.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊. Great suggestion!

When the engine die is very difficult i hope it will fly again nice plane

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully up again soon!

That does not look like 50% to me but it fly's like a Sukhoi, when the engine quits and a brick has a better glide ratio, literally they do.

@thelightersideofrc

6 ай бұрын

😎

Love the 98 gmc. Can't beat an OBS with a 5.7 small block 350.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

😎🙌

I’ve learned to always be descending when the engine power goes out. Don’t pitch up trying to make the runway. Pilot did all he could, dead stick + tail heavy 😬 yikes 😱

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea! Decent outcome under the circumstances

CG…..So important

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Heck Yea! That and power!

whats the status on the A 10 build?

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Resuming very soon.

Need to address the over heating issue To much air goes away from the engine Cylinders Direct all air flow directly to the cylinders Also it sounded lean over reheating very hard to get right just my opinion Do not give up more homework it will be worth it Beautiful airplane take note to full-scale airplane and how they duct the air through the engine compartment

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Great Suggestions Bert. I'll pass them onto Nick! Thanks

Looked completely unstable if you ask me, unless he controls without finesse or doesnt understand the trim. No such thing as a rock, just get that nose down. But it will fly again so all good.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Hopefully soon!

I think you need to turn the rates down and add some expo lol looks a little sensitive

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea his plane was also tail heavy.

👏👏👏

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

😎

What a shame 😭 Ps: which camera have you used for this video?

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea....it will fly again. Hopefully soon. I'm currently using a Canon G7X Mark 3 for most of my recordings.

Those aerobatic/3D airframes just don’t have any type of glide, he was put in a tough situation, I know the feeling!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, under the circumstances he handled it like a champ!

@OnceShy_TwiceBitten

2 жыл бұрын

not true at all, those big ones even, sometimes seem to practically float.

@mangzrc

2 жыл бұрын

@@OnceShy_TwiceBitten Im sure, but that airplane “floated” like a rock. Lmao.

@theprinceofliberia6793

2 жыл бұрын

Actually no. All airplanes have glide ratio. He was most likely tail heavy

@krotchlickmeugh627

2 жыл бұрын

Thats total bull. They have a fantastic glide! Just have to put it in low rates pr youll stall it. I mean watch it again. He had too much throw on the elevator and bled all of his airspeed when he tried to pull up or accidentally pulled up instead of pointing the nose down and just flaring at the last moment to be able to get the landing right.

What a shame! Get the engine running and recheck that balance and or elevator throws.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😀

what a shame that happened lovely model but even the best pilots in the hobby crash at least it will fly again

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea....it happens. It will hopefully fly again soon!

Engine leaned out .. still a bit tail heavy?

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yes I believe both.

If you are selling the engine at some point I might be interested. Nice plane BTW

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Sounds like a 2 stroke engine. If so wasn’t it set too lean?

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

He definitely needs to address the issues before the next flight!

I like that guys attitude I seen men throw a fit over a $100 foamy.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea totally!!!! That's a great point that not many will notice. At the end of the day it's just a Toy Plane. Thanks for watching!

C’est pas le type qui présente des émissions sur la pêche ?

@thelightersideofrc

29 күн бұрын

LOL. Nope.

For full sized birds, a pre fright is always done. A pre flight might have been necessary. The bird was acting funny on climb out.. Sounded like it was not making full power...

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Needed some engine tuning and more nose weight

@free-birdrocker8809

2 жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc I have a few Rc birds, lol, don't we all? And for fun I purchased a Mini-aero scout fur fun. I did the same "dolphining" as your bird, and I thought, thats not going to end well, mine crashed a couple of times, but its foam, lil glue and im back in bisness, thats a high dollar bird. Nose weight? Ill get some putty and try it for my little scout. Thanks!🙂

Tail heavy guys don't second guess bigger the plane harder to fall

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

👍😊

I could see that coming before he took off. The idle was set way too low. It cut off twice in the test run up when at idle.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

and tail heavy.

@ginginthing

Жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc thought he put some steel plate under the engine to take care of the balance. But it did fly like it was still tail heavy. Or should i say, didn't fly without power?

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

@@ginginthing you can see it on takeoff. Tail didn’t lift properly

no engine run up, or flight control test...could have saved your self a bunch of heartache

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

All of that happened

imagine starting your car in the morning and giving it full throttle to warm up. all in all... low overall skills

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Isn't that how your supposed to do it!😂

@edwinator46

2 жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc bro tip: if u hate sitting in a cold car in a morning waiting for engine to warm up.. Just hold it on a rev limiter for a few minutes and u will be warm in no time. 😝

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

😂

@krotchlickmeugh627

2 жыл бұрын

@@edwinator46 as a master tech. That adage comes from the racing world. It is specifically from forged pistons and cranks. The process of forging metal of any kind inherently traps energy (atleast thats how i can explain it easier but is not 100% correct) That process makes the metal much stronger. However when forged metal especially pistons get warm they expand a hell of alot more than cast aluminum which is what your car has in it. With cast aluminum we set clearances very tight hence the reason for 0w-30 oil and such on modern cars. 0 being the wight of the oil at operating temperature and 30wt at freezing. But with forged pistons especially when it comes to two strokes if you start them and dont let them idle. The pistons will quite literally slap the cylinder walls when you increase the rpm. Catastrophic failure or cold seizing is a very common issue on race motorcycles and race cars with forged internals.

@jimmyhaley727

2 жыл бұрын

oh hell it is only paper money

Doesn't sound anything like a Harley lol!

@thelightersideofrc

3 ай бұрын

👍

Tail heavy. That is lethal for a plane. move COG forward maybe 4 inches and go from there.

@thelightersideofrc

4 ай бұрын

👍😎

It's a shame, but it's an acrobat and the drive needs to be addressed. Aside from the misaligned centre of gravity, the engine power is lacking. A two-stroke engine is used and the exhausts make the power. There is a reserve. I wish you success.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! Hopefully up again soon with a better running engine!

Tail heavy planes fly only once... 🙂

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

👍

Guy seems a little clueless did a little more then bend the landing gear….that engine was not making enough rpm it also died one time prior to take off

@thelightersideofrc

3 ай бұрын

👍

Mount motor further back machine a drive shaft an bearing carrier for prop

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

That's right up Nick's alley! Thanks for watching!

Maybe shouldn’t have modeled the engin.? C of g too far back by the looks. Seemed very pitch sensitive.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yes tail heavy unfortunately

Looked like he was over controlling elevator.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Tail heavy.

@elguapo6145

Жыл бұрын

Good call! Suspect CG!

MOTOR???? SOUNDED LIKE AN ENGINE TO ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@thelightersideofrc

3 ай бұрын

Nope. Was a dingledorf actually

Jonathan. Thanks for the Video Just a question would a Turbine engine be better then add metal Weight? Yes I know we have to life in our wallet. Sorry for this but how is the Video on the Fundraising! How the new House Doing? No I did not buy that Jet plane. I am into Sailplanes and I thinking of building a Sport Sailplane. God Bless Jonathan and Family. You are #1 in In Jet building ines

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Gregory. He has another one of these aircraft that will be built soon. I think in the next one he will be going with a 400ish engine just primarialy for the added weight but also more power. New house video should be up tomorrow. still undecided on the fundraising idea. Not sure if it would be received well by viewers.🤔

@gregoryh4601

2 жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Jonathan you run the Show. I guess if RC group as that much love it be no problem. How about a Vote First? Jonathan I just want to see you have a hand full in Flying her with the biggest engine! Hehehehehe. You still #1 building. Take Care my friend. Greg of Ohio

Made me feel sick for the guy watching this :(

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea. Should fly again!

Perfect example of learn to walk before you run !

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

😎🙌

I dont know anything about these plane engines. but it just didn't sound right to me, right from the first startup. It sounded flat, not crisp.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yea! Good ear!

@ClassicTrialsChannel

Жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Im a Two stroke motorcycle guy. but like RC planes. although I don't have one.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Then you could for sure hear it! Careful with the planes. If you get one, so Dang addictive!🤣

No it's scratched and you know it will never be the same.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Haha. Will fly even better now!

Hilarious!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

🙌

Tail heavy!!!!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

🙌👍

I like to maiden a motor with out it being tuned......

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

😂😂

he handled it well, land soft and horizontal.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Totally!

If your going to do a airplane that big, why not just get a full size. Myself I like planes in the 6 ft ( 2 meter for you Canadians) range easy to move around, fly pretty well, not to expensive and loads of fun. I do respect everyone else's likes and Nick certainly is a good sport. I trashed a relatively expensive pattern plane about 30 years ago and gave up RC and got a real plane. It scared me, back to RC and loving it.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Hello Phil. Yea that's a valid point and a common question. I think it's 2 totally different worlds. With what we pay for some of these turbine aircraft many people ask that question. Why not full size. Many do both but it's a different experience flying a model from the ground and a full size.

@phil4620

2 жыл бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc Yea your right, totally different, but the machine is the same. I like when a full scale pilot tries to fly a model. I think its easier for the model pilot to fly full scale, but a lot more dangerous.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Totally! I went for an aerobatic flight a few years ago and it was easy to fly.

That's probably why the guy in texas sold it

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

HAHA. Maybe!

@dptp9lf

11 ай бұрын

@@thelightersideofrc BTW, what part of alberta are you from... i'm in Calgary...

@thelightersideofrc

11 ай бұрын

Just south of Calgary

@dptp9lf

11 ай бұрын

Cool stuff... local boy... LOL@@thelightersideofrc

Tail heavy and lean engine, sucks. Need more nose weight

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

🙌😎

Tail heavy and engine sounded to lean.

@thelightersideofrc

4 ай бұрын

👍

Half sized bird? Dude, almost there, Jump up to a full size and get your private pilots licence. Almost there..😉

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

No kidding hey!

She a big girl, shame she become a flying brick, but hey, only landing gear, that’s less damage you would normally get with a small plane 👍🏻

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea, hopefully up again soon and with a more consistent running engine.😎

tail heavy no doubt.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea.

I swear I’m not hating. Any type of flying is cool with me. But the amount of money into those bigger planes you could’ve gotten a real pilots license.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! it's a different sort of rush and excitement though.

Tail heavy for sure.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

👍😎

4 cycle engine....

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Needs a bit of TLC, Tuning and love!

MORE NOSE WEIGHT

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

👍😎

It sounded good until

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea.🙄

was the covid vax mandatory?JK....sad ending, hope he adds some more nose weight and gets her up again....beautiful plane.

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

She will fly again. The belly is a bit crunched and repair is in progress.

not a motor died,,, an Engine quit

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

👍🙌

Its looks WAY WAY TAIL HEAVY

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea she was still tail heavy

Tail heavy. Engine not properly tuned. !!!

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

Yea. Unfortunate but it will fly again!

That plane was way too nose heavy. Dummies.

@thelightersideofrc

Жыл бұрын

Yes, tail heavy for sure!

😂

@thelightersideofrc

2 жыл бұрын

🙌😎