How high?

mudcow007

took my new plane out on Saturday, it got pretty high up god knows how high









about an hour after this video, a tree jumped out on the plane an tore a chunk out of the wing

vermin

Quick, sell those photos to Apple.

antfly

Is this serious, did you really hit a tree with a plane ?

Oh I get it, a model plane..

mudcow007

aye plane is a called a Bixler

well was called a bixler, now its called a pile of foam

bails87

Simple way to find out how high it goes, sellotape your mobile, with endomondo running, to the back of it!

mudcow007

bails87 wrote:

Simple way to find out how high it goes, sellotape your mobile, with endomondo running, to the back of it!

thats a good shout

i will use my work phone "just in case" another tree jumps out on me

veronese68

Can you buy replacement bits of foam? I guess the mechanical bits are still working.

Cleat Eastwood

cor those pics are clear - my mate used to live over the motorway - over the sausage bridge

Have you seen those aero hoobyists out by the copplehouse - quite a few there on a sunday.

Also went up moel famau a few weeks back and there were 2 guys there setting of their planes - they must have reached some height as they went into the clouds.

mudcow007

Veronese68 wrote:

Can you buy replacement bits of foam? I guess the mechanical bits are still working.

all electronics are cool its just the wing that has damage

someone mentioned filling the hole with foam glue which expands?

i will give it awhirl basically the plane will be scrapped if its unrepairable

good job its pay day next week!

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

cor those pics are clear - my mate used to live over the motorway - over the sausage bridge

i live about 5mins away from le sausage bridge!!

SimonAH

mudcow007 wrote:

Veronese68 wrote:

Can you buy replacement bits of foam? I guess the mechanical bits are still working.

all electronics are cool its just the wing that has damage

someone mentioned filling the hole with foam glue which expands?

i will give it awhirl basically the plane will be scrapped if its unrepairable

good job its pay day next week!

Cleat Eastwood wrote:

cor those pics are clear - my mate used to live over the motorway - over the sausage bridge

i live about 5mins away from le sausage bridge!!

Be careful with expanding foam - it can create huge forces in confined spaces.

mudcow007

SimonAH wrote:

Be careful with expanding foam - it can create huge forces in confined spaces.

to be honest i dont know i will keep the shape of the wing when i add expanding foam,

unless i just add it then trim after its "grown" i cant imagine the foam will sand very well though

i think i will try packing tape if that doesn't work i might just replace it - the plane i mean

team47b

Nice field - is that yours?

SimonAH

mudcow007 wrote:

SimonAH wrote:

Be careful with expanding foam - it can create huge forces in confined spaces.

to be honest i dont know i will keep the shape of the wing when i add expanding foam,

unless i just add it then trim after its "grown" i cant imagine the foam will sand very well though

i think i will try packing tape if that doesn't work i might just replace it - the plane i mean

It should sand just fine, the only problem is that the cell size can be pretty large if you are unlucky with bubble positioning. Oh, and don't get the stuff on your hands, and don't be tempted to muck about with it until the next day after spraying.

Tricycleboy

As a skydiver, i would say the highest photo is about 1000-1500ft give or take. Its pretty hard to estimate when you're not dangling there.